Tag: Water Problem

Dhenkanal: Tension ran high in Mahulapala area in Kamakhyanagar area in the district after locals took to the streets and staged a road blockade on the Dhenkanal-Kamakhyanagar main road on Saturday protesting against the government’s failure in providing drinking water in the area. Hundreds of women from the village blocked the main road by placing […]

Keonjhar: Despite allocation of crores of rupees for provision of safe drinking water to the people, there are several areas of the State like Telkoi block in Keonjhar where people have already started to feel the pinch of the deepening water crisis ahead of scorching summer. Locals of Sibanarayanpur have alleged that while they have […]

Sambalpur:  With the onset of summer, residents of Nuapada village under Sambalpur Municipal Corporation limits in the district are now staring at acute drinking water crisis. The sole tube-well in the village is now unable to cater to the drinking water requirements of nearly 50 households. As a result, the villagers have to walk 2 […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the State is already facing acute water crisis due to lack of sufficient rainfall, people expressed deep concerns after Odisha Water Resources Minister, Raghunandan Das on Thursday informed that the groundwater level has decreased by 6.71 per cent between 2009 and 2017 in the State. In his written reply to […]