Tag: Drinking Water Crisis

Odisha Villages Suffer 'Jeevan Without Jal’ As Summer Spikes
Odisha Villages Suffer 'Jeevan Without Jal’ As Summer Spikes

As obvious it is, Jemamani is not alone in this predicament. The entire village is facing acute drinking water crisis, which is a recurring feature. 

  • Saturday, 09 April 2022
Where There Is A Will There Is A Way: Tribal Girl In Odisha Quenches Family’s Thirst By Digging Well
Where There Is A Will There Is A Way: Tribal Girl In Odisha Quenches Family’s Thirst By Digging Well

Malati said she along with her three sisters decided to dig the well and immediately acted upon it. With sheer dedication and hard work, Malati and her sisters achieved the feat, which looked impossible in the initial days. In just about 10-12 days they managed to dig the well which is now filled with water. 

  • Thursday, 30 September 2021
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Women hit streets alleging water crisis in Kalahandi

Kalahandi: Women of Dangariguda village under Koksara block of the district took to streets on Tuesday to protest acute drinking water crisis in their area. Expressing dissatisfaction towards the apathy of the authorities in solving the long-standing issue of water scarcity, hundreds of women staged a protest and blocked the NH-26 with water-pots and buckets. […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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Drinking Water Crisis: Kidney Failures In Odisha Villages Are Alarming

Dhenkanal: Lack of access to clean drinking water in several villages across Odisha is emerging as a major challenge with some villages already paying a steep price. Julanga village under Kamakhyanagar in Dhenkanal has lost 50 of its residents in the past 10 years and all of those deaths are linked to kidney ailments due […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
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H2Woes: Acute Drinking Water Crisis Hits Nabarangpur And Bhadrak Villagers

Nabarangpur: With the onset of scorching summer, villages in Nabarangpur and Bhadrak districts are grappling with acute drinking water crisis. For the residents of Nuahirli village, the only source of…

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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Drinking Water Crisis Hits Cuttack’s Ward No.1

Cuttack: A picture of a remote area comes to our mind whenever we think about drinking water woes in Odisha. But the residents of a locality in Cuttack have been grappling with acute water shortage since decades. Though pipelines have been laid, the residents of Bidanasi Nayak Sahi under ward no.1 of Cuttack Municipal Corporation […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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