Tag: Water Crisis

Two villages in Phulbani are reportedly dependent on a stream to quench their thirst as there is no other source of drinking water for them

Water scarcity in India is curtailing access to safe and hygienic water. People in cities are able to manage with assistance from government, but remote villagers, have to go to lengths to fetch water one way or another.

Malkangiri’s Bonda Tribe Continues To Reel Under Water Crisis

Sonepur: Residents of Bankighirdi village of Sonepur district have been living amid acute drinking water shortage. Even though pipes have been laid and water stand posts have been erected, residents are not getting water -thanks to defunct tube wells, leaking pipes and above all, government apathy. Elaborating about the issue, villager Aranga Sahu said “Neither […]

Nabarangpur: Residents of Sandaibeta village in Nabarangpur district staged demonstration today alleging drinking water crisis in the area. According to sources, locals staged road blockade on NH-26 holding empty utensils. Though the village is situated near Nabarangpur town, the residents still face acute water scarcity, the protestors alleged. “Today we have staged a road blockade […]

Soro: Even though the State government is spending crores of rupees for setting up water tanks at several places, people are still facing problems due to water crisis in Soro block of Balasore district. Several water supply projects have become defunct after a few days of its inauguration at a few places while some projects […]

Nayagarh: Come summer and water crisis is back to haunt Narendrapur under Sarankul of Nayagarh district with women of the village staging a demonstration by blocking the road squatting with empty water pots. They were demanding immediate supply of drinking water to all households in the area. Sources said vehicular movement came to a standstill […]

Cuttack/Jharsuguda: Residents of Ward-48 here staged a dharna in front of the office of the Public Health Department (PHD) executive engineer today protesting water crisis. Shouting slogans the protesters demanded immediate supply of drinking water in their locality. In a similar incident, the residents of Ward-2 and 11 of Belpahar block in Jharsuguda district staged […]

Puri/Kalahandi: At a time when the state is reeling under  heatwave condition, people in some places of Puri and Kalahandi are facing acute water scarcity. In Brahmagiri block of Puri district, locals of as many as 15 different villages allege that in spite of overhead tank for mass water supply installed seven years ago, pipelines […]

Rayagada: At a time when most of the places in the State are already facing water scarcity issue, apathy of the concerned departments to materialise the government projects is worsening the situation. Bhanwari village under Kalyansinghpur block in the district is a home to 12 families of Niyamgiri Dongria Kondh tribal group. They depend on […]

Bhubaneswar: Chhattisgarh’s unilateral construction of barrages on upstream Mahanadi and apprehensions of worsening water crisis has geared up the administration to stock and conserve water of its tributary Kuakhai by building a cross bund. With the onset of pre-summer season water shortage can be felt in Mahanadi so the condition is worse in its tributary […]

Bhubaneswar: While severe drought in the country has triggered acute water crisis in some states like Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan where the water level in the reservoirs in these states has receded alarmingly, in Odisha, the situation is comparatively much better as the water level in major reservoirs is found to be satisfactory.

Jharsugada: Irate residents of Lechuapada village under Lakhanpur block in Jharsuguda district staged a rail roko and held a protest against acute shortage of drinking water in the village on Sunday.

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 […]

New Delhi: Concerned about the water crisis in rural areas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a personal letter to ‘Gram Pradhans'(village chiefs) requesting them to conserve rainwater during the forthcoming monsoon. The letters, signed by the PM, have been hand-delivered to the pradhans through respective Distric t Magistrates and Collectors in the districts. In several rural […]