Tag: Water Scarcity

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Water Crisis: Farming Hit By Drought-like Situation In Sambalpur

Sambalpur: Acute water shortage has massively affected the agricultural activities causing a drought-like situation in several parts of Sambalpur district. The farming community has alleged that, though it is monsoon, the peak time for agriculture, they are yet to begin the agrarian works as there is no water in their fields. Hundreds of farmers in […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Rourkela
Forest Department Gears Up To Tackle Water Scarcity In Rourkela

Rourkela: With an objective to resolve the issue of water scarcity during summer season in Rourkela, the Forest department officials have started a new project in the Steel City by preserving rainwater. As per official sources, a hill watershed project in Durgapur hill has been taken up at a cost of Rs 4 crore to […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Water supply curtailed in Paradip township

Paradip: Amid deficit in rainfall due to erratic monsoon this season, acute water crisis has hit Paradip port township. As per reports, the port authorities in the township today informed that domestic water supply from Taladanda Canal will be reduced till the water shortage is resolved. The port authorities today announced that supplied water will […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Odisha Govt Gears Up To Improve Groundwater Table In Kendrapara

Kendrapara: Close on the heels of reports that suggested drop of groundwater level by a whopping 35 percent in the district, the State government on Sunday rolled up its sleeves to take stock of the situation and tackle the crisis. Four Executive Engineers of Water Resources department of the State government reportedly visited Aul and […]

  • Wednesday, 21 April 2021
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Ahead Of Summer, Water Woes Crop Up Across Odisha

Balasore/Nuapada: Summer is still a few days away, but the drinking water problems have returned to many villages across Odisha sparking resentment. Be it near a tube well or pond, the sight of long queues of women with pots on their head greets one in many places. While in some villages the problem is just […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
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Lottery For Water In Odisha Town: Winner Gets A Bucketful

Chhatrapur (Ganjam): Around 50 families at the Station Road in the district headquarters town have resorted to a bizarre innovation for getting a bucketful of drinking water from a lone stand-post in their locality. An instant lottery system is played out every day to decide who gets the quota first. Reason: water comes for only […]

  • Saturday, 03 April 2021
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One In Five Children Globally Faces Water Scarcity: UNICEF

United Nations: More than 1.42 billion people across the world, including 450 million children, live in areas of high or extremely high water vulnerability. This means one in every five children worldwide does not have enough water to meet their everyday needs, said the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday. According to a new UNICEF […]

  • Friday, 02 April 2021
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Op-Ed: Dry 2025! How Water Will Shape The Future Of Odisha

Extraction is both a boon and bane for Odisha. While mineral extraction has become the lifeline of the economy, water extraction is the death knell. Rental economy perpetrated by the mineral industry has created a huge void in the management of natural resources and water is most basic and most vital to our existence. There […]

  • Thursday, 01 April 2021
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