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Why 'For Sale' Signs Have Popped Up All Over This Rajasthan Town
Hari Kishan Parikh wants to sell his house. So does Manju Sharma and several others. Posters announcing the same dot the streets of this Rajasthan town. The reason: an acute water crisis.
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Digging A Pit Every 2 Days, How This Parched Rajasthan Village Gets Water
With summer approaching, villagers in some of the driest areas of Rajasthan have started digging for groundwater.
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"He Is Not Worried": Ashok Gehlot Attacks Union Minister Over Water Crisis in State
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has slammed Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on the issue of water shortage in the state.
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In Rajasthan Dalit Child's Killing, New Crisis For Ashok Gehlot: 10 Facts
A Dalit boy's death in Rajasthan after his teacher allegedly assaulted him for drinking water from a pot meant for "upper castes" threatens to turn into a political crisis for the ruling Congress.
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Jaipur Risks Running Out Of Water In A Month If It Doesn't Rain
Jaipur is staring at a serious risk of running out of water in a month if there is no rain, according to the Rajasthan Public Health Engineering Department.
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Water Crisis Spreads. After Shimla, Parts of Rajasthan, UP Dry: 10 Facts
Water crisis is spreading across north India as the temperature continues its upward march. While Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla has barely enough to drink, parts of Rajasthan's Ajmer is locking up its water drums to prevent theft. In villages of eastern Uttar Pradesh, women are walking miles to fill their pitchers. The water crisis is Shimla has...
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Water Crisis Deepens, Residents Lock Containers In This Rajasthan Village
With temperature staying put at 45 degrees Celsius across Rajasthan, taps have run dry and large blue containers with locks fixed on them have become a common sight in this village where water is considered "gold". There isn't enough drinking water, and at a few places, sewage water is being supplied to homes.
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Battling Water Crisis, Rajasthan Works To Make Villages Self-Reliant
Under the scorching Rajasthani sun of the Mehru Kalan village in Ajmer district, 300 volunteers are hard at work trying to bring water to a settlement that hasn’t had adequate groundwater in the last 5 years. Almost entirely reliant on water tankers, Mehru Kalan is one of the 13,500 villages in the state where the groundwater level has been deple...
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13,500 Villages In Rajasthan Run Out of Drinking Water As Crisis Deepens
The desert state of Rajasthan is sinking further into a water crisis as the summer peaks. 13,500 villages do not have access to safe drinking water, surviving solely at the mercy of water tankers sent by the government.
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IPL 2016: Another PIL Filed, This Time in Rajasthan High Court on Use of Water For Matches
The Public Interest Litigation said there is an acute water crisis in Jaipur and entire Rajasthan and thus the matches would be a wastage of water.
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19 Districts In Rajasthan Affected By Famine
The desert state of Rajasthan is in the grip of a water crisis with 19 out of the 33 districts being famine affected, with the government sending water trains to parched Bhilwara and tankers to other areas facing acute shortage.
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Power failure worsens Delhi's water crisis
A massive power breakdown in northern India - it's the worst northern grid failure since 2001 -has affected water supply in seven states. Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal had no electricity for seven hours since 2:30 am.
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Delayed monsoon worsens water crisis in Rajasthan
As the heat continues to remain oppressive in Rajasthan and with little sign of the monsoon's arrival, water scarcity has worsened in the state. With the monsoon delayed by nearly two weeks, the Bisalpur Dam, the main source of water for the cities of Jaipur and Ajmer is in danger of drying up by July 30.The Rajasthan and Gehlot government have pre...
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Unique way to solve Rajasthan's water woes
For a group of rural women in Alwar, an unique song asking their MP to give them water worked wonders.
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Why 'For Sale' Signs Have Popped Up All Over This Rajasthan Town
Hari Kishan Parikh wants to sell his house. So does Manju Sharma and several others. Posters announcing the same dot the streets of this Rajasthan town. The reason: an acute water crisis.
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Digging A Pit Every 2 Days, How This Parched Rajasthan Village Gets Water
With summer approaching, villagers in some of the driest areas of Rajasthan have started digging for groundwater.
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"He Is Not Worried": Ashok Gehlot Attacks Union Minister Over Water Crisis in State
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has slammed Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on the issue of water shortage in the state.
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In Rajasthan Dalit Child's Killing, New Crisis For Ashok Gehlot: 10 Facts
A Dalit boy's death in Rajasthan after his teacher allegedly assaulted him for drinking water from a pot meant for "upper castes" threatens to turn into a political crisis for the ruling Congress.
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Jaipur Risks Running Out Of Water In A Month If It Doesn't Rain
Jaipur is staring at a serious risk of running out of water in a month if there is no rain, according to the Rajasthan Public Health Engineering Department.
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Water Crisis Spreads. After Shimla, Parts of Rajasthan, UP Dry: 10 Facts
Water crisis is spreading across north India as the temperature continues its upward march. While Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla has barely enough to drink, parts of Rajasthan's Ajmer is locking up its water drums to prevent theft. In villages of eastern Uttar Pradesh, women are walking miles to fill their pitchers. The water crisis is Shimla has...
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Water Crisis Deepens, Residents Lock Containers In This Rajasthan Village
With temperature staying put at 45 degrees Celsius across Rajasthan, taps have run dry and large blue containers with locks fixed on them have become a common sight in this village where water is considered "gold". There isn't enough drinking water, and at a few places, sewage water is being supplied to homes.
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Battling Water Crisis, Rajasthan Works To Make Villages Self-Reliant
Under the scorching Rajasthani sun of the Mehru Kalan village in Ajmer district, 300 volunteers are hard at work trying to bring water to a settlement that hasn’t had adequate groundwater in the last 5 years. Almost entirely reliant on water tankers, Mehru Kalan is one of the 13,500 villages in the state where the groundwater level has been deple...
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13,500 Villages In Rajasthan Run Out of Drinking Water As Crisis Deepens
The desert state of Rajasthan is sinking further into a water crisis as the summer peaks. 13,500 villages do not have access to safe drinking water, surviving solely at the mercy of water tankers sent by the government.
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IPL 2016: Another PIL Filed, This Time in Rajasthan High Court on Use of Water For Matches
The Public Interest Litigation said there is an acute water crisis in Jaipur and entire Rajasthan and thus the matches would be a wastage of water.
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19 Districts In Rajasthan Affected By Famine
The desert state of Rajasthan is in the grip of a water crisis with 19 out of the 33 districts being famine affected, with the government sending water trains to parched Bhilwara and tankers to other areas facing acute shortage.
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Power failure worsens Delhi's water crisis
A massive power breakdown in northern India - it's the worst northern grid failure since 2001 -has affected water supply in seven states. Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal had no electricity for seven hours since 2:30 am.
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Delayed monsoon worsens water crisis in Rajasthan
As the heat continues to remain oppressive in Rajasthan and with little sign of the monsoon's arrival, water scarcity has worsened in the state. With the monsoon delayed by nearly two weeks, the Bisalpur Dam, the main source of water for the cities of Jaipur and Ajmer is in danger of drying up by July 30.The Rajasthan and Gehlot government have pre...
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Unique way to solve Rajasthan's water woes
For a group of rural women in Alwar, an unique song asking their MP to give them water worked wonders.
