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11.5 Crore Homes Have Tap Water, 1.5 Lakh Villages Potable Water: Government Data
As many as 11.49 crore households now have tap water connections and over 1.53 lakh villages have potable water supply as the government doubles down on its efforts to make drinking water available to all, according to latest official data.
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Maharashtra Villagers Risk Lives For 'A Bucket Of Water'
A group of villagers in Maharashtra's Khadial village hurling their plastic and metal cans, buckets and bottles strung with ropes down a deep well to fetch water is now a common sight.
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12 Villages To Boycott Maharashtra Lok Sabha By-Election To Protest Water Crisis
Residents of nearly 12 villages in Maharashtra's Bhandara district have decided to boycott the upcoming Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha by-election, after failing to get a response over their demand for proper irrigation facilities.
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World's 'Highest' Village Runs Dry As Warming Hits The Himalayas
With a backdrop of the snow-capped Himalayas stretched out across a vibrant blue sky, it is hard to dispute the sign as you enter Komik that declares it to be the world's highest village with a road.
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3 Hours In Blazing Sun To Get 3 Pots Of Water: Life Of Women In This Maharashtra Village
Thane: Waghivali village in Thane, 80 km from Mumbai, is facing acute water shortage owing to the heat spell. At the only well in the village that has some water left, women spend hours in the scorching heat to fill their pots of water. In 2015, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had launched the Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan in a bid to make th...
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In This Drought-Hit Tamil Nadu Village, Only Women Left In Search Of Water
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu: As men migrate from drought-hit Tamil Nadu in search of work, it’s the village women who have taken charge of the situation in Nagapattinam district. Severe scarcity of water has not only caused a mass exodus leading to a collapse of the agrarian economy, but has also affected the subsidiary jobs. In Meenambanallur villa...
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Gujarat Government To Provide Water By Tankers To 137 Villages
The Gujarat government on Wednesday decided to provide water by tankers to 137 village of the state.
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Parched Nagaland Village Appeals To Government To Build More Reservoirs
Villagers in the Tuli subdivision of Mokokchung district in Nagaland have appealed to the government to build more reservoirs.
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Women Climb Atop Overhead Tank To Protest Against Power, Water Cut
In a bizarre incident, a group of women of Narhauli village climbed atop an overhead water tank in Mathura and threatened to jump if water and power supply was not restored in the area.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Declares Additional Funds For Drought-Hit Districts
In a bid to provide relief to drought hit regions of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has declared additional funds to provide water tankers, solve electricity problems and provide education to children in rural areas.
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Madhya Pradesh: Village gets 'Water God'
Ramsharan Patel is a miracle man for the farmers in Dhaturiya, a village in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district.
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11.5 Crore Homes Have Tap Water, 1.5 Lakh Villages Potable Water: Government Data
As many as 11.49 crore households now have tap water connections and over 1.53 lakh villages have potable water supply as the government doubles down on its efforts to make drinking water available to all, according to latest official data.
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Maharashtra Villagers Risk Lives For 'A Bucket Of Water'
A group of villagers in Maharashtra's Khadial village hurling their plastic and metal cans, buckets and bottles strung with ropes down a deep well to fetch water is now a common sight.
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12 Villages To Boycott Maharashtra Lok Sabha By-Election To Protest Water Crisis
Residents of nearly 12 villages in Maharashtra's Bhandara district have decided to boycott the upcoming Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha by-election, after failing to get a response over their demand for proper irrigation facilities.
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World's 'Highest' Village Runs Dry As Warming Hits The Himalayas
With a backdrop of the snow-capped Himalayas stretched out across a vibrant blue sky, it is hard to dispute the sign as you enter Komik that declares it to be the world's highest village with a road.
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3 Hours In Blazing Sun To Get 3 Pots Of Water: Life Of Women In This Maharashtra Village
Thane: Waghivali village in Thane, 80 km from Mumbai, is facing acute water shortage owing to the heat spell. At the only well in the village that has some water left, women spend hours in the scorching heat to fill their pots of water. In 2015, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had launched the Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan in a bid to make th...
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In This Drought-Hit Tamil Nadu Village, Only Women Left In Search Of Water
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu: As men migrate from drought-hit Tamil Nadu in search of work, it’s the village women who have taken charge of the situation in Nagapattinam district. Severe scarcity of water has not only caused a mass exodus leading to a collapse of the agrarian economy, but has also affected the subsidiary jobs. In Meenambanallur villa...
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Gujarat Government To Provide Water By Tankers To 137 Villages
The Gujarat government on Wednesday decided to provide water by tankers to 137 village of the state.
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Parched Nagaland Village Appeals To Government To Build More Reservoirs
Villagers in the Tuli subdivision of Mokokchung district in Nagaland have appealed to the government to build more reservoirs.
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Women Climb Atop Overhead Tank To Protest Against Power, Water Cut
In a bizarre incident, a group of women of Narhauli village climbed atop an overhead water tank in Mathura and threatened to jump if water and power supply was not restored in the area.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Declares Additional Funds For Drought-Hit Districts
In a bid to provide relief to drought hit regions of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has declared additional funds to provide water tankers, solve electricity problems and provide education to children in rural areas.
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Madhya Pradesh: Village gets 'Water God'
Ramsharan Patel is a miracle man for the farmers in Dhaturiya, a village in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district.
