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India's Indus Treaty Suspension Leads To Water Crisis In Pakistan: Report
A Pakistan report indicates a 13.3 per cent year-on-year shortfall in water drawn from the Indus River System - and supplied to already water-starved farms in the Punjab province - after India halting the Indus Waters Treaty for the Pahalgam attack.
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Staring At Crisis, Pak Wrote 4 Letters To India On Indus Treaty: Sources
Pakistan has written four letters, one after another, requesting India to reconsider its decision to keep the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in suspension after the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 tourists, sources said.
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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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Pakistan Faces Severe Water Crisis Amid Extreme Heat, Indus Waters Shortage
Pakistan's Punjab province may be looking ahead to a tough kharif (summer crops) sowing season amid a major water shortage at two of its key damns-- Tarbela on the Indus river and Mangla on the Jhelum river.
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Water Crisis In Afghan Capital Leaves Families Struggling For Survival
Afghanistan's capital Kabul is facing a water shortage, running out of ground water with families such as Bibi Jan's forced to choose between water and food. UNICEF warned last year that Kabul could be dry by 2030 if urgent action is not taken.
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Syria's Driest Winter In 7 Decades Triggers Severe Water Crisis In Damascus
Inside a mountain above the Syrian capital, Hassan Bashi walked through tunnels that used to be filled with water from a spring famous for its pure waters.
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Stalled Projects, Contaminated Groundwater : Kabul's Water Crisis Worsens
Experts have long sounded the alarm over Kabul's water problems, which are worsening even as many international players have backed off big infrastructure projects and slashed funding to Afghanistan since the Taliban government took power in 2021.
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Punjab-Haryana Water War Reaches Delhi: BJP Blames AAP's "Dirty Politics"
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini warned that the row over water-sharing between Punjab and Haryana will impact the supply of drinking water in Delhi.
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Maharashtra Water Crisis Deepens, Women Walk Kilometers For Water
The water crisis in parts of Maharashtra has deepened, with women in the villages of Arni tehsil, Yavatmal district, facing severe challenges in accessing water for daily use.
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Gazans Struggle To Find Clean Water As Sources Become Increasingly Scarce
Hundreds of thousands of Gaza City residents have lost their only source of clean water in the past week after supplies from Israel's water utility were cut by the Israeli army's renewed offensive, municipal authorities in the territory said.
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Applications Tied To Body, Man Crawls To Authorities To Highlight Water Shortage
A man from Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district attached several written applications to a string tied to his body and crawled to the divisional commissioner's office to highlight water "shortage" in his village
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China's Glacial Area Shrinks 26% In 60 Years, 7,000 Glaciers Disappear
China is staring at a water crisis in the mid-to-long term after the latest climate data showed a rapidly depleting glacial count. As many as 7,000 glaciers have disappeared completely, with the pace of glacial retreat accelerating year-on-year.
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Brazil Is Losing Surface Water To Climate Change, Land Conversion
Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday.
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In Bengaluru, Rs 5,000 Fine If Drinking Water Is Used For These Activities
The city of Bengaluru, after suffering massive water crisis last summer, has announced that wastage of drinking water now will draw a steep fine.
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South-East Bengaluru, Whitefield May Face Water Stress This Summer: Official
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board chairman Ram Prasath Manohar said on Saturday that areas like South-East Bengaluru, Whitefield, and the outer city limits are likely to face the highest water stress.
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India's Indus Treaty Suspension Leads To Water Crisis In Pakistan: Report
A Pakistan report indicates a 13.3 per cent year-on-year shortfall in water drawn from the Indus River System - and supplied to already water-starved farms in the Punjab province - after India halting the Indus Waters Treaty for the Pahalgam attack.
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Staring At Crisis, Pak Wrote 4 Letters To India On Indus Treaty: Sources
Pakistan has written four letters, one after another, requesting India to reconsider its decision to keep the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in suspension after the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 tourists, sources said.
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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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Pakistan Faces Severe Water Crisis Amid Extreme Heat, Indus Waters Shortage
Pakistan's Punjab province may be looking ahead to a tough kharif (summer crops) sowing season amid a major water shortage at two of its key damns-- Tarbela on the Indus river and Mangla on the Jhelum river.
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Water Crisis In Afghan Capital Leaves Families Struggling For Survival
Afghanistan's capital Kabul is facing a water shortage, running out of ground water with families such as Bibi Jan's forced to choose between water and food. UNICEF warned last year that Kabul could be dry by 2030 if urgent action is not taken.
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Syria's Driest Winter In 7 Decades Triggers Severe Water Crisis In Damascus
Inside a mountain above the Syrian capital, Hassan Bashi walked through tunnels that used to be filled with water from a spring famous for its pure waters.
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Stalled Projects, Contaminated Groundwater : Kabul's Water Crisis Worsens
Experts have long sounded the alarm over Kabul's water problems, which are worsening even as many international players have backed off big infrastructure projects and slashed funding to Afghanistan since the Taliban government took power in 2021.
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Punjab-Haryana Water War Reaches Delhi: BJP Blames AAP's "Dirty Politics"
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini warned that the row over water-sharing between Punjab and Haryana will impact the supply of drinking water in Delhi.
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Maharashtra Water Crisis Deepens, Women Walk Kilometers For Water
The water crisis in parts of Maharashtra has deepened, with women in the villages of Arni tehsil, Yavatmal district, facing severe challenges in accessing water for daily use.
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Gazans Struggle To Find Clean Water As Sources Become Increasingly Scarce
Hundreds of thousands of Gaza City residents have lost their only source of clean water in the past week after supplies from Israel's water utility were cut by the Israeli army's renewed offensive, municipal authorities in the territory said.
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Applications Tied To Body, Man Crawls To Authorities To Highlight Water Shortage
A man from Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district attached several written applications to a string tied to his body and crawled to the divisional commissioner's office to highlight water "shortage" in his village
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China's Glacial Area Shrinks 26% In 60 Years, 7,000 Glaciers Disappear
China is staring at a water crisis in the mid-to-long term after the latest climate data showed a rapidly depleting glacial count. As many as 7,000 glaciers have disappeared completely, with the pace of glacial retreat accelerating year-on-year.
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Brazil Is Losing Surface Water To Climate Change, Land Conversion
Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday.
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In Bengaluru, Rs 5,000 Fine If Drinking Water Is Used For These Activities
The city of Bengaluru, after suffering massive water crisis last summer, has announced that wastage of drinking water now will draw a steep fine.
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South-East Bengaluru, Whitefield May Face Water Stress This Summer: Official
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board chairman Ram Prasath Manohar said on Saturday that areas like South-East Bengaluru, Whitefield, and the outer city limits are likely to face the highest water stress.
