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Rural India Runs Dry As Thirsty Megacity Mumbai Sucks Water
Far from the gleaming high-rises of India's financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity's water are running dry -- a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying problems.
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Mumbai To Face Water Cut From July 1 As Water Stock In Lakes Deplete To 7%
With the level of lakes supplying water to Mumbai going down due to inadequate rainfall in their catchment areas, the city civic body has decided to impose a 10 per cent water cut starting July 1, officials said.
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Water For All In Mumbai From May 1, Announces Aaditya Thackeray
Every resident of Mumbai including those living in slums or buildings without Occupation Certificate (OC) will have access to drinking water from May 1, Maharashtra Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray said on Tuesday.
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Parts Of Mumbai May Face 10-15 Per Cent Water Cut Till June 14
Parts of Mumbai may face water cut by 10 to 15 per cent till June 14, the local civic body said Wednesday.
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No Water Canon Salute For Etihad Airbus A380 Due To Maharashtra Drought
Gulf carrier Etihad Airways' jumbo Airbus A380 will be not be accorded the traditional water canon salute when it makes its debut landing in India at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on May 1 due to severe drought and massive water shortage in several parts of Maharashtra.
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Thane Launches Toll Free Number To Tackle Water Crisis
In view of severe water shortage in Mumbai's adjoining Thane, the district administration here has set up a round-the-clock control room and launched a toll free number to receive complaints against misuse or commercialisation of water.
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Citing Drought, BJP Lawmaker Wants Rain Dance Banned In Mumbai This Holi
A BJP legislator in Mumbai has written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner (BMC) seeking a ban on "rain dance" functions in the metro during the festival of Holi.
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Maldives Water Crisis: India Transports 1,000 Tonnes of Fresh Water to Male
A Navy vessel and an Air Force aircraft carrying nearly 1,000 tonnes of fresh water reached Male today as India mounted a major effort to help the Maldivian capital that is reeling from an acute shortage of drinking water after its lone desalination plant caught fire.
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Why rain water harvesting may be the only solution to Mumbai's water woes
In Mumbai's iconic Shivaji Park, considered the nesting ground for icons like Sachin Tendulkar, cricket pitches are watered with clean treated drinking water every single day.
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Ajit Pawar's shocking remark: Insulted farmer to protest outside chief minister's residence
The farmer whose hunger strike provoked Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to make a crass remark on drought-hit Maharashtra's water shortage, is shifting his protest today from Mumbai's Azad Maidan to outside the house of the Chief Minister, who is likely to make a statement in the Assembly on the incident today.
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Rural India Runs Dry As Thirsty Megacity Mumbai Sucks Water
Far from the gleaming high-rises of India's financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity's water are running dry -- a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying problems.
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Mumbai To Face Water Cut From July 1 As Water Stock In Lakes Deplete To 7%
With the level of lakes supplying water to Mumbai going down due to inadequate rainfall in their catchment areas, the city civic body has decided to impose a 10 per cent water cut starting July 1, officials said.
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Water For All In Mumbai From May 1, Announces Aaditya Thackeray
Every resident of Mumbai including those living in slums or buildings without Occupation Certificate (OC) will have access to drinking water from May 1, Maharashtra Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray said on Tuesday.
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Parts Of Mumbai May Face 10-15 Per Cent Water Cut Till June 14
Parts of Mumbai may face water cut by 10 to 15 per cent till June 14, the local civic body said Wednesday.
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No Water Canon Salute For Etihad Airbus A380 Due To Maharashtra Drought
Gulf carrier Etihad Airways' jumbo Airbus A380 will be not be accorded the traditional water canon salute when it makes its debut landing in India at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on May 1 due to severe drought and massive water shortage in several parts of Maharashtra.
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Thane Launches Toll Free Number To Tackle Water Crisis
In view of severe water shortage in Mumbai's adjoining Thane, the district administration here has set up a round-the-clock control room and launched a toll free number to receive complaints against misuse or commercialisation of water.
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Citing Drought, BJP Lawmaker Wants Rain Dance Banned In Mumbai This Holi
A BJP legislator in Mumbai has written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner (BMC) seeking a ban on "rain dance" functions in the metro during the festival of Holi.
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Maldives Water Crisis: India Transports 1,000 Tonnes of Fresh Water to Male
A Navy vessel and an Air Force aircraft carrying nearly 1,000 tonnes of fresh water reached Male today as India mounted a major effort to help the Maldivian capital that is reeling from an acute shortage of drinking water after its lone desalination plant caught fire.
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Why rain water harvesting may be the only solution to Mumbai's water woes
In Mumbai's iconic Shivaji Park, considered the nesting ground for icons like Sachin Tendulkar, cricket pitches are watered with clean treated drinking water every single day.
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Ajit Pawar's shocking remark: Insulted farmer to protest outside chief minister's residence
The farmer whose hunger strike provoked Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to make a crass remark on drought-hit Maharashtra's water shortage, is shifting his protest today from Mumbai's Azad Maidan to outside the house of the Chief Minister, who is likely to make a statement in the Assembly on the incident today.
