Delhi has officially launched a three-year plan to clean up the heavily polluted Yamuna River, deploying modern machines at select ghats in an effort to reverse decades of environmental degradation.
Multi-year droughts (MYDs) have become drier, hotter, and more frequent, spreading across the planet at an alarming rate.
India water crisis :India’s total annual groundwater recharge saw a slight decline in 2024 due to increased extraction, driven significantly by states like Punjab, Haryana, and Delhi. The rise in ‘critical’ and ‘over-exploited’ units highlights growing water scarcity concerns, despite some localized improvements.
The Climate-Adaptative Community-Based Water Harvesting Project, backed by ADB, will see the construction of 532 climate-resilient water-storage facilities across Meghalaya’s 12 districts.
WASH in health care facilities 2023 data
update: special focus on primary health care.
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