"water-crisis"

India’s water crisis is also a gender and labour crisis. The unpaid burden of fetching water costs women time, education, income, and opportunity—and demands policy recognition 

Mumbai's seven water reservoirs have dropped to less than seven per cent live storage due to delayed monsoon and inadequate rainfall. The BMC has intensified water conservation measures and enforced supply cuts as concerns over the city's drinking water availability grow

Water levels in major irrigation projects across the erstwhile Adilabad district have dropped sharply due to severe heat wave conditions. Farmers and municipalities are worried about irrigation and drinking water shortages as reservoirs continue losing water through evaporation and reduced inflows

BRS women activists protested at the HMWSSB office in Quthbullapur over the worsening drinking water crisis in Hyderabad. They alleged government inaction and poor supply management, warning of intensified agitation if the issue is not addressed immediately

Residents of Bakery Gali in Indore have alleged that black, foul-smelling and worm-infested water is being supplied through municipal taps, triggering illness and health concerns. Officials have conducted inspections elsewhere, but affected locals are demanding urgent corrective measures.

Despite a ceasefire ending a brief Iran-Israel war, international media remains focused on conflict, ignoring Iran’s worsening environmental crisis. Severe drought, subsidence, pollution, and mismanagement threaten millions, yet coverage remains minimal outside Persian-language and reformist outlets

Water meters installed under Mission Bhagiratha in Adilabad district have failed to function, leading to unmonitored consumption, wastage, and shortages. Despite adequate water drawn from purification centres, transmission losses and lack of accountability have left several towns parched.

BRS leader KT Rama Rao accused the Congress government of mismanaging water resources, leading to a crisis in Telangana. He slammed the neglect of irrigation projects and poor planning, warning that both rural and urban areas were facing severe drinking water shortages.

Recent data reveals a rapid decline in groundwater levels across the city, with water now being found only at depths of nearly 22 metres in Marredpally and around 19 metres in localities like Tirumalagiri and Ameerpet.

Around 300 farmers blocked the traffic demanding the government to provide water to their crops

Nearly 200 students express anger and frustration, stating that Centenary Hostel has a severe water crisis

He was unable to irrigate his paddy fields as the borewells in his land ran dry due to a decline in the groundwater table. In a desperate effort to save his crops, he borrowed money from various sources to drill three new borewells.

If India does not act now, the next decade could see a severe water crisis affecting not just agriculture and industry but also basic human survival

As water, rightly described as ‘elixir of life’, starts getting scarce with the peaking of summer, green living proponents call for measures at individual level also to tide over the crisis

While posting about the women's ordeal, Rao said that people of Telangana were witnessing woes of drinking used to be a common scene during erstwhile Andhra Pradesh in the rule of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.

Power supply to Pittampally village extended from 11 KV feeder of 33/11 KV Pamana Gundla substation; supply load and 11 KV feeder load is 120 amps, and voltage levels are healthy, says official

Three farmers Banoth Mangya, Ajmeera Ramesh, and Guguloth Biksham were brutally attacked by residents of Balaji Tanda as they questioned denial of water release to their lands

BRS leader recalls that during the KCR government, Hyderabad never witnessed water shortage and now even before the summer peaks, people were forced to buy water

While the dwellers of interior villages are forced to trek to find water, people in the plain areas are facing inconvenience due to insufficient supply of water through the Mission Bhagiratha programme

Sources say the corporation authorities reportedly informed the KMC officials in advance about the repair works planned at the Deshaipet filter bed, but the official did not take any measures to make alternative arrangements leading to shortage of water