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Volunteers, IT professionals join drought relief -Shoumojit Banerjee

-The Hindu Wells being dug in mountainous terrain of Vellie, Bhor taluks; water tankers arranged for remote hamlets. Pune: Moved by poignant stories of suffering coming from drought-hit Maharashtra’s hinterland, social outfit volunteers and IT professionals have taken the initiative to look for long-term solutions, besides arranging for water tankers to address immediate needs. A group of volunteers from Jnana Prabodhini have started digging wells in the mountainous Velhe and Bhor taluks of...

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Survey by Swaraj Abhiyan highlights plight of drought-hit

-PTI Several villages in Bundelkhand region spread over Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are facing "acute shortage" of drinking water, cattle deaths along with "inaction" of the state machinery, a survey by Swaraj Abhiyan said. Releasing the survey report, Swaraj Abhiyan co-founder Yogendra Yadav today said 40 per cent of the 43 surveyed villages in Madhya Pradesh were depending on "two or less" hand pumps for their water needs. Among the 79 villages...

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Swaraj Abhiyan to launch padyatra through drought area -Rosamma Thomas

-The Times of India JAIPUR: Swaraj Abhiyan has announced results of a third survey conducted in seven UP districts and four MP districts falling in the Bundelkhand region. The survey, conducted over the phone, showed that the drinking water situation is dire in many villages - in 40% of villages surveyed there were only two functional hand pumps. Unable to provide fodder and water to cattle, villagers have taken to letting...

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Conserving the last drop -Narayan Lakshman

-The Hindu The way forward may be to not rely only on dams, interlinked rivers, and borewell drilling — but to supplant these with effective water conservation, storage and groundwater recharge For the past one week, The Hindu has explored the multi-faceted crisis of water scarcity that has gripped India this summer, through a daily series titled ‘Last Drop’. The series sought to give our readers a comprehensive understanding of six critical...

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Water level in dams dips to a new low -Jacob Koshy

-The Hindu Water storage in major Indian reservoirs has dipped to 19% of their total capacity, according to a weekly update by the Central Water Commission on Thursday. On the back of consecutive droughts in 2014 and 2015, several parts of India have faced searing droughts. This has contributed to water in these 91 dams steadily falling to touch decadal lows since April but a top official said water levels had not...

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