Category: Access to water

Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water

Centuries-old wells restored to provide drinking water as parts of the country head towards “day zero” when no water will be availableA loud cheer and sounds of clapping reverberated around Bansilalpet, a...

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Joy and relief as lotus flowers bloom again in Kashmiri lake after three decades

Wular Lake once supported 5,000 people who harvested the plant’s edible roots, until the lake silted up after floods. Now the lotuses are back “We threw seeds into the lake hundreds of times, but nothing grew....

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Lack of clean drinking water for 95% of people in Gaza threatens health crisis

Polluted water supplies and salty groundwater are making people ill, with UN warning of threat of child deaths from dehydration Israel and Hamas at war – live updatesPalestinians who fled to southern Gaza, after warnings...

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