News Topic:Water Scarcity
Kashmir
Pinjura villagers accuse DDC Shopian of snapping water supply
SHOPIAN — Locals from Pinjura village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday alleged that PHE Department on the directions of District Development Commissioner...
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Police ends scuffle over water scarcity with teargas shells in Shopian
A massive teargas shelling was reported from Pinjura area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday after a scuffle occurred between two villages over water scarcity.
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Kashmir
Water crisis hits villages in Awantipora
Amid scorching heat, residents of Noorpora (Pathgam) of Awantipora town in Pulwama district are facing acute shortage of drinking water for the past three months.
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Water Shortage: Seedlings sown over thousands of acres of land drying up
Seedlings sown over thousands of acres of land are drying up in Kanihama block of Tehsil BK Pora here in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
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News & Interviews
Gujarbasti Karewa Drabgam: Combating COVID-19 Without Clean Water?
The residents of Gujarbasti Karewa Drabgam area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district do not have access to clean water, posing a risk to their health amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pakistan
India and Pakistan likely to fight a war over water in future: Cameron Munter
Former US envoy to Pakistan Cameron Munter on Wednesday said that in his opinion, India and Pakistan are likely to fight a war in future over sharing of water resources.
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Business & Economy
Aqua Soft to address India’s safe drinking water needs
NEW DELHI / DigPu — Aqua Soft, a Domestic & Commercial Reverse Osmosis and Water Vending machine manufacturing company, is aiming to address India's...
Kashmir
Budgam’s Wagoora residents protest against PHE
Budgam: Scores of residents from Wagoora village of central Kashmir's Budgam district on Friday gathered to protest against the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department...
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Srinagar MP Ruhullah claims Yusuf Pathan was threatened with ‘bulldozer action’; Mahua Moitra slams BJP
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11 cold storage units in Pulwama face closure as PCC cracks whip
11 CA cold storage units in Lassipora Industrial Growth Centre have been served closure notices by the Jammu and Kashmir Pollution Control Committee.
Fake pesticides leave Shopian farmers in severe distress
The recovery of suspected sub-standard pesticides and fungicides from multiple locations in south Kashmir's Shopian district has sparked outrage among farmers.
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