News Topic:Water Scarcity
Kashmir
11-year-old boy killed over water dispute in Kupwara
KUPWARA — An 11-year-old boy was killed over a water dispute in Manznad Kachhama area of Kralpora in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir...
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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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Kashmir
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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Kashmir
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...
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