Water crisis

Water crisis

Representational Image. Photo: Collected

Water mismanagement a credit risk across Asia: Report

Risks are more pronounced for water-intensive sectors such as mining, agriculture and power

A satellite image shows low water levels at Shasta Lake on June 16, 2021 as California, US, faces its worst drought since 1977. USGS/NASA Earth Observatory/Handout via REUTERS

Climate’s lessons for the water crisis

Dr Asif M Zaman, managing director of Esolve International Limited. Illustration: TBS

‘Panir dam’ should mean priceless, not worthless

Indian women carrying drinking water from a municipal water tanker in Shankargarh, Uttar Pradesh, on June 6, 2019.. Photo/CNN

India's groundwater crisis threatens food security for hundreds of millions: Study 

A man walks to his friend's home in a neighborhood without electricity as snow covers the Blackhawk neighborhood in Pflugerville, Texas, February 15, 2021. Bronte Wittpenn/Austin American-Statesman/USA Today Network via REUTERS

Cold, lack of water overwhelm Texas hospitals more than Covid-19 did

Photo: Reuters

Ex-Michigan governor charged in lead-poisoning of Flint water

A logo is pictured on the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2017. Reuters/Denis Balibouse

Health centre water crisis increasing virus risk: WHO

Karnaphuli Residential, the first residential project of CDA has not been completed even in 26 years. Photo :Chattogram Bureau

How water crisis has left CDA housing project dry for 26 years

People waiting in line with empty containers in hand to collect water. Photo: UNB

Water crisis hits Malibagh residents hard

3 billion people do not have access to running water and soap at home. Photo: AFP/Bloomberg

Covid’s spreading fast because billions don’t have water to wash

Low income people of South Khulshi in the port city of Chattogram collect water from a tar amid severe crisis of drinking water at a time when the country is going through shutdown due to coronavirus pandemic. This photo was taken on Wednesday. Photographer : Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

Chattogram Wasa rationing water as demand spikes amid lockdown

A water tanker primes the water for Syrian refugees in front of their homes in the Al-Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq near the border with Syria September 17, 2016/ Reuters

Concerns over water shortages jump in Jordan amid lockdown

A Marma woman is collecting drinking water from a hole dug in a drying creek near Gherao Para in Rowangchhari upazila of Bandarban. Photo: TBS

Water crisis turns acute as jhiris dry up in remote areas of Bandarban