Tanzania: Names of 32 Deceased in Karatu Accident for Inscription On Water Well.
World Islamic Propagation and Humanitarian Services (WIPAHS) intends to inscribe on a water well the names of 32 Lucky Vincent School pupils who died in the road accident in Karatu recently.
The organisation, which will donate the facility to the community that endure water scarcity, said the residents will fetch water free of charge, believing that the souls of the young learners will be blessed by God through the services.
"Water is a crucial commodity for living, we think that through granting the water well on behalf of the deceased little angels, we will have played our part in praying for them to go to heaven," WIPAHS Spokesperson Amina Mbaraka told the ‘Daily News’ in Dar es Salaam during the special prayers for the fallen children whose demise shocked the nation.
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Ms Mbaraka noted that they expect to construct the water well within the three months, but they are still contemplating on the location.
Acting Education Officer in Kibaha, Mr Ramadhani Lawoga, called on the school owners to observe traffic laws when transporting students to avoid unnecessary accidents.
One of the mourners who participated in the prayers, Ms Atwiya Adam Ahmed, said "We join our fellow parents who lost their beloved ones in the accident, as parents we feel the same pain."

Water: Save Every Drop.
Estimates say that by 2030, if we carry on as we are, the world will only have 60 percent of the water it needs.
Agriculture relies mainly on the water that comes from snow and glacial melt, but with rising temperatures and changing weather patterns, most villages in the area are experiencing severe water shortage.
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Jordan’s Water Wise Women Jordan is going through a severe drought.
Pressure on water supplies is being aggravated by the presence of two million refugees who have fled the conflict in neighbouring Syria.
Groundwater reserves are being depleted at an alarming rate and, on top of that, around 40 percent of the water distributed to homes across the country is lost through illegal wells and faulty pipes.
They are now able to deal themselves with any leakages in their homes and communities, thereby saving water in a more timely manner.
Source: Al Jazeera

Claremont is one of the top five water-guzzling suburbs.
According to a City of Cape Town report, one of the properties in Claremont used about 678 kilolitres in March, instead of the normal usage of 20 kilolitres per household in a period of a month.
The findings come whilst the City council is still expected to decide if water restrictions should be raised from level 3 to level 4 later this month.
The report states that most of the water wastage in the suburbs listed are experiencing leakages and the water inspector has been dispatched to make sure all the leaks are fixed.
Xanthea Limberg, Mayco member for water services, says: “About two-thirds of the top 30 properties on the March list were found to have leaks on the properties, which are the reason for the high consumption.
Other suburbs also identified as high water users are Hout Bay, Green Point, Ekuphumuleni, Strandfontein and Mandela Park, which together used more than 2460 kilolitres in March.
How to check for leaks on your property .
Close all taps on the property and don’t flush the toilets.
Check and record your meter reading.
A leaking tap wastes between about 400 and 2600 litres per month.V Email the City at water@capetown.gov.za for queries or to report contraventions (evidence should be provided) or send an SMS to 31373.

900-year-old dam in Karnataka to be rebuilt for drinking water.
MYSURU: Consecutive droughts and fall in reservoir levels in Cauvery basin have hit both irrigation and drinking water needs of Bengaluru and other towns.
This has forced authorities to rebuild the 900-year-old Madhava Manthri dam into a concrete structure across the river.
Madhava Manthri is the main source of water for 56 villages in Malavalli taluk, Purigali lift irrigation that irrigates 30,000 acres in Malavalli, a source for Muduguthore lift irrigation covering parts of T Narsipur and Belagawadi and also for hydel power project in Hemmige.
The state government has prepared a detailed project report (DPR) and invited tenders to construct the dam at a cost of Rs 70 crore as any delay will badly hit these projects and put public to hardships during drought.
Meanwhile, the Irrigation Department has completed modernisation of Madhava Manthri left bank irrigation canal that would check seepage and ensure that the farmers in tail-end also get water.
As the Krishnaraja Sagar reservoir is completely dried up, the officials utilised the situation and have reset the sluice gates at all the three levels in order to avoid wastage of water.
They have also completed modernisation of Ullahalli and Rampura canals in Kabini achukat.
Cauvery Niravari Nigam managing director Shivashankar said the water storage in these dams would be a great relief to meet drinking water needs of Bengaluru and other towns.
District Minister H C Mahadevappa said they are committed to rebuilding Madhava Manthri dam and complete pending works to implement drip and sprinkler irrigation in Talakadu Hobli in T Narsipur.

Plateau SSG Advocates Cooperation Of States To Resuscitate Water Basins.
The summit was to focus on strategies for the resuscitation of the basin for which he said that the cooperation of concerned states was of great importance to the region and the international community.
He said human activities in relation to water resources and management in the basin had led to increasing water scarcity.
He said that Plateau in the past had suffered from ecological disasters such as flood and droughts which had threatened the lives, properties and economic activities of the people.
Bature, however, said that suggestions, solutions, and recommendation on what action to be taken unilaterally to deal with the management of surface and underground water sources and socio-economic activities would emerge from the summit NAN reports that the HIKYB-TF is a hydrological basin made up of Plateau, Bauchi, Kano, Jigawa, Yobe and Borno hosting the rivers that contribute to the water body in the Lake Chad from the Nigerian side.
NAN further reports that over 15 million people in these states critically depend on the scarce water resources of this basin.
Long term failure in the management of the river basin had led to the blockage of channels by silt and invasive weeds leading to inundation of thousands of cultivable hectares of land.
In an attempt to address the water resources challenges of the basin, the six Riparian States met in Yobe State in 2006 with the support of the Federal Government and HJKYB-TF was established.
The primary aim of HJKYB-TF is to establish a shared platform to provide a sustainable funding mechanism to address trans-boundary water management issues of the basin.
(NAN)

Nestle Water Staff on strike in Karachi, Karachi faces Nestle Water scarcity.
Karachi faces Nestle Water scarcity as Company’s staff observes strike KARACHI, Pakistan: In a bid to ensure their salaries soared, the Staff members of Mineral Water Company Nestle have been observing a strike in Karachi, making the water supply insufficient for the heat-stricken people.
Sources said that the strike by the Staff has turned into a Nestle Water scarcity in many areas of the City as a number of workers of Nestle has begun observing the strike, seeking an increase in their salaries.
The Staff of Nestle is of the view that though the Company’s earning continues to spike and it has also time-to-time increased the prices of Nestle bottles but yet it hasn’t increased the salaries of its Staff members for a while.
However, no official statement has yet been issued in this regard by the Company.
Amid insufficient supply of Nestle Water and the Staff’s threat to continue the strike till their demands are met, the Consumers have become indignant saying Nestle calls itself the world’s leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company; however, its unjust behaviors to its workers is highly deplorable.
The Consumers said that despite the fact that they ensure timely and full payment of Nestle Water charges but the Company even didn’t bother to tell them about the disturbance in Water supply.
Furthermore, the Consumers demanded an immediate supply of Nestle Water to them across Karachi as its demand has become even higher in the hot weather.
Source: Propakistani

Event links water and space exploration.
Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) hosted a discussion on space exploration and its importance for understanding both climate and water resources variability in the Arabian Peninsula and notably in Qatar, during its final Science Majlis for this academic year.
Held on a monthly basis, Science Majlis sessions aim to address the general public, exploring how science can improve individual life and tackle societal challenges.
This month’s session addressed a question on ‘how does groundwater mapping in Qatar contribute to better formulation of new space missions dedicated to map fossil aquifers in Earth desert environments and beyond on planets.’ Qatar’s harsh dusty desert climate and its rare geomorphologic similarities with several planetary surfaces, hypothesize Qatar as an ideal laboratory for understanding unique groundwater transport phenomena and developing future water exploration techniques that can address water scarcity in several arid areas.
The conversation presented several facts regarding space exploration and dispelled many rumours that are common in the public sphere.
The discussion was led by Dr Essam Heggy, principal investigator at HBKU’s Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), and a member of NASA’s and ESA’s space missions team dedicated to exploring subsurface water on bodies of the solar system.
Commenting on the topic and debate, Dr Heggy said: “Science plays two fundamental roles in our society; the first is exploring new scientific frontiers of our planet as well as of our universe, and the second is fighting misconceptions and ignorance that can be detrimental to human development.
The informal setting of HBKU’s Science Majlis sessions enables us to consider relevant and contemporary issues while engaging the audience in a lecture-free and friendly environment.” Recurring Science Majlis events are a part of HBKU’s rich calendar of public lectures, workshops, and sessions, which aim to raise awareness among the local community on innovative research being conducted at HBKU to support the goals set forth by the Qatar National Vision 2030.
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Even as the new Mayor is yet to take a grip over municipal affairs, the Collector is expected to release ad hoc assistance soon to mitigate the problem Chittoor: Drinking water is being sold at Chittoor and private tankers are minting money.
The existing bore wells have become defunct and their yields have also receded abnormally.
People of the city crave for getting the normal water apart from drinking water.
The newly elected Chittoor Mayor K Hemalatha is yet to understand the miseries of the public on this issue as she is said to be quite new to the politics as well as the issues of the city.
Asked to comment over the prevailing scarcity of drinking water in the city Chittoor Municipal Commissioner G. Subramanyam admitted that there was consistent demand for more drinking water supply in the city since several decades “The water levels in NTR Jalasayam are receding very fast due to unbearable heat and adverse seasonal condition.
Transportation of water is only the alternative for the municipal administration to ensure the water needs of the city to a little extent.
But paucity of funds makes the civic body incompetent to tackle the water management “he added.
District Collector Pradyumna is expected to review the prevailing drinking water scarcity in all the Municipal towns and corporations with in a couple of days.
It is expected that he would release the adhoc assistance to Chittoor Municipal Corporation for resuming the transportation of water in the city.
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Around 750 villagers belonging to ST community have been facing acute drinking water scarcity for the last few years during the summer.
The parched villagers have no other option but to walk for one and a half km to collect drinking water from small pits on dry bed of Brahmani Gadia, a pond situated near Koluapata on the outskirts of the village.
As the groundwater level has drastically gone down, the villagers have dug five small pits which are the only sources to meet their needs.
The villagers alleged that though the district administration had set up a drinking water project under Swajaldhara scheme at an estimated cost of `65 lakh two years back, it has failed to supply due to lack of adequate depth of the boring, low motor capacity for pumping water and depletion in groundwater level for the last three months.
Similarly, four tubewells set up by the Government in the village have failed to provide water in the summer due to depletion of groundwater, said Gangadhar Nayak, a villager.
As a result, the tribal women of Rajeev Nagar have to walk one and a half km to fetch water from the pits.
“After collecting water from the pits, we purify it by filtering or boiling,” said 45-year-old Kamala Gochhi.
Junior Engineer of RWSS Baishnab Mallik said due to depletion of groundwater, both the tubewells and drinking water projects are not functioning.
However, the under construction project at Nistipur village will meet the water demand once it is operational, he added.
Sarpanch of Kuspangi panchayat Pushpalata Parida has urged the administration to provide drinking water to Rajeev Nagar village through tankers.

"My government is attaching priority to the drinking water supply programme," said Naveen.
The chief minister directed the officials to make provisions for 100 per cent piped water supply in 112 urban local bodies on war footing.
At present, 79 per cent people in the urban areas are getting piped water.
Steps will be taken to receive public grievances through mobile phones.
About one per cent of 4.39 lakh-odd tube wells are lying defunct.
Repair of 463 defunct piped water supply projects are also going on.
On February 24, Naveen directed officials to complete maintenance of drinking water projects by March 31.
The extension officers were assigned to monitor water supply in every panchayat and asked to submit the report to block development offic-ers.
These are municipal corporations of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Rourkela and Sambalpur and the municipalities in Puri, Baripada, Balasore and Bhadrak.
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