Expected to impact over 10,000 lives in rural Bengaluru BENGALURU: Tesco in Bengaluru, in partnership with Rotary Bangalore Whitefield Central, today announced the inauguration of its community-based clean water programme in Naganayakanakote, a village on the outskirts of Bengaluru city.
This initiative began in 2017 and is now giving the villagers access to clean drinking water.
The project is expected to impact 10,000 lives in the Naganayakanakote village and surrounding areas.
This initiative assures access to clean and safe drinking water as a key focus area for the village.
Through community water plants, under-served communities will gain ready access to high-quality potable water, and meet or exceed World Health Organisation (WHO) standards and Indian IS1 0500 standards for drinking water.
For Tesco in Bengaluru, every little step makes a big difference.
Our multi-stakeholder programme helps us spread the right awareness and impacts the economic health, education and productivity levels of households in the community and its surrounding areas.
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The need of the hour is clean drinking water that is affordable for all, and thus leads to long-term sustainability; Tesco in Bengaluru is helping us drive this cause further.’’ The Naganayakanakote village in Bengaluru is surrounded by many larger villages such as Doddadunnasandra, Samethanahalli, Muthkur, Muthasandra, Anugondanahalli and a few smaller villages as well.
The programme also aims to facilitate distribution from the Naganayakanakote hub to these villages for clean water access.

High velocity water flows from fire hydrants necessary to extinguish the fire resulted in brown or cloudy water conditions from sediments from cast iron water pipes.
If the water is not clear, DO NOT DRINK THE WATER, continue to flush until clear.
If you have continued concerns about your drinking water, Western U.P.
Health Department would recommend drinking bottled water until the advisory is lifted.
If you are flushing your pipes, the City of Ironwood recommends taking a reading from your water meter before and after flushing to get a credit on your water bill from the water department.
Bottled water shall be used for drinking, making ice, coffee, pop or other beverages, and preparing food in a food service establishment until further notice.
Instructions are available in English, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese.
A copy can also be faxed or email to you upon request.
It’s estimated that the problem will not be resolved for several days.
If you have questions or concerns regarding water quality, contact the City or Ironwood at 906-932-5050 or Tanya Rule, WUPHD Environmental Health Director, at 906-482-7382.

According to UNICEF, there are 2.1 billion people in the world that do not have access to safe drinking water.
It is amazing to think that in the near future, there is a possibility that many people will die from a lack of drinking water.
One has to examine what happened to Cape Town to understand what could possibly happen here.
A concerned population rises, a major drought hits, and the elements are in place for a real life disaster movie.
Nature Conservancy did a global survey of water supplies for cities.
In fact, Mexico City has 21 million people living there, and they only have access to running water for just part of the day.
Ways to Conserve Water There are steps we can all take to make sure that our ancestors will have enough clean water to live off of as well and ensure that this planet can keep on supporting life.
Waiakea Water has been growing year by year ever since.
Waiakea Water was originally created to make positive changes throughout the world.
With the lack of clean water available to many regions of the world, this is where Waiakea definitely steps up to the plate.

Islamabad A vast number of people in the outlying areas of Pakistan stand deprived of clean drinking water with thousands of people lacking access to this most essential need.
The oil and gas company MOL Pakistan, sensing the gravity of the situation, has taken action to overcome this issue to aid people living in its operational areas.
The exploration and production giant has made investments amounting to billions of dollars over the years in Pakistan, and also works for the goodwill of its people.
MOL Pakistan embodies caring corporatism that does not sacrifice social obligations and ethical values at the cost of monetary pursuits.
MOL Pakistan has played a vital role in the provision of clean drinking water to the underprivileged segments of Pakistani society.
Till date, the company has spent more than Rs.
90 million in executing effective water supply schemes in the most deprived districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including Karak, Hangu, Bannu and Kohat.
On account of its active presence in the area, MOL Pakistan has directly executed and funded several water supply schemes including the installation of hand pumps in several locations.
In Hangu, one of the most underdeveloped villages, Nizrab Banda, has received clean drinking water, thanks to a water supply project sponsored by MOL Pakistan.
Many villages located along the Bannu-Kohat Road have been afflicted by serious water-borne illnesses due to a lack of access to clean water.

According to UNICEF, there are 2.1 billion people in the world that do not have access to safe drinking water.
It is amazing to think that in the near future, there is a possibility that many people will die from a lack of drinking water.
One has to examine what happened to Cape Town to understand what could possibly happen here.
A concerned population rises, a major drought hits, and the elements are in place for a real life disaster movie.
Nature Conservancy did a global survey of water supplies for cities.
In fact, Mexico City has 21 million people living there, and they only have access to running water for just part of the day.
Ways to Conserve Water There are steps we can all take to make sure that our ancestors will have enough clean water to live off of as well and ensure that this planet can keep on supporting life.
Waiakea Water has been growing year by year ever since.
Waiakea Water was originally created to make positive changes throughout the world.
With the lack of clean water available to many regions of the world, this is where Waiakea definitely steps up to the plate.

Uttarakhand Ravi S Singh New Delhi, February 18 Union Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Uma Bharti will launch national drinking water programme “Swajal” from Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand on February 20.
Introducing the programme, she said it would be implemented in six states, including Uttarakhand, as a pilot project.
Swajal is a community-owned programme for sustained potable water supply.
She spoke about employment generation expected from the implementation of ‘Swajal’ and the next level of activities under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), i.e. solid and liquid waste management, under which a convergence-based programme is being launched next week.
A proposed “Ganga Gram” programme will also be launched in Uttarkashi on February 20.
It will be a model for solid and liquid waste management for all Ganga-bank villages as well as country’s other ODF villages.
Spelling out the roadmap of implementation of cleanliness drive in rural India, she said it would be taken to the next level which included taking up many more places of historic-cultural importance for elevation to improved standards of cleanliness under the “Swachh Iconic Places initiative”.
The initiative was envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
She dwelt on “Galvanising Organic Bio-Agro Resources (GOBAR)-Dhan”- a “Waste to Wealth” initiative of the government announced by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Budget address.
As many as 700 districts of the country will be provided access to biogas resources to recycle animal waste and convert it into wealth and energy under the initiative.

Nation Ravi S Singh New Delhi, February 18 Union Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Uma Bharti will launch a new national drinking water programme named ‘Swajal’ from Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand on February 20.
Introducing the programme, she said it will be implemented in six states, including Uttarakhand, as pilot.
Uttarakhand has been chosen for launching the first pilot.
Swajal is a community owned programme for sustained potable water supply.
Bharti said: “Swajal’s implementation and the following next level of activities under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) will open avenues for generation of employment in rural-India.” Next level of activities under the Swachh Bhart Mission, include solid and liquid waste management under which a convergence-based programme will be kicked off next week.
A proposed ‘Ganga Gram’ programme will also be launched in Uttarkashi on February 20.
It will be a model for solid and liquid waste management for all Ganga-bank villages as well as country’s other ODF villages.
The initiative was envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
She dwelt on “Galvanising Organic Bio-Agro Resources (GOBAR)-Dhan”- a “Waste to Wealth” initiative of the government announced by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Budget (2018-19) address.
As many as 700 districts of the country will be provided access to bio-gas resources to recycle animal waste and convert it into wealth and energy under the initiative.

To the editor: As environmentalists and policymakers look to South Africa’s "Zero Day," when Cape Town’s city water is predicted to be shut down, some might forget that a community twice the size of Pittsfield — Flint, Mich. — already faced and continues to face a "Zero Day" here in the United States.
In an era where with increasingly scarce resources, careful attention can be paid to the long-term aftermath of domestic state-of-emergencies.
The lessons learned will be particularly true for local communities that may at some point have little choice but yield control to external crisis management leadership.
Since March 2016, the EPA has not changed its recommendation that Flint residents not drink unfiltered tap water.
Clearly, it’s difficult to assess the true situation today because of significant delays in reporting.
For this reason, first-hand accounts from social justice non-profits like Flint Rising and Corporate Accountability carry significant weight.
According to these institutions, the few remaining distribution centers will soon be shut down, leaving people without ready access.
In sum, there is a forgotten drama playing out on American soil that’s multi-generational and affecting people’s health and emotional and economic well-being.
The lead actor is an ingredient that is essential for everyone’s life: water.
One option for current and future civic leaders at this time would be lend their creativity, cooperation and if possible charity on a city-to-city basis.

DOHA: Qatar Charity has drilled and rehabilitated 316 artesian and surface wells last year to provide safe drinking water to as many as 350,000 people in Somalia, which made 2017 the most abundant year yet in the field of water and sanitation.
Qatar Charity implemented these projects in needy and poor areas of Somalia to help those affected and underprivileged people cope with chronic and widespread drought and lessen the effects.
Qatar Charity pays a great attention towards providing safe drinkable water, as it is one of the main areas of its work, where it very actively works, especially in countries that have major problems in this vital aspect of life, such as Somalia where only a small percentage of the population has access to clean water, due to drought and drying up of springs, rivers and old wells, and fluctuation in rainfall seasons in general.
Drilling of these wells and the efforts of health awareness about sanitation carried out and made by Qatar Charity in Somalia, coincided with its ongoing relief operations in Somalia, which included the distribution of dry foodstuffs and potable water through tanks transporting water to remote areas.
Qatar Charity signed a cooperation and partnership agreement with the Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia at the end of last year in the capital Mogadishu, to organise the cooperation in the humanitarian and development fields.
Qatar Charity is keen to integrate its humanitarian and development efforts to respond to the basic needs of the Somali people and to serve the priorities of the Somali Government in the transition from the humanitarian response to supporting the development and the stability efforts in Somalia.
According to the agreement, the interventions of Qatar Charity will help the Somali Government bring about the sustainable development and will focus on a range of priorities including the provision of drinking water and taking the advantage of technology in this field to provide this service to the largest possible number of beneficiaries.
Qatar Charity and UNHCR have announced, through a partnership and cooperation agreement signed between them last October last year in Geneva, that they will work together on the reintegration of the Somali returnees, internally displaced persons and receiving communities through the construction and rehabilitation of the public infrastructure in the water sectors, in addition to education, shelter and sanitation, to benefit nearly 100,000 people.
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Randall Hackley Behind barbed-wire fences at this camp in northern Jordan, about 33,000 Syrians—half of them children—exist uneasily, housed in rows of rudimentary shelters that barely protect them from the winter cold.
To help, non-governmental organizations supply water and relief groups visit to offer aid.
The UN said at least 82 water trucks a day fill the camp’s water tanks so that 950,000 liters of water a day can flow to some 76 taps.
Boreholes also provide 3.2 million liters of drinking water a day, giving camp residents access to about 20 liters a day, or 5 gallons per person.
Water and wastewater networks were constructed by the humanitarian group ACTED.
Play activities "help take their mind off things," Akbik said.
The Rohingya crisis even prompted a UN video that ended with a plea to better address the refugees’ urgent needs of clean water.
At the informal Rohingya camps in southeast Bangladesh, water pumps next to open sewers have stoked fear of disease outbreaks, and led to vaccination, clean water and sanitation drives.
The World Health Organization reports that diptheria is "rapidly spreading among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar," a city in Bangladesh.
The Sahrawis have come a long way since eight years ago, when water was trucked in via UNHCR tankers and outhouses were crude holes beside mud-brick homes.