TEHRAN: Hundreds of residents gathered at Emamzadeh Saleh mosque in northern Tehran on Friday to pray for rain, as Iran faces one of its worst droughts in decades. The capital has recorded its lowest rainfall in a century, and half of the country’s provinces have seen no significant precipitation for months. Read More: Tehran faces severe […]
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Tehran faces severe water crisis as reservoirs near depletion
TEHRAN — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued a stark warning that Tehran could soon face an unprecedented water crisis if the ongoing drought persists. Speaking during a visit to Sanandaj, he said the government is under immense pressure to tackle simultaneous economic, environmental, and social challenges, with the city’s main reservoir now holding only […]
Water levels on Italy’s Lake Garda drop to 15-year low
Sirmione, Italy: The pedalos lie far from the water’s edge and the flat stone slabs around the Sirmione peninsula are exposed after drought reduced the level of Italy’s Lake Garda to a 15-year low. Italy’s largest lake, a major tourist destination nestled among mountains in the north of the country, is suffering like many others […]
No end to miseries of Baloch people: 10 more died
No end to miseries of Baloch people: 10 more died. The new spell of heavy rains has further increased the misery of people in Balochistan as 10 more citizens were killed during the last three days, while infrastructure, including houses, roads, and bridges were wrecked. The rain-hit infrastructure badly affected the traffic movements at the […]
Pakistan listed among drought hit countries by UN
NEW YORK: Pakistan is listed among the 23 countries by the United Nations that are facing drought emergencies in the last two years, stated a report released by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Other than Pakistan, the list also includes Afghanistan, Angola, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lesotho, […]
Pakistan urges ‘timely’ action to tackle water-related issues like floods, drought
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has called for addressing water problems such as floods and drought in a “timely and holistic” manner, saying sustainable water management remains one of the world’s most formidable challenges. Speaking at a virtual meeting organized by a 17-nation ‘Group of Friends Water’ and Tajikistan, Ambassador Aamir Khan, Pakistan’s deputy permanent representative to […]
Some in Madagascar ‘on verge of starvation’: UN
The famine ravaging Madagascar — the first country to experience such conditions due to climate change — is forcing people to eat locusts, cactus fruits, leaves and even mud, and some are on the verge of starvation, a UN official warned Friday. The current situation — brought on by years of persistent drought — prompted […]
In drought-hit Delhi, the rich get limitless water, the poor fight for every drop
In this teeming capital city of more than 20 million people, a worsening drought is amplifying the vast inequality between India’s rich and poor. The politicians, civil servants and corporate lobbyists who live in substantial houses and apartments in central Delhi pay very little to get limitless supplies of piped water – whether for their […]
The PTI government must help Thar
Do we really care about our people? Do we care how people are suffering? Do we care about the problems the people of Thar are facing? We do not. One of the biggest problems the people of Thar are facing is the shortage of water. There is limited groundwater, which is pretty much the only […]
‘Hunger stones’ tell Elbe’s centuries-old tale of drought
Once an ominous harbinger of hard times and even famine due to critically low water levels, a massive “hunger stone” embedded deep in the Elbe River has reappeared in the Czech Republic after Europe’s long, dry summer. The boulder in the town of Decin, north of the capital, Prague, is roughly the size of a […]