Full Coverage: Water/sanitation

31.08.2006 Oxfam has expanded its operations in the north and east to meet the needs of displaced families as the humanitarian situation in the north and east continues to draw attention of the aid agencies. Though a few displaced families have returned to their homes, thousands of displaced families are still in camps in Trincomalee, Kilinochchi, Batticaloa and Jaffna districts.

30.08.2006 Asiantuntijoiden mukaan vettä on maapallolla tarpeeksi jaettavaksi. Vesiongelman poistaminen vaatii poliittisen ajattelun muutosta, uusi raportti toteaa. Useiden alueiden vedenpuute johtuu heikosta infrastruktuurista ja sijoitusten vähäisyydestä. Myös ympäristön tuhoaminen ajaa monia alueita vesipulaan.

29.08.2006 Until last week, the road going south from the Kanthale junction was mostly deserted. Most vehicles whizzed past the junction towards Trincomalee, some 50 kilometres East of Kanthale town. But now numerous vehicles are making their way on the otherwise desolate road that links Kanthale to Muthur.

25.08.2006 Professor Asit K. Biswas, a tireless water proponent who constantly challenges the "status quo", received the 2006 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate from Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. Professor Biswas is an Indian-born Canadian citizen and president of the Mexico City-based Third World Centre for Water Management.

24.08.2006 New Delhi, August 22, 2006: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) responded sharply to the recent statement in Parliament by Anbumani Ramadoss, Union minister of health and family welfare, which questioned the validity of CSE’s findings. “The minister of health is clearly more concerned with industrial health -- and not people’s health,” said CSE.

23.08.2006 Yli tuhat ihmistä osoitti mieltään Intiassa, vaatien Coca-Colan ja Pepsicon pullotustehtaiden sulkemista. Virvoitusjuomayhtiöiden sanotaan aiheuttavan vesipulaa kuivassa, pohjoisintialaisessa Rajashtanin maakunnassa asuville ihmisille. Juomien myös nähdään olevan vakava terveysriski, niistä mitattujen korkeiden torjunta-ainepitoisuuksien vuoksi.

23.08.2006 Over a thousand people marched and rallied in the north Indian state of Rajasthan to demand the shut down of Coca-Cola and Pepsico bottling plants in the state. Accusing the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Kala Dera of creating severe water shortages affecting over fifty villages and producing harmful products, protesters marched towards the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Kala Dera, about 40 kilometers from Jaipur.

22.08.2006 850 famiglie - per un totale di 15 villaggi distrutti - hanno perso le loro case insieme a ogni proprietà a causa dell'inizio del riempimento del bacino di raccolta della diga di Merowe, avvenuto senza alcun preavviso. Altri 10 villaggi rischiano di essere le prossime vittime e l'incaricata speciale dell'ONU per i Diritti Umani, Sima Samar, in visita a Khartoum, ha espresso la sua preoccupazione. L'Associazione per i Popoli Minacciati chiede il risarcimento per le vittime alla ditta tedesca Lahmeyer International.

22.08.2006 The country’s highest court says that the Indian government has a duty to protect natural waterbodies to ensure its citizens their fundamental right to a decent quality of life.Besides, the state also has a duty to protect the environment.

18.08.2006 En Conferencia de Prensa el Comité Ambientalista del Valle de Siria presentó los estudios efectuados a 10 personas residentes en las aldeas El Pedernal y Nueva Palo Ralo del municipio de El Porvenir, Francisco Morazán.

18.08.2006 Groups campaigning against Coca-Cola and Pepsico in India have criticized comments made by a top US official that actions against Coca-Cola and Pepsico in India are a "setback for the Indian economy."

17.08.2006 In Europa e nei Paesi dell'Atlantico si registrano ricorrenti episodi di siccità, mentre nuove forme di turismo, che assorbono acqua in crescente quantità, e l'irrigazione agricola minacciano le risorse idriche dei Paesi del Mediterraneo. Lo denuncia “Rich countries, Poor water”, il nuovo dossier WWF che esce in concomitanza con la Settimana mondiale dell'acqua (20-26 agosto). Il dossier mostra come i cambiamenti climatici, la siccità, la scomparsa di zone umide, ma anche la cattiva gestione e l'inadeguatezza delle infrastrutture idriche stanno alimentando una crisi dell'acqua anche nei Paesi ricchi, primi consumatori di "oro blu".

07.08.2006 The focus of the recently released, India-specific, World Bank's Development Policy Review, is seen in its title "Inclusive Growth and Service Delivery: building on India's success." The DPR is on familiar ground when it says that recent strong economic growth has bypassed large sections of the society and there is an urgent need to ensure that its fruits are shared by all sections.

04.08.2006 A press release by the NGO platform on shipbreaking - a coalition of Indian NGOs - says that the inspection committee on 'Blue Lady' was under intense pressure to give clearance to the vessel for beaching, as per the admissions by credible sources within Technical Committee on Ship-breaking.

04.08.2006 As heavy fighting continued on Thursday between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil rebel militants, to gain control over an irrigation sluice near Trincomalee port, fears are growing over the fate of a ceasefire brokered by Norway in 2002.