Water shortage

Pakistan’s geography bestows upon it an entire ocean’s worth of water supply

Villagers says even the mosques were without water during Eid days

Police are not allowing even ambulances with Karnataka number plates to drive into Tamil Nadu across tense border

In Pakistan some communities have to walk long distances to fetch water

Police arrest 200 protesters in Bangalore to quell violence, which has forced shops, businesses and schools to close

Drought-prone areas which have suffered during the 2013-15 drought season are witnessing high child mortality rates

Scarcity of water in Mingora UC has exposed locals to range of challenges

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council hosts workshop

Pakistan to host regional conference next year

Only CDA tankers were supplying water to residents and private tankers were not allowed to operate in the city

Accumulation of silt eroding space available to store water in dams

Forced to purchase bottled water, consumers still face the risk of illnesses

Ansar Aziz envisages plan to streamline civic issues

People have employed tractors, mini trucks and pick-up vans to supply water to worst-hit areas

Residents say they are facing paucity of potable water due to poor management and ineffective water supply system

Lack of water in Hub Dam leaves District West without water

Youth councillor threatens to hold protest if issue not addressed

The HDA noted that shortage of water was occurring in several areas of Hyderabad

District council member Sardar Haroonur Rasheed was unavailable to comment on the matter

Management was allegedly selling water to private tankers to resell it to the residents

‘There is no threat of a drought’

KATI president said industrialists and residents of Karachi are being held hostage by “tanker mafia”

The last time the dam filled its entire capacity of 339 feet was in 2013, said KWSB's superintendent engineer

Residents get water from KWSB line for few hours every two months or so

The civic agency’s water taker service will also be available to mitigate the shortage for residents, it added

The party members put forward short-term, midterm and long-term strategies

They said that people are forced to bring water from 80km away

As the gap between supply & demand increases by the day,a new project designed to sate a thirsty city is coming online

Following the protest, the traffic jam continued for several hours

The burst pipeline has brought about a shortfall of 70 MGD of water in the city

SHC directs its MD to file comments on petition accusing water board of 'creating' artificial crisis

It became extremely difficult to carry out our religious practices, says a resident of Gulistan-e-Jauhar

CJP warns DHA of freezing new projects unless it ensures water supply to Phase VIII

Balochistan accuses Sindh of stealing its share of water

RCB increases rates for domestic, commercial consumers.

Farmers say mismanagement and corruption are responsible for the shortage

Free-of-charge tanker service also comes to an end

City receives 75 per cent less than it should, without considering line losses