Nepalis enraged at state for privatizing drinking water

Mohan Nepali 5 months ago Region: Nepal

“We’ve been paying just the water supply bill without getting water. What a state we’ve got,!” remarks Shova Khadgi of Dhalku, Kathmandu when asked if she gets drinking water. As she has to buy jarr... more

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Finally, Safe Drinking Water for the Thousands in Kenya

Jackie ONeal 5 months ago Region: Kenya

 Kristen Kosinski, the founder of The Samburu Project and former executive at Paramount Network Television in Hollywood, believes all people have a primal need to connect with Mother Earth. In 2005, she traveled to K... more

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Kyrgyz Clean Water Project Under Scrutiny

IWPR a year ago Region: Kyrgyzstan

Critics highlight flaws in major project to provide drinking water in rural areas, but public reluctance to pay for upkeep is part of the problem. By Elina Karakulova in Bishkek A shortage of clean drinking water in Kyrg... more

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World Water Day asks—can Earth’s water resources be private properties?

Mohan Nepali 8 months ago Region: Nepal

Today—March 22—is the World Water Day. The core meaning of observing this particular day is to understand the essential meaning of water for life as a whole and human beings in particular. Drinking water is st... more

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PLA Men Getting Ill

Mohan Nepali a year ago Region: Nepal

Forced to drink contaminated tubewell water full of arsenic, Maoist people’s Liberation Army (PLA) fighters camped at Chulachuli in the Eastern Nepal are getting sick. They have been staying there in the UN-monitored... more

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