Pakistan grapples with water contamination: 100 pc water in PoGB unfit for drinking

Sep 06, 2024

A troubling report from Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) reveals that all water samples from the region are contaminated, rendering the water unsafe for consumption.

UP: Rural women test over 30 lakh water samples in 9 months

Dec 30, 2022

The testing of water samples under the 'Jal Jeevan Mission' was carried out by rural women in just nine months.

Pakistan: Contaminated water linked to rising diarrhoea cases among children in Karachi

Sep 28, 2024

From February to April this year, the health department of Sindh province collected more than 50 water samples from different districts of the city...

Licence of 4 water bottle manufacturers in Pune suspended

Mar 19, 2021

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 19 : The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has suspended BIS licences of four water bottle manufacturers allegedly after people...

GBS: Pune Municipal Corporation crackdown on water supply sources, 30 private plants sealed

Feb 06, 2025

The PMC took action against these plants after collecting water samples that were found unfit for drinking. Some plants lacked proper permission to operate,...

Floating bodies in Ganga: Bihar sends samples from river for COVID-19 contamination testing

Jun 10, 2021

Patna (Bihar) [India], June 10 : Days after bodies were found floating in Ganga in the state, samples collected from the river have been...