Over 150 Children die in fresh outbreak of diseases in Thar Desert of Pakistan
At least 150 children have died of waterborne disease since January this year in Pakistan’s impoverished desert district of Tharparkar, which has been devastated by drought since 2013. The media reports suggest the death toll around 173 but the government authorities have termed it an ‘exaggerated figure’. Civil society groups and opposition politicians say the […]
[Indonesia Report] Villagers in some regions suffer from clean water shortage
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Some Indonesian live in Nusa Tenggara Timur Province found living in a clean water shortage, forced to drink salty water to survive. Kompas,com, an internet media, reported that Maumere Social Development Foundation’s (Yaspem) Program Manager, Aleksius Arman Jaya, said “Eastern Flores, Nusa Tenggara Timur Province, inevitably consume salty water from their wells because of a long-drought that cause […]
Three-Year Drought Leaves Reservoir Dried-Up
KUNMING, March 22, 2012 (Xinhua) — A villager walks on the dried-up bed of the Xinba reservoir in Shilin County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 22, 2012. A severe drought has lingered in Yunnan for three consecutive years, leaving 3.2 million people and 1.65 million livestock short of water. A total of 7.9 million people […]
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