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Kabul Faces Severe Water Shortage
Jul 19 2010, Ikramuddin Bahram

With the unexpected and abrupt rise in the population of Kabul, which was initially built for a population of half a million, has led to many long term problems. Water crisis is one of them.

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Reporting the ordinary, extraordinarily!
Stella Paul, Baga
There is something unique about every IndiaUnheard, story. Recently I watched a story by Sunita Kasera, the correspondent from Karauli, which was on water. My first...
Politics & Society, Video Volunteers, IndiaUnheard, India Unheard
made popular Jun 22 2010
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WORLD DAY FOR WATER,THE ELIXIR OF LIFE
Manohar Luthra, Delhi
WORLD DAY FOR WATER, THE ELIXIR OF LIFE The world celebrates March 22 as World Water Day. Water which is vital to all living organism is as necessary and responsible...
Environment, World Water Day, water problems
made popular Mar 23 2010
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Tomorrow Is World Water Day - In Case You Hadn't Heard
Eric G. Young, San Francisco Bay Area
When an environmental situation has grown so dire that the head of a major U.S. corporation (in this case, Nestle) speaks out about it, you know things are plenty grim....
Business, Environment, environment
made popular Mar 23 2010
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Why Sachin does not take a shower anymore
Julie, New Delhi
Mumbai’s famous resident, Sachin Tendulkar, has stopped taking a shower. In a bid to contribute to the city’s urgent need to save water, he bathes using a...
Environment, Sachin Tendulkar, shower
made popular Jan 12 2010
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Water Crisis Gripping Latin America, Bolivia Gradually falling prey to Climate change
Mateo, La Paz and Sucre
Bolivia — When the tap across from her mud-walled home dried up in September, Celia Cruz stopped making soups and scaled back washing for her family of five. She...
Politics & Society, Bolivia, Water carisis
made popular Dec 14 2009
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Chavez’s revolution: limits singing in shower to battle against power cuts, water shortages
Christian, Caracas
For the slum-dwellers of El Junquito, the fabulous views of Caracas have never been of much interest. It was the piped water and electricity supplied to their makeshift...
Politics & Society, Chavez, ban on singing in shower
made popular Dec 1 2009
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Another conflict at the heart of Yemen: water crisis
Saber, San'a
While domestic insurgencies chip away at the control of Yemen’s central government and an Al Qaeda branch gains strength in regions beyond the government’s...
Politics & Society, Yemen, yemen crisis
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Venezuela rations water in response to drought
Cesar, Caracas
Residents of the Venezuelan capital on Monday began to experience water rationing as part of a government preservation measure during a drought. The rolling cuts to...
Politics & Society, Venezuela, Draught
made popular Nov 4 2009
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Mexicans urged to treat water like 'One of the Family'
Oscar, Oaxaca
President Felipe Calderon and the National Water Commission recently launched a new campaign in dire effort to raise critical awareness in water conservation. Mexico...
Politics & Society, Mexico, water conservation
made popular Oct 22 2009
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Kenya dying of food and water
Craig, Pretoria
Kenya is facing a severe shortage of food and water with more than 10 million people requiring urgent assistance. Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga on...
Politics & Society, Food crisis, Water shortage
made popular Jul 23 2009
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Dead Sea peril: sinkholes swallow up the unwary
Yinon, Jerusalem
Eli Raz was peering into a narrow hole in the Dead Sea shore when the earth opened up and swallowed him. Fearing he would never be found alive, he scribbled his will on...
Environment, dead sea, Dead Sea peril
made popular Jun 23 2009
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In Ecuador, a fight for safe, affordable water
Mike, Mexico City
In May, I went to Guayaquil, with sewage as my calling card! Guayaquil is Ecuador’s largest city and center of commerce and shipping, located at the mouth of the...
Environment, Water crisis, Fight for water
made popular Jun 10 2009
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Is this the start of the water wars...where is the Aravali range going?
Hariharan Iyyer, Bombay
It has been predicted that the time is not far away that even the water and the air will be rationed and there will be not a clash of civilizations or religions, rather...
Environment, War for water, Aravali Range
made popular Mar 25 2009
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Global Report - 27-August-2008
Ground Report,
You can also catch the video show in various format. Windows Media Video - Download File QuickTime - Download File FLV (Flash Format) - Download File 3GP Mobile...
Global Report, Petrol shortage, Fuel Problem, Increasing oil prices in Nepal
made popular Aug 29 2008
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Coke urged to close India plant due to water shortage
Piyush, Shimla
The Energy and Resources group, an environmental group based in India, has asked Coca-Cola to shut down a bottling plant in the drought-stricken Indian state of...
Environment, Coke, Water shortage, Environment
made popular Jan 17 2008
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Yangtze hit by drought in China
Piyush, Shimla
China is facing its worst drought in a decade, with water in parts of the Yangtze River at the lowest level in 142 years.
Environment, Drought, Water Shortage, Yangtze
made popular Jan 17 2008
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