Water crisis

Water crisis

Photo: Rehman Asad

Rights to water and sanitation for slum people

Most of the slums have no legal connection of water supply and there is also lack of healthy sanitation system. Two third slums have no sewerage system.

The Phase 4 and Phase 5 gas refineries are seen in Assalouyeh, 1,000 km (621 miles) south of Tehran, January 27, 2011/ Reuters

Downstream Iranian energy projects disrupted by water crisis

A general view of Abadan oil refinery in southwest Iran, is pictured from Iraqi side of Shatt al-Arab in Al-Faw south of Basra, Iraq September 21, 2019/ Reuters

Iran's thirsty energy industry runs up against water shortage

Bangladesh among least water-stressed countries on earth

Bangladesh among least water-stressed countries on earth

Rajendra Litoria poses for a picture in Bangaon village of Bundelkhand, India on July 16, 2019/Reuters

No water, no wife

Groundwater level falls in Keraniganj; 2000 tube-wells turned useless

Groundwater level falls in Keraniganj; 2000 tube-wells turned useless

In drought-hit Delhi, the haves get limitless water, the poor fight for every drop

In drought-hit Delhi, the haves get limitless water, the poor fight for every drop

FILE PHOTO: Local residents wait in a queue to collect drinking water from a municipal corporation water tanker on a hot summer day in the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, May 1, 2019/REUTERS

India suffers driest June in five years, fears for crops