water shortage

Barind area starts becoming hub of diversified crops to mitigate water security

Since ancient times, the Barind area has been drought-prone due to its geographic location, but the farmers used to cultivate diversified crops to cope with the water-stressed conditions.

Africa

Taps have run dry across South Africa's largest city in an unprecedented water crisis

Bangladesh

Karnafuli power plant’s production drops to 25MW as Kaptai Lake water decreases

Every year the groundwater levels continue to deplete and the cost of maintaining pumps amidst the depletion is not economically viable. Photo: Noor-A-Alam

Panorama

Digging our way to a drought

Low water levels due to drought are seen in the Hoover Dam reservoir of Lake Mead near Las Vegas, Nevada, US June 9, 2021. Photo: Reuters

USA

US declares first Western reservoir water shortage, triggering cuts

A centuries-old bridge near Isfahan: A river used to run through it Photographer: ATTA KENARE/AFP

Analysis

Water shortages threaten Iran with political and economic apocalypse

Videos

Chattogram faces drinking water shortage, industries there facing water shortage as well

File Photo: A man sprinkles water from a bottle in an effort to reduce the roadside dust at Postagola in the capital. Photo: Mumit M/TBS

Environment