More than 500 poor families, including many from the indigenous Garo community, have been hit by an acute crisis of drinking water in 15 villages under Mymensingh’s Dhobaura upazila.
Residents of Thangkhroi Para, a centuries-old village in Bandarban Sadar upazila, are grappling with an acute drinking water crisis even before the peak of summer.
When Razia Begum, now 56, got married at just 16, water was not a concern. Like most women in her village of Banisanta in Khulna’s Dacope upazila, she collected freshwater from nearby ponds. Life was simple, and water was abundant.
"Water is the canary in the coalmine of climate change," WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said in a statement accompanying the State of Global Water Resources Report.
The residents of six coastal upazilas under Bagerhat district are grappling with an acute crisis for fresh water for domestic consumption since the onset of dry season.
Residents of the hilly areas on both sides of Chimbuk-Neelgiri road in Bandarban have been facing a severe water crisis amid the ongoing hot spell.
The water crisis in Khulna city has deepened amidst the relentless heatwave, due to plummeting groundwater levels and the inability of the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority to meet the residents’ water needs adequately.
Climate impact on groundwater and solutions
On April 9, Mukul Soren, a Santal farmer in Rajshahi, drank pesticide in a suicide attempt over not getting irrigation water from the same deep tubewell that allegedly led to the suicide of two farmers, also Santals, last year.
More than 500 poor families, including many from the indigenous Garo community, have been hit by an acute crisis of drinking water in 15 villages under Mymensingh’s Dhobaura upazila.
When Razia Begum, now 56, got married at just 16, water was not a concern. Like most women in her village of Banisanta in Khulna’s Dacope upazila, she collected freshwater from nearby ponds. Life was simple, and water was abundant.
Residents of Thangkhroi Para, a centuries-old village in Bandarban Sadar upazila, are grappling with an acute drinking water crisis even before the peak of summer.
"Water is the canary in the coalmine of climate change," WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said in a statement accompanying the State of Global Water Resources Report.
The residents of six coastal upazilas under Bagerhat district are grappling with an acute crisis for fresh water for domestic consumption since the onset of dry season.
Residents of the hilly areas on both sides of Chimbuk-Neelgiri road in Bandarban have been facing a severe water crisis amid the ongoing hot spell.
The water crisis in Khulna city has deepened amidst the relentless heatwave, due to plummeting groundwater levels and the inability of the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority to meet the residents’ water needs adequately.
Climate impact on groundwater and solutions
On April 9, Mukul Soren, a Santal farmer in Rajshahi, drank pesticide in a suicide attempt over not getting irrigation water from the same deep tubewell that allegedly led to the suicide of two farmers, also Santals, last year.
An acute crisis of water has gripped some parts of the capital, causing unbearable sufferings to the residents already enduring hours of power cuts amid the heatwave.
