Posts Tagged ‘India’

05
Sep

Plans Afoot to Ship Fresh Water from Alaska to India

Company promising tanker deliveries but high cost might make it just a pipe dream by Lisa Song – Sep 4th, 2010 Imagine an oil tanker plowing through the ocean, hauling valuable cargo from resource-rich nations of the world to the countries that need it: but instead of oil, the tanker holds millions of gallons of [...]

27
May

China-India Water Shortage Means Coca-Cola Joins Intel in Fight

2010-05-25 16:08:53.254 GMT By Cherian Thomas, Unni Krishnan and Sophie Leung May 26 (Bloomberg) — A fight breaks out as student Vikas Dagar jostles with dozens of men, women and children to fill buckets from a truck that brings water twice a week to the village of Jharoda Kalan on the outskirts of New Delhi. [...]

14
Jul

Mumbai’s large establishments feel the pinch

Posted: Thursday , Jul 09, 2009 at 0138 hrs   Mumbai: Two days after the BMC announced additional 30% water cut, around 250 large establishments including government hospitals, five star hotels and private clubs have started feeling the pinch. With the city already reeling under water shortage, the BMC has started gradual disconnection of water supply [...]