Hand pumps continue to be the major source of drinking water for households in rural areas, while urban India largely gets piped water supply, according to a report by the National Statistical Office ...

Mobile phone technology is being incorporated into water pumps in order to benefit rural communities across Africa. A team from Oxford University has placed data transmitters inside the pumps; if the ...

Residents of Harijan Tola in Chatra's Katia village are facing a severe water crisis, forced to rely on a contaminated pit due to dysfunctional hand pumps. With depleting groundwater levels, villagers ...

BIJNOR: Students of nearly 100 government primary schools in Bijnor district are drinking “polluted” water drawn from hand pumps located in the premises. Most of these schools are situated near rivers ...

Outbreak of a water-borne disease is a strong possibility in Rajiv Gandhi colony of Focal Point area as the residents here have no option but to consume contaminated water. The water being drawn from ...

Residents in a Madhya Pradesh's village were in for a shock when one of the common hand pumps began to spew fire along with water. Visuals of the hand pump at Kachhar village spewing flames and water ...