Lead Story Natural resources News
During the dry season from mid-April to the end of June, many people have difficulty getting clean water, especially those living in remote areas.
Health Lead Story News Sagaing
“We discovered that the contamination of heavy metals such as iron, copper and arsenic has increased in the Chindwin River due to waste disposal from gold mining operations,” said the Ministry of Transport’s Director-General.
Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News
“It would be nice if the government could provide some assistance, such as rice and clean water to drink,” said a local farmer.
Health Lead Story News Rangoon
Four persons have died and more than 600 cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever reported so far this year in Rangoon Division.
Health Lead Story News Pegu Division
More than 90 people have been treated for dysentery at the public hospital in Prome, with at least half of them suffering from acute symptoms.
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Thirty-seven persons in Burma have died of dengue fever so far this year, according to the Ministry of Health.
Development Lead Story Natural resources News
Investors are eying Burma’s burgeoning bottled water industry with interest, while many in the country are left without any access to safe water at all.
Census Lead Story News Society
A majority of houses in Burma are constructed from bamboo; only two percent have flush toilets, and 16 percent have electricity, according to a new census.
Environment Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News
A number of residents in the Irrawaddy Division town are suffering from a shortage of fresh water as local wells dry up in the heat of dry season.
At least 69 children infected with diarrhoea have been admitted to the Hakha General Hospital this month alone.
Environment Lead Story News Video
Environmentalists have lead a mass protest through Mogok in northern Mandalay Division, amid mounting fears over the future of the town’s iconic lake.
Lead Story Mandalay Division News Society
The citizens of Mandalay are becoming increasingly concerned about a polluted water supply.
Intermittent water closures have been felt in Rangoon this week, as city residents say filthy water is being plumbed into their homes.
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A village in Rangoon Division’s Hlegu Township has been inundated by floods for the past two weeks, with no sign of water levels abating due to a block in the drainage system.
Environment Lead Story Mandalay Division News
Fifteen villages in Amarapura have no alternative but to bathe in and drink polluted water due to the release of industrial toxins by factories in the city of Mandalay into the Dokhtawaddy River.
Environment Lead Story News Video
Residents from drought-ridden Dala Township receive clean drinking water, which was piped across the river from downtown Rangoon.
Communal Violence Lead Story News
Some 900 Muslims from Meikhtila in central Burma who lost their homes in communal violence just over a year ago are now facing water shortages and sanitation-related diseases at the cramped shelter where they reside.
Lead Story News Photos Society
The Water Festival is in many ways a rain-dance, a way of making sacred the last drops of water for the year in the robust faith that the heavens will bestow rainwater in return. And in fact, it does seem to work.
Lead Story Natural resources News
An NGO has begun an emergency import of potable water to village tracts in the area around Mount Popa in Mandalay Division where wells have yielded water contaminated by disease.
An alcohol manufacturer that belongs to the Myanmar Winery and Distillery Company has been accused by locals of polluting water supplies in Rangoon’s Shwepyitha township.
Temperatures reach 47C as effects of heatwave are exacerbated by major water shortage and frequent power cuts across Burma
Electricity cuts, hydropower projects and abnormally hot weather are triggering water shortages from Sagaing division in the north to the Irrawaddy delta
Water shortage problem compounded by polluted rivers and the termination of water-purification supplies from aid groups
June 18, 2009 (DVB), At least eight people, including five children, have died from an outbreak of cholera in central Burma's Magwe division, with the father of one deceased girl[…]
Apr 30, 2009 (DVB), Outbreaks of severe diarrhea have continued in several towns in Burma, with hospitals now unable to cope with the upsurge in patient numbers and several deaths[…]
Apr 27, 2009 (DVB), Burma has temporarily suspended construction of a controversial fence along the Burma-Bangladesh border following a meeting between border officials from the two countries. The fence is[…]
Apr 2, 2009 (DVB), Authorities in central Burma have been distributing medicine after an outbreak of cholera began to take its toll on young children and people living in poor[…]
Mar 23, 2009 (DVB), Villages in Irrawaddy division are still struggling for fresh water nearly a year after sources were inundated by seawater and debris, including human and animal corpses,[…]
