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    Tagged: water

    Lead Story Natural resources News

    World Vision, P&G present clean water solutions

    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

    Metal contamination on Chindwin River ‘dangerously high’

    “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

    45,000 affected by floods in Irrawaddy delta

    “It would be nice if the government could provide some assistance, such as rice and clean water to drink,” said a local farmer.

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    Health Lead Story News Rangoon

    Rangoon has highest rate of dengue fever in Burma

    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

    Dysentery outbreak hits Prome

    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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    Floods cause clean water shortages across Burma

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    Health Lead Story News

    Dengue fever doubles in Burma this year

    Thirty-seven persons in Burma have died of dengue fever so far this year, according to the Ministry of Health.

    Census Lead Story News Society

    Census a reminder of how far Burma has to go

    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

    Water wells dry up in Myanaung

    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.

    Chin Lead Story News

    Five children die as gastroenteritis virus hits Chin State

    At least 69 children infected with diarrhoea have been admitted to the Hakha General Hospital this month alone.

    Thousands march in Mogok to protect iconic lake video

    Environment Lead Story News Video

    Thousands march in Mogok to protect iconic lake

    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

    Water woes strike Mandalay

    The citizens of Mandalay are becoming increasingly concerned about a polluted water supply.

    Filthy water plumbed into Rangoon homes video

    Lead Story News

    Filthy water plumbed into Rangoon homes

    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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    Bullet Points: 22 August 2014

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    Hlegu village overwhelmed by sustained floods video

    Lead Story News Video

    Hlegu village overwhelmed by sustained floods

    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

    Mandalay villages’ river water polluted with toxic waste

    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.

    Fresh drinking water for drought-ridden Dala video

    Environment Lead Story News Video

    Fresh drinking water for drought-ridden Dala

    Residents from drought-ridden Dala Township receive clean drinking water, which was piped across the river from downtown Rangoon.

    Communal Violence Lead Story News

    Meikhtila IDPs face water shortages, sanitation issues

    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.

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    Lead Story News Photos Society

    Burma’s New Year water festival – in pictures

    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

    Hundreds of villages in central Burma suffer acute water shortage

    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.

    Alcohol distillery polluting water supplies video

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    Alcohol distillery polluting water supplies

    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.

    Health News

    Scores die in relentless heatwave

    Temperatures reach 47C as effects of heatwave are exacerbated by major water shortage and frequent power cuts across Burma

    Environment News

    Water shortages sweeping Burma

    Electricity cuts, hydropower projects and abnormally hot weather are triggering water shortages from Sagaing division in the north to the Irrawaddy delta

    Health News

    Irrawaddy water shortage fuelling disease

    Water shortage problem compounded by polluted rivers and the termination of water-purification supplies from aid groups

    Health News

    Cholera outbreak claims five children

    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[…]

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    Diarrhea outbreak claims three lives

    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[…]

    News Politics

    Burma suspends border fence construction

    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[…]

    Health News

    Children and the poor hit by cholera outbreak

    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[…]

    Environment News

    Still no fresh water nearly a year after cyclone Nargis

    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,[…]

    News Politics

    USDA promises water to new members

    Jan 27, 2009 (DVB), Union and Solidarity and Development Association members in ward 26 of New Dagon township in Rangoon have been recruiting new members by promising repairs to local[…]

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