Water Shortage
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has welcomed the national government's declaration of the province's drought as a national disaster. He says this enables authorities to act preventatively, reallocate funds, and use the disaster as a risk management tool. Dam levels are around the 50% mark.
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Several people gathered at Delhi's Trilokpuri traffic signal on Sunday morning to protest the lack of water at the nearby Vasundhara Ghat for Chhath Puja rituals. Devotees have been allowed to perform the festival's rites at the ghat after five years, but the absence of water and cleaning has sparked anger. Protesters raised slogans against Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.