{"id":73690,"date":"2026-02-16T21:29:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/cyprus-appeals-to-residents-to-cut-water-use-by-two-minutes-a-day-amid-drought\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T23:25:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:55:24","slug":"cyprus-appeals-to-residents-to-cut-water-use-by-two-minutes-a-day-amid-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/cyprus-appeals-to-residents-to-cut-water-use-by-two-minutes-a-day-amid-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus appeals to residents to cut water use by two minutes a day amid drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nqenglish-card-frame\">\n<div class=\"nqenglish-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3b4c24fc481095440a6ba3788e9c9209049d8955\/1178_0_5908_4727\/master\/5908.jpg?width=1200&#038;height=630&#038;quality=85&#038;auto=format&#038;fit=crop&#038;precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&#038;overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&#038;overlay-width=100p&#038;overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&#038;enable=upscale&#038;s=35204237ebe40845ddc1338d94851bb6\" alt=\"Cyprus appeals to residents to cut water use by two minutes a day amid drought\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-cat lang-en\">\u090f\u0928 \u0936\u0949\u0930\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0938'<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-headline\">Cyprus appeals to residents to cut water use by two minutes a day amid drought<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-summary\">Island\u2019s reservoirs hit record lows even before tourist season starts as Cypriots are warned \u2018every drop counts\u2019Europe live \u2013 latest updatesAuthorities in Cyprus have urged residents to reduce their water intake by 10% \u2013 the equivalent of two minutes\u2019 use of running water each day \u2013 as Europe\u2019s most south-easterly nation grapples with a once-in-a century drought.The appeal, announced alongside a \u20ac31m (\u00a327m) package of emergency measures, comes as reservoirs hit record lows with little prospect of replenishment before the tourist season starts. Continue reading&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/16\/cyprus-appeals-reduce-water-use-reservoirs-record-lows-drought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"nqenglish-disclaimer\">Technically enhanced content presented under fair use in public-interest journalism.<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N Shorts Cyprus appeals to residents to cut water use by two minutes a day amid drought Island\u2019s reservoirs hit record lows even before tourist season starts as Cypriots are warned \u2018every drop counts\u2019Europe live \u2013 latest updatesAuthorities in Cyprus have urged residents to reduce their water intake by 10% \u2013 the equivalent of two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":73691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowl-PACw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-shorts-hi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73815,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73690\/revisions\/73815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}