Songs of fetching water
Numerous folk songs are weaved around women going to fetch water from a well. What do they say?
Copying nature is the only way to revive our rivers
Artificial groundwater recharge programmes can't be the long-term solution unless they are …
Holes in the pipeline!
Water supply in urban areas is met partly by public systems and partly, by the private sector
Bengaluru should celebrate World Water Day every day
Contrary to popular imagination, water resources have been misused rampantly in the urban …
Saving oceans: shipping industry to go green
All businesses affect the oceans. Some like marine tourism have a direct effect on the …
Voluntary commitments can protect the ocean
Since the time taken to negotiate environmental commitments is not always worth the outcome,…
Surviving the century’s worst drought in Kerala
Deficit rainfall and changing land use pattern has made water a scarce commodity in the …
Why India needs to change the way it manages water resources
Most of the water planning and development in the country has been done as per …
More dams will not solve Mahanadi water conflict
Stakeholders in Odisha suggest building more dams on Mahanadi to resolve a water-sharing …
A story between ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’
Nobody knows (or rather, nobody wants to say) who will regulate the “permissible”…
Cities need wisdom for water
Be it Cape Town or Bengaluru, the cities, especially in Global South, need to create a new …
Why Eucalyptus?
Eucalyptus plantations must be raised, given the tree’s significant impact on wood …
'Maha' dispute over the Mahanadi
The plans of both Odisha and Chhattisgarh to usurp water of the Mahanadi river have reached …
India's only coastal protection system is being overhauled for economic interests
The recently released Draft Coastal Regulatory Zone, 2018, intends to replace the existing …
Every drop matters
If water efficiency is the agenda for agriculture, then water recycling has to be the …
Water: The clock is ticking
Day Zero has been postponed to next year for Capetonians. When is your turn? Are you ready?
Government must prioritise on conserving water
Our river systems are suffering badly from water scarcity and non-point source pollution
Chennai’s water crisis: A lesson for Indian cities
As India’s urban population is set to increase, the need is to consider water …
Ganga needs more than just cleaning
Government reforms must include basin-scale hydrological and ecological conservation efforts