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The Ken river downstream at Madla in Madhya Pradesh.
Rivers

Global experience shows why the Ken-Betwa river-linking project needs rethinking

Shreya Sarkar
6 min read
From China to the US, inter-basin transfers have triggered salinity, waterlogging and ecosystem loss, underscoring the risks of treating Ken and Betwa as simple surplus–deficit channels
Infrastructure alone cannot secure the future of the Ganga. We need millions of informed citizens who choose to value and protect it
Rivers

Infrastructure alone cannot secure the future of the Ganga. We need millions of informed citizens who choose to value and protect it

Niraj Aswal
8 min read
Six interpretation centres developed along the Ganga basin in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh intend to make people aware custodians of the river
Thirsty data centres, thin regulation: Who is watching India’s water?
Science & Technology

Thirsty data centres, thin regulation: Who is watching India’s water?

Shruthi Srinivasan
5 min read
None of the major state data centre policies in India currently require operators to disclose water consumption through a centralised reporting system
When El Niño hits the farm, inflation follows: Why irrigation matters for rural resilience

When El Niño hits the farm, inflation follows: Why irrigation matters for rural resilience

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay
6 min read
Eighteen years after Kosi breach, flood victims still await compensation and rehabilitation

Eighteen years after Kosi breach, flood victims still await compensation and rehabilitation

Mahendra Yadav
5 min read
Tamil Nadu’s Tamirabharani or Porunai river is now a ‘legal person’, marking a milestone in India’s Earth Jurisprudence

Tamil Nadu’s Tamirabharani or Porunai river is now a ‘legal person’, marking a milestone in India’s Earth Jurisprudence

Manjeri Subin Sunder Raj
4 min read
Rescue operations in the flooded area in Pathanamthitta, Kerala in August 2018.

Myth and reality of 100-year flood: Kerala’s recurring deluges expose how the comforting phrase masks a harsh, annual risk

Ganesh Radhakrishnan
4 min read
From Ego to Eco: Why water conservation is also about preventing conflict

From Ego to Eco: Why water conservation is also about preventing conflict

Ranjan Panda
8 min read
Nutrient pollution is one of the greatest emerging threats to urban freshwater ecosystems; Delhi’s Hauz Khas Lake exemplifies this

Nutrient pollution is one of the greatest emerging threats to urban freshwater ecosystems; Delhi’s Hauz Khas Lake exemplifies this

Prabhat Kumar Tanwar
6 min read
Antibiotic resistance is spreading through South Africa’s water systems: study explains how

Antibiotic resistance is spreading through South Africa’s water systems: study explains how

Thulani P Makhalanyane
4 min read
The New York lesson

The New York lesson

Shruti Sharma
5 min read
Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease

Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease

Daniel Maxwell
5 min read
Himalayan snowfall has been miscalculated for years, here’s how we found a new way to measure it

Himalayan snowfall has been miscalculated for years, here’s how we found a new way to measure it

Siddharth Gumber
4 min read
The hidden cost of Chennai’s data centre boom: Can the city afford AI’s water and power hunger?

The hidden cost of Chennai’s data centre boom: Can the city afford AI’s water and power hunger?

Anusreeta Dutta
5 min read
Vegetable cultivation next to a pond dyke in Koraput, Odisha.

How rainwater harvesting is turning seasonal farming into year-round livelihoods in this Odisha district

Tripati Khura
6 min read
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