Ground water levels plummet in Andhra Pradesh

Farmers in distress dig deeper for water

Bengaluru water utility to launch door-to-door drive to check illegal borewells

Residents continue to drill for borewells, unaware that registration is now mandatory

Desperate Digging: Bal Swami's Story

In the past six years, Bal Swami has dug 39 borewells with only two yielding him water. He continues to desperately dig for water in an attempt …

Deeper Debt for Water

In his desperate search for groundwater, Bappu Reddy is not willing to give up on borewell digging and wants the government to help him. Read …

Conserving groundwater: Role of women crucial in bringing about significant change 

Women who have no decision-making role in building wells, bear the brunt of the ensuing water crisis

Kattas and Madakas: Decline of traditional water conservation methods

Advent of modern water conservation systems and unequal distribution of labour work in Karnataka, Kerala districts have pushed them into decline &…

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 9, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal