Water crisis

Dying for a river

In Raigarh district of Madhya Pradesh, tribals are fighting to save their only source of water from an industrial house. A woman has already died …

Riots for water

Faced with a severe drought, the Gujarat government decided to reserve water from a dam for the town of Jamnagar. Rural folk of Saurashtra …

Asking for help

The myth of drought

For every administrator, there is a lesson to be learnt from Gujarat's drought. Specially since this dry spell has been brought about more due to …

To meet 2017 target, one million rural households need to be connected with piped water supply every day

Community involvement is missing and so is the interest towards maintaining sustainability of drinking water projects. What else hinders progress …

Water stress

After 10 years & Rs 9,630 crore, scheme for drought-proofing Maharashtra can provide water to just 487 people for a year

The drought in Marathwada is clearly a human-made disaster, due to the mismanagement of water, say experts

Simply Put: A fixed deposit of water

When water is no longer limitless

Day Zeroes are inevitable unless cities innovate, diversify supply sources and emphasise on the judicious use of water

Relaxed conditions

Orissa villages face crisis

Charting a new course

A unique drinking water project meets a long-standing demand

Killing a river

Increased human activity is destroying a river system

Poor pay for ecological neglect

Droughts seem to be here to stay. Wrong development policies, governmental indifference and relief schemes which don't work have led to …

War over water

Mismanaging water can create a crisis and lead to panic. This is exactly what led to a water riot near Jamnagar in Gujarat

Scheduled for Day Zero

The cities with population above 1 million in 2016, which would face water scarcity in 2050

Simply Put: Ronaldo's leap

Water scarcity is inevitable, up to 270 million people at risk: IPCC report

The report will be debated in Geneva this week

India Elects: Will water issues impact results?

Within a week, we will know whether the "No Water No Votes" campaign influenced results

'India has highest number of people without access to safe water'

A new report states that poor management of water resources is the biggest problem holding India back from reaching all of its population …

Pitching in for a pond

The government and people of Madhya Pradesh have joined hands in their fight against drought through various jan sahyog programmes

Simply Put: Five trillion economy

Rain deficit can push Karnataka to worst water crisis in 40 years

Bengaluru and Mysuru are likely to face shortage of drinking water

Meghalaya: How the ‘abode of clouds’ ran out of water

Many people have been on the receiving end of prolonged water scarcity, with Meghalaya grappling with one of the worst water crises in recent times