Manna Singh

Sahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Manukhbhai Suvagia

Shapar, Rajkot, Gujarat

Jawan Lal Rebari

Barawa village, Rajsamand district, Rajasthan

Water warriors

Traditional water harvesters recount their success stories

INDIA

Water woes in wet Kerala

More than 2,000 mm of rain in 2003 but crops destroyed and farmers committing suicide; crores spent on 31 irrigation projects but villages going …

On privatising water

What about privatising water? Should India move to do it? What tips the scales in its favour, and what doesn't? In 2003, two editorials in Down …

Water-stressed in India: Officials in Karnataka’s Chitradurga clueless about JSA

The district scored zero in some Jal Shakti Abhiyan indicators

Now ISO standard for water footprint

ISO 14046 will not only determine water wastage but suggest ways to reduce it

Ghelhar Choti (Jhabua) Participatory success

Mandlikpur (Rajkot) Life with Recharged Wells

Gandhigram (Kachchh) Taking Loans to harvest Water

Raj-samadhiyala (Rajkot) leading by example

THUNTHI KANKASIYA (DAHOD) a turnaround

Holding their own

Villages which have harvested rainwater are faring quite well in the face of drought

Run-up to UN Water Conference: A third of people surveyed by global study suffer from freshwater shortage

Strong concerns about freshwater shortages have increased over the past few years, from 49% in 2014 to 61% in 2022

The need of the hour

Experts all over agree that rainwater harvesting is the best way to improve the lot of villages

100 smart satellite cities on anvil

Push for urban development through PPP and FDI

In Short

Rs 1,86,000 cr illusion

Andhra Pradesh’s Jalayagnam irrigation scheme unviable, contract-driven, says CAG draft report

Why rural Nigeria needs to fix its sanitation gaps on a war footing  

Open defecation near water source deteriorates quality causing a visicious circle of poor sanitation & water crisis

World Water Day: Are we ready for the thirsty future?

Local water management is crucial

Not even 1 in 5 Indian rural households gets piped water, govt tells Parliament

Jal Shakti ministry reiterates all village households will be supplied water by 2024

Yettinahole water project: Not a drop at end of the pipeline after spending Rs 22,000 crore

Tribal families around the project site are living in constant fear of losing their lives and homes

Blazing India: The sun beats down mercilessly on Vidarbha

With no rains yet and the heat wave still on, the situation in Maharashtra’s easternmost region has everybody worried