Dhaka's groundwater level at the lowest in 11 yrs

SSP falls prey to political machinations

Thirty years of planning, 15 years of construction, ten years of promises and Rs 15,000 crore later, the Sardar Sarovar Project is finally …

Shift in priorities

Penny unwise, pond foolish

The government should have revived traditional water bodies and ponds to prepare Bundelkhand for drought. Rather, it spent Rs 15,000 crore to …

Interview: Popatrao Pawar, sarpanch, Hivre Bazar

Digging shallow

Penny foolish, pond wise

Once parched, Dewas in Madhya Pradesh is now a lush green district

Unhappy Bani

March of real estate threatens one of the last patches of native Aravalli forest near Delhi

A midsummer dream

Anyone will tell you that follow-ups are not a story. Journalism is not about following stories of specific villages and how they fare year after …

Coimbatore attempts to save waterbodies

Why Chennai floods are a man-made disaster

An analysis shows that in just four decades, urbanisation in the city increased by almost 20 times

Delhi to get Waterbodies Authority

Over half the 900 wetlands have been encroached upon

Ministers fight over funding National Rainfed Area Authority

A walk through Mangar Bani, a sacred grove near Delhi

No substance in budget's agriculture hype

Experiments in budgeting water

State is trying to get farmers to budget water

Water wise

India

An oasis put to test

Backed by three decades of water conservation measures, semi-arid Saurashtra is driving Gujarat’s agricultural growth. Will it be able to …

A watershed plan

Recurrent droughts and floods coupled with mass poverty, chronic unemployment and pervasive malnutrition are the major challenges before India. …

The politics of inefficient irrigation technology

Central Water Commission overestimates the country's usable water resources

Saving future

Solution to crisis: start planning now

Hard rain down the drain

What's eating up the state's water

Tamil Nadu's temple tanks hold key to water recharge

But authorities cement tank beds and fail to restore water inlet channels