Spring of discontent

Mining in Odisha’s Khandadhar hills will dry out perennial water bodies

Cheated for bauxite

Andhra Pradesh circumvents all regulations to mine bauxite from tribal land

Green tribunal orders closure of 34 illegal packaged drinking water units in Noida, Greater Noida

Ban on use of groundwater for construction in the two NCR cities to continue

The inviolate plot

New parameters for identifying pristine forests may make them more vulnerable

Dams in the north-east will also ruin livelihoods

After neglecting the north-east for years, Delhi now feels the need to initiate "developmental" activities in the region. There is good reason. …

In deep water

Rivers Krishna and Mahanadi are in crisis. In the race to industrialise, states have drawn plans to exploit their last drop. For four decades, …

How MNREGA can be used further to address water woes

Adequate atention is not paid to topography, hydrology & geohydrology; unavailability of local data adds to challenge

Expert panel opposes desilting of Mysuru's Kukkarahalli Lake

A two-member committee recommended that the existing polluted water should first be pumped out and then the lake should be filled with clean …

‘Freshwater vulnerability threatens developing nations’

A Stanford University study has analysed the situation in 119 low-income countries

How Ethiopia and Kenya have put a world heritage site in danger

The lake inflow hydrology has already changed, which means that nutrient inflows and their distribution through the lake have also been affected

Disappearing Majuli, India’s first river island district

Floods in the Brahmaputra threaten to submerge this river island in Assam which is home to rich biodiversity and culture

Dehydrated state of America

As California enters the fourth year of the worst drought it has seen in over 1,200 years, Venkat Srinivasan travels through America's most …

Do we know how much water India actually has?  Yes  No  Can’t say

Experts say current methodologies used by the country to calculate water availability are not adequate

World Meteorological Congress calls for international cooperation in meteorology, climatology, operational hydrology

The WMO Congress will specifically focus on key priorities including water, a comprehensive new data exchange policy and a reinforced, better-…

The new extreme reality of floods

Floods are destroying vast parts of the country because of how we have mismanaged our floodplains

Suggestions on government’s Clean Ganga online platform limited in scope

The Ganga Vichar Manch was launched on January 30 under the National Mission for Clean Ganga

Water stress to increase, but so will water-related jobs, says UN report

According to the report, the lack of sufficiently skilled labour in water and sanitation has contributed to the estimated leakage of 30 per cent …

Changes in pattern of water releases from dams can help restore aquatic diversity

A new study shows how dams can be strategically operated to restore lost ecological functions  

Naini lake is depleting, but can we undo the wrongs?

Experts believe that obstruction in the subsurface recharge and increased abstraction of water to quench Nainital’s thirst are making the …

Urban flooding may increase if wetlands not protected, says CSE

Centre for Science and Environment has recommended strong laws to protect urban lakes, their catchment and feeder channels

'37% of natural springs, which contribute directly to the Ganga, are drying up'

Increasing instances of extreme rainfall are slowly leading to the crumbling of the Ganga's catchment area, says P C Tiwari, professor of …

Dry cleaning Hussainsagar

Telangana plans to first empty Hyderabad's great lake and then refill it with rainwater. Experts say it is nothing but a harebrained plan

Flash floods are man-made

Environmental geologist K S Valdiya lives in Uttarakhand and keeps a tab on the changing geological processes in the Himalayan region. He was …

Will Dehradun riverfront development project really help the city?

It focuses more on beautification aspects rather than rejuvenating the rivulets that flow through the city

Sea that isn't

In just 50 years, the Aral Sea - once the fourth largest inland water body - has turned into world's newest desert