Catch water where it falls: Urban rainwater harvesting
Every raindrop matters at this time when large parts of the world are staring at water scarcity. Here are the answers to some FAQs on …
Lessons from Tauktae: Can extreme weather help with rainwater harvesting?
Cyclone Tauktae that crossed Gujarat as an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’, caused heavy rainfall in semi-arid places
Widespread non-compliance as thermal power plants don’t meet water use norms
An excerpt from an ongoing study by non-profit Manthan Adhyayan Kendra brings out widespread non-compliance by thermal power plants with legally …
Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal has some solutions for India’s rising water woes
Rooftop collection systems, percolation tanks and check dams were constructed to capture rainwater and replenish the groundwater table
CSE alumnus helps Dhaka garment units harvest rainwater. Here’s how
Md Zahid Hossain’s success in mainstreaming rainwater harvesting for industrial production is something south Asia can look up to
North India Deluge 2023: A water plan addressing urban floods can pull Chandigarh out of troubled waters
Rainwater harvesting structures along the stormwater drains will enable the use of rainwater endowment along with preventing floods
Rainwater harvesting changed lives of farmers in a Rajasthan village; here is how
Groundwater in Jagsa village, Barmer was depleting; now the thriving village is known for pomegranate farming
Over 20,000 water bodies freed from encroachment in Bihar for rainwater harvesting
The state lost over 100,000 ponds in three decades, mostly to development projects
Resident Welfare Associations can contribute big to conserve water
A case study from JR Nagar RWA in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Rooftop rainwater harvesting: A tool for refashioning India’s water management praxis
Discipline of water management is now situated at the precipice of change; it has opened its traditionally closed and ‘elite’ …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 11, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Catch the rain, fix water crisis: How Odisha leads by example
Odisha has deveoped 12,000 rainwater harvesting structures to facilitate water conservation and ground water recharge in 2,035 wards
Green campus done right: This Assam university sets an example
How Assam Don Bosco University weaves climate action, preservation of flora and fauna, management of water resources in its green initiatives …
THROWBACK: How China’s ‘sponge cities’ aim to re-use 70% of rainwater
Even as Indian cities become increasingly water-scarce, they get flooded — as Mumbai is getting now — by a few days' intense rainfall.…
Not just groundwater, flouride has poisoned agricultural soil, crops in Bengal
Farmers in Bankura and Purulia rely on groundwater, heavily contaminated with flouride, to cultivate crops
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 26, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal
As told to Parliament (April 6, 2022): Many parts of India 2-4°C hotter than normal
All that was discussedin the House through the day
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 26, 2023)
Capacity building for water conservation needs: A young mind at work
How an architect implemented rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse projects in urban and peri-urban areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat
Are Indian megacities forgetting their rainwater endowment?
Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi mandated rainwater harvesting but are struggling for over a decade to implement the impactful structures on ground
As told to Parliament (February 6, 2023): India produces around 30 million tonnes of recycled steel
List of companies that produce recycled steel in India is not maintained centrally, says Faggan Singh Kulaste, Union minister of state for …
Panchayats to spend Rs 1.42 lakh crore on water and sanitation
Spend 60% grant on water and sanitation: 15th Finance Commission recommends to rural local bodies
How an urban planner undertook green recovery in Telangana’s 72 ULBs
Extensive mapping, designing of parks with detailed cost estimates and implementation frameworks were prepared as part of the project
