Slow and weak: 42% of India records rain deficit despite welcoming monsoon a month ago

With at least 290 districts receiving deficient and largely deficient rainfall, about 1.2 million fewer hectares have been planted this …

'Odisha's waterman'

Ranjan Panda of Water Initiative Odisha, is a researcher, environmentalist and activist. He describes the threats to rivers and water bodies of Odisha

Reservoir storage declined 7% every month between March, June; can kharif sowing proceed

The shortage of storage can also become a challenge for hydroelectric power projects when there is peak demand in the summer

Water reservoirs were 38% emptier in ‘dry’ August

Water levels in the river basins in southern, eastern India decreased significantly

Water crisis: World to lose 26% storage by 2050 to trapped sediment, says new UN report

Dam capacity loss by mid-century to equal combined annual water usage of India, China, Canada, Indonesia and France  

Live storage increases marginally in India’s major reservoirs, as monsoon picks up

The eastern region has the lowest storage, followed by the northern, western and  central regions as of July 7

Reservoir levels remain below normal in 5 states

Water in reservoirs in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Nagaland and Madhya Pradesh was less than normal

Goa's dark side

Hidden from public eye, miners and politicians are ravaging Goa's forests and drinking water reservoirs, finds Sugandh Juneja

Chhattisgarh began building Mohar reservoir without green clearances: CAG

The state water resources department had no plan to acquire land before starting work on the project, says the audit report

Groundwater management: The visible crisis of an invisible resource

Water table declined in pockets of 6 major cities by more than 4 metres over the years

Odisha worries over safety of dams in way of Hudhud

Officials try to figure out how to drain water from the dam reservoirs before heavy rains begin Sunday morning

Hirakud, 7 other Odisha wetlands show high levels of toxic heavy metals

High carcinogenic risk at Hirakud for adults and children; Heavy metals can enter crops through soil, get consumed by humans, warns study  

Turn around India’s water story

Give local communities greater control over water structures for a secure future  

Cyclone rains may lead to floods from Hirakud

Activists say water level in dam reservoir dangerously high even after letting out water through sluice gates

NGT orders Singrauli polluters to provide clean drinking water to residents, or face closure

Directs industries in the coal and power hub to stop dumping industrial waste into Rihand reservoir and connected rivers

Struck at the root

Livelihood of 2,000 families is threatened as the Maharashtra forest department tries to ban extraction of lotus roots

Wasteland or wetland?

Three panels’ reports later, green tribunal wants re-evaluation of Nirma project site

Khandwa replaces municipal water with supply from PPP project

Madhya Pradesh town municipality blames state water resources department for stopping local municipal supply to provide water from Narmada PPP project

Protests continue at lower Suktel dam site

Villagers fear water will go to mining companies and thermal power plants instead of irrigation

Panel calls for halt to water privatisation in Khandwa

Government committee says town municipality committed irregularities to favour private vendor Vishwaa Utilities; pressure builds to cancel contract

Lavasa: Dream for one, nightmare for many

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava finds how people affected by Lavasa are coping with the destruction it has caused

Controversial plan to sell water from Sheonath river

Ajit Jogi, Chhattisgarh chief minister, has announced an enquiry into the legality of India's first private project to supply water to industry …

Farming fish and mussels

When bad management and increasing demand for inland fish led to plummeting stocks, fishing villages around the Ashtamudi estuary in Kollam …

Lavasa exposed

By its looks, the place could be mistaken for Portofino, a fishing village-cum-resort in Italy—multi-coloured buildings crowd a waterfront …