Pollution crackdown

Going public

A unique experiment to involve the people in bringing water to desert communities is under way in Rajasthan.

Saving a lake

Amphan aftermath: Sundarbans villagers try to pick up pieces

Theft at relief centres, lack of toilets add to villagers’ woes five days after cyclone Amphan struck Bengal

Welcome to cyber city

Computers cannot prevent floods -- a lesson that the Internet-savvy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh is learning the hard way

68 drowned

Pilgrims die as Indira Sagar releases water

Stagnation as a culture

WATER is for flowing. When made to stagnate, it buzzes deafeningly of a culture of deliberate ignorance. Look at the misfortune of the people of …

Seed prawn collection depletes fish schools in Sundarbans

Locals admit they catch seed prawns in large numbers and throw away bycatch

Science drowns at land's end

AP dam project under fire

Decision to start work on Indira Sagar dam opposed

बुंदेलखंड के युवा किसान ने दिखाया खेती से 15 लाख रुपए कमाने का रास्ता

आकाश ने मल्टीलेयर खेती की नई पद्धति विकसित की है। इस पद्धति के तहत वह चार नकदी फसलों की खेती एक साथ करते हैं। 

Telangana approaches Supreme Court to stop work on Polavaram

Environmental clearance given to the project in 2005 is not applicable today, it contends

Climate change affecting hydropower generation in India: study

The generation of hydropower from the top seven hydropower projects in India has suffered due to climate variability in the past six decades

Urban lake: A reflection of its watershed

Critical to any lake ecosystem, the urban lake’s watershed is the surrounding land area that drains into that particular lake

Water from waste

With water scarcity gripping many parts of the country, people are talking about rainwater harvesting, but none about wastewater, which can also …

मालवा की मानव निर्मित मौत

मालवा के जल संसाधनों पर ग्रहण उस समय लगा जब बांधों की श्रृंखला में गांधीसागर बांध शामिल हुआ। यहां के भूजल भंडारों का स्तर ...

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

Cyclone Amphan: How brick homes, Aila embankments saved the day at Sundarbans village

The embankments made in the aftermath of Cylone Aila of 2009 stood firm against the disaster, claimed officials

Madhya Pradesh government cracks down on Indira Sagar dam oustees

They were staging jal satyagraha to demand land compensation and reduction in reservoir water level

Supreme Court clears way for Maharashtra’s Babli irrigation project

Rejects Andhra's plea to demolish barrage; sets up a panel to ensure equitable utilisation of Godavari waters

Tribunal orders removal of Kishore Sagar lake encroachments in five days

District collector failed to act in spite of earlier directive of the National Green Tribunal on the lake which is one of the few sources of …

Polavaram project: Police demolish houses in Angaluru village of Andhra Pradesh

To protest the move, nine tribal youth made a self-immolation bid; another woman suffered a heart attack

Malarial vector back with a vengeance in Rajasthan

Incessant rains and the resultant stagnant water in canals and fields have spawned a malaria epidemic in the western part of the state

SC orders land compensation

Recognizes rights of people affected by Narmada canals  

Is it the end?

For two historical water bodies in Hyderabad