Cleanup time
A campaign by an organisation to clean up the polluted lakes of Udaipur has finally paid off. The Rajasthan High Court clamps down on erring …
More shocks
The Gujarat government turns a blind eye to the quake-ravaged water storage facilities. More bad news for a state facing its second drought
Turn around India’s water story
Give local communities greater control over water structures for a secure future
Odisha gets GCF-approved climate change project
The project entails the construction of a groundwater recharge system, as a concrete adaptation measure to ensure water conservation
How MGNREGA is promoting climate-smart villages
The works include constructing percolation tanks, households living in the catchment area for construction of check dams, afforestation, contour&…
Catching rainwater
RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS FOR DOMESTIC SUPPLY: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND IMPLEMENTATION·John Gould and Erik Nissen-Petersen· …
Who owns the river?
The Rajasthan government believes that it has a right over every raindrop and makes a move to demolish a water harvesting structure set up by …
Rise and fall of water managers
Book>> Waternama, A Collection of Traditional Practices for Water Conservation and Management in Karnataka Sandhya Iyengar publisher …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 21, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Water storage in major Indian river basins depleting
More than 60 per cent of the basins contain much less water than average storage over the last decade, CWC data shows
Warring over water
While issues like Cauvery water sharing and Indus Treaty figured prominently in 2016, other inter-state water conflicts could be on the anvil as …
Water revolution
It is not easy to initiate a movement for water conservation in the face of drought. But the Madhya Pradesh government pushed forward in all the …
Mainstreaming climate resilience through MGNREGS: Learning from Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai
The district set a record for creating 1,121 farm ponds in 30 days in September 2021, in line with the recently launched state climate mission
Water-stressed in India: Curious case of 2 neighbouring Telangana districts
The contrast in the districts’ JSA rankings was due to proper implementation of schemes
Water-stressed in India: Experts unfazed over Bengaluru’s dismal JSA ranking
Bengaluru’s water woes and rapidly-depleting groundwater reserves led to it getting an abysmal 200th rank
Water quality deteriorating in Kochi, reveals audit
Only 24 per cent households implement water conservation measures like reuse and recycling
Water is wealth
Excerpts from the Statement of Shared Concern by the participants of the CSE conference on Potential of Water Harvesting: Traditions, Policies …
Time for some ‘sustainable charity’
Water and electricity wasted because of the Ice Bucket Challenge could have provided water to 17,777 households and lighted up 16 million households
Confluence of thoughts
Water warriors from across India shared their experiences in harvesting water at a conference, which aimed to 'Make Water Everybody's Business'
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 7, 2022)
Time Locked
Government watershed programmes run for a limited period. The impractical timeframe threatens to undo the goodwork
Sustained Conservation
Only a strong political commitment for water conservation will ensure the survival of these structures
Steeplechase
There is euphoria in the villages which have harvested rain. Overcoming hurdles, village communities learn the first lesson in water management
Waiting for a miracle
Citizens approaching the courts for protecting lakes in cities is all very well. But in the end, it is a choice between using land for water or …
Rice intensification for increasing productivity
System of Rice Intensification is new mantra for reducing water usage and increasing productivity