Monopoly on Mahanadi

Water on a deficit budget

Green university

Anna University is turning green with serious efforts to curtail pollution within the campus

CSE workshop shines spotlight on ‘capacity-building’ for water conservation needs

The current urban water management paradigm has legal and institutional gaps and disregards the natural environment

Liquid pressure

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Parched Punjab

India's most agriculturally prosperous state, Punjab, is staring at an impending groundwater crisis. Over-extraction of groundwater and faulty …

Bid for Mahadayi

Should Karnataka divert the Mahadayi's water to end the water crisis in its three districts?

Every drop counts

Look where the world stands as it celebrates Water Day on March 22

Metals for food

Depleting groundwater sources compel farmers in Gujarat to use industrial effluents for irrigation

Acute shortage

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River politics: Krishna changes course

As wetlands in Kenya dry up, locals opt for alternative livelihood options

Under Ramsar Convention, Kenya is obligated to ensure wise use of wetlands by including wetland conservation considerations in national …

This Maharashtra village remains untouched by drought

Hiware Bazar that once learned from Ralegan Siddhi how to become water-secure can today teach it how to remain so

Water wars

Thirst pangs lead to violence in various states

Taking the lead

Access Denied

Narmada crusader says the space for mass movements on water is shrinking

High and dry in Nepal

Country’s most-arid region is getting less rain than it did before, forcing villages to relocate

Doubts dog toilet-building campaign

Over half a billion, which is nearly half of the country’s population, defecate in the open

Deep impact

Uttaranchal village resists, and succeeds in stalling, resumption of mining activity

Karnataka plans coal power plants despite water scarcity

Water crisis: a case study of Jabalpur

Jabalpur's shrinking lakes needs sincere planning and community participation

FLIP SIDE

Where’s the land for 8 per cent forever growth? Where’s the water?  

Ground reality

As the water crisis surfaces yet again, illegal borewells spring up in and around Delhi. Binayak Das and Suresh Babu on a plummeting water table …

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

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