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River politics: Krishna changes course

Kenya’s new water police can teach east Africa a crucial lesson

The police unit is a game-changer in responding to east Africa’s water insecurity, say experts

Bid for Mahadayi

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

Metals for food

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

Taking the lead

Water wars

Thirst pangs lead to violence in various states

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

Access Denied

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

Water crisis: a case study of Jabalpur

Jabalpur's shrinking lakes needs sincere planning and community participation

Deep impact

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

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

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 …

Heat is on

WATER SCARCITY

Water wars

Panchayat fights to retain what is left of Saligao's groundwater

Testy drive

The multinational ranks third but its performance cannot be a badge of success on its huge corporate shoulders

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

Tapping wastewater

Put into effect in earnest, the law on wastewater recycling can provide lasting relief to a parched Delhi. samreen farooqui delves into the issue

Dabur’s Real trouble in Sri Lanka

People protest Dabur’s beverage plant, say it will exhaust groundwater

Cauvery tribunal award notified

Disgruntled Karnataka chief minister writes to prime minister

Farmers face police wrath, 3 killed

75 villages protest government decision to give their water to Pune