Need vs greed
There is little talk of curbing water use in urban India. Cities’ insatiable water demand, coupled with leaky pipelines, is leading to …
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 …
Real estate on water
Lakes were critical for Indian cities. They prevented floods and recharged groundwater. Today, these holes in the ground are either lucrative …
Chhattisgarh's Industrial Jungle
Chhattisgarh is set to become the largest producer of thermal power, cement and sponge iron. The push is on to install 77 per cent of India's …
Andhra's groundwater crisis & a trail of suicides
Groundwater has failed Andhra Pradesh’s farmers. Between 1997 and 2006, about 4,500 farmers committed suicide, unable to repay loans they …
30,000 farmers demand Hirakud dam water
Western Orissa is witnessing an upheaval. In the eye of the storm is the Hirakud dam. Over 300,000 farmers dependent on its water for irrigation …
The past and present of rivers
Author(s): Karuna Futane We are a generation that has turned flowing fresh water rivers to rivers of sewage and garbage. We have lost rivers. …
Women and their woeful walk for water
Women are responsible for finding and collecting water for their families. They walk miles, carry heavy burdens and wait for their turn for hours.…
Cities need wisdom for water
Be it Cape Town or Bengaluru, the cities, especially in Global South, need to create a new future that is water-secure
Flashpoints
For several years, governments of coastal states have been trying to persuade the Centre to relax the crz rules. Here is how some major '…
Wrong predictions hampered water conservation: study
Countries should rely on realistic, short-term predictions to plan water conservation efforts
History teaches us that careful thought must go into planting trees
The scientific idea that forests influence rainfall fell into decline during the middle of the twentieth century. But it has regained popularity, …
Down under water
WATER IN AUSTRALIA: MANAGING ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY REFORM Edited by Michael Johnson and Stephen Rix Publishers: Pluto Press …
India’s deepening water crisis: How villages had water before govt took over
Villagers captured rainwater wherever it fell. A hectare of desert land in Barmer, for example, can capture 1 million litres with a rainfall …
Tribunals alone can’t save our dying rivers: experts
Even as the dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over Mahanadi river water has snowballed into a political fight, civil society organisations …
How a government dams its people
Reacting to a perennial water crisis with a series of dams that will ravage the rainforests, the Thai government bashes on regardless and …
How reliable are water quality monitoring results from Field Test Kits
User-based errors in the interpretation of colour-chart-based results also lead to underestimation or overestimation of results
Storm in a water pot
Social activist Nafisa Barot recalls how water unleashed the powerful energies of women in Gujarat
‘Plant dyes should be used on an industrial level only if the plants' cultivation is propagated’
Vadodara-based artist Taniya Vaidya recently exhibited her collection of paintings at New Delhi’s India International Centre. She mainly …
'India has highest number of people without access to safe water'
A new report states that poor management of water resources is the biggest problem holding India back from reaching all of its population …
Parched tip
Kanyakumari stands testimony to the fact that unchecked population growth and faulty land use can lead to water scarcity even in places wallowing …
The malaise down south
There's enough water in the tanks of Bangalore, Madras and Hyderabad, but more-than-enough corruption leaves the south high and dry
The central problem
Callous unconcern, pollution, encroachment and politics is finishing off the lakes in Bhopal and Indore
Time to wake up
The demand for water and energy is likely to increase at a geometrical rate in the coming years. What are the policy options for a better …