WATER DISPUTE

Tapping the Rhone

SAO PAULO

The private eye

Water privatisation in IT capital is taking citizens for a long ride

Dehydrated state of America

As California enters the fourth year of the worst drought it has seen in over 1,200 years, Venkat Srinivasan travels through America's most …

Himalayan water-sharing system endangered

Modern practices are threatening to break up an unusual water-tapping and water-sharing process in Himachal Pradesh. Devised hundreds of years ago,…

The cost of water

Faulty policies drained north China of its water. Now a project to bring water hundreds of kilometres from the south has been mooted

No water where the oceans meet

The revival of an ancient waterway could solve the water scarcity of this pilgrim town

Fasting for water

A Delhi resident goes on a fast to protest against the water problem

For good measure

An index that also uses socio-economic parameters

Karnataka budget: experts unhappy with measures proposed to tackle water crisis

The government, according to farmers, chose temporary fix over long-term solution

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Water riots

The struggle for water continues in drought-hit Gujarat

For a smooth flow

Water proof

New tool tracks water usage in agriculture

There is a direct relationship between water and food security. In order to be sustainable, agriculture must adapt to the impacts of climate …

Harappa to Harsud: water management in India

We have turned water, the free gift of nature, into one of its dearest commodities, says Sorit Gupto

Cauvery row: Karnataka ordered to release 15,000 cusecs daily to Tamil Nadu for the next 10 days

Order passed keeping in mind the difficulty Tamil Nadu farmers would face in growing samba rice in the absence of Cauvery river water

Tanakpur treaty to come up for ratification

The sharing of waters between India and Nepal has always been a contentious issue. If the latest agreement is any different, it is only because …

Water squabbles

Inadequate supply

India

New schemes in Haryana

A law that lacks depth

Loopholes surface in Goa's new groundwater regulation

Tamil Nadu traders’ body calls to boycott aerated drinks amid drought

If the campaign is successful, multinational companies could face revenue losses up to Rs 1,500 crore annually