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 …
Inadequate supply
India
Water squabbles
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
Bombay High Court allows inaugural IPL match to commence
Questions the timing of the petition filed against water being provided to cricket stadia for IPL matches in drought-hit Maharashtra
Reflection in a pond
As urban residents switch to municipal water, the labour class struggles with disappearing ponds, their main water source. Sorit Gupto …
Mughal system stilll supplies water at zero cost
Mughal builders are known the world over for the Taj Mahal. But their water engineers built a supply system in 1615 that still provides water to …
Book review: Water's many nuances
The Rule of Water -- Statecraft, Ecology and Collective Action in South India By David Mosse Published by Oxford University Press New Delhi …
The water bearer
ANNA HAZARE bids a heavy-hearted farewell to the late Vilasrao Salunkhe, better known as 'pani baba'. Salunkhe's revolutionary concept of '…
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 …
Hydraulic marvel
An eighteenth-century canal system in Pune remains fresh despite long disuse
Is water use sustainable?
No. In the last 100 years, global population tripled, but freshwater use increased sixfold
Very vague
Delegates came and talked but failed to arrive at any conclusions at the World Water Forum
Rajasthan cries foul
On the boil
Parched Mumbai
The news is out: water levels in Mumbai are over 15 per cent less than last year. It might seem routine but it has the city up in arms. …
Karnataka wants to drill more borewells, but where’s the water?
Despite groundwater depletion and huge expenditure incurred, the state government seeks answer to water scarcity in borewells
Asia-Pacific still most vulnerable to water insecurity
According to the ADB report, the number of countries assessed as water insecure has dropped to 29 as compared to 38 in 2013
Water scarcity may cause upto 6% loss in GDP: World Bank
Water shortage may also increase migration and conflicts in some regions, finds a World Bank report
A billion could be without water in Asia by 2050
New research explains that growth in economy and population along with climate change are building water-stress
World awakes to new danger: use of water as weapon of war
Using water as a weapon to weaken people is a tactic used in Syria, other countries of West Asia and Africa
The debate on interlinking rivers in India
India plans to develop its water resources by interlinking its Himalayan rivers with those in the peninsular region through 30 interlinking canal …