India needs to conserve waterbodies and value them

Let’s not destroy our waterbodies in the name of development and rather value their importance

With half a million new farm ponds, should farmers be worried about deficit monsoon?

In the last 12 years, the MGNREGA has created at least 46 new water harvesting structures in every village

A tradition that got washed away

For more than a century, the people of Motepur used to build an earthen dam on the Punpun river every two years. Today, wage labour has replaced …

Resurrecting a tradition

The tank system in India needs to be revived to maintain water reserves. This can be achieved through a central body such as the National Tank …

"Water harvesting here is nota technique, but a culture"

ANUPAM MISHRA'S association with the Gandhi Peace Foundation (GPF) dates back to 1969. After working with the late Jai Prakash Narayan and the …

Rajasthan tackles drought through pokhars

Current water management system ignoring nature-based solutions: UN report

The water management system is too dependent on human-built infrastructure

Grandma's recipes

Water for slums

Workshop by CSE

Only on paper

Catching water

Rain centre inaugurated in Chennai

Heat-busting initiative

A silver lining: Quotes from the earth

Till very recently, it was taken for granted in India that film festivals were avenues, which encouraged critical voices. Selection committees …

Better governance needed to fix water crisis in Himalayan towns: Study

Five Indian Himalayan towns were facing increased water insecurity, according to study by ICIMOD 

How the North East uses traditional means to harvest rain water

In Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura, people store and harvest rain water through traditional means  

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

Ancient wisdom

TRADITIONAL WATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS: AN ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC SURVEY·Edited by B C Barah·New Age International Publishers· 1996

River of joy

Rejuvenation of the Ruparel river in Rajasthan has brought about a wave of prosperity in the region. The gains are manifold

A water harvest

Catch rain where it falls. No one knew it better than the people living in Mandu, a hill-fort town in Madhya Pradesh, 1,400 years ago

500,000 billion litres

Roadside rainwater harvesting potential in India remains untapped

UN 2023 Water Conference: 46 years after Mar del Plata, it’s time to examine the successes and failures

Access to clean water and sanitation remains a significant challenge in many parts of the world, particularly in low-income countries and …

Simply Put: World Water Day 2024

Every drop counts

Better management systems hold the key to overcoming water scarcity