Awarded : Bhaonta-Kolyala

... for reviving the Arvari river, for showing that a healthy ecology and good water management mean prosperity, for proving that drought is a myth

How an urban planner undertook green recovery in Telangana’s 72 ULBs

Extensive mapping, designing of parks with detailed cost estimates and implementation frameworks were prepared as part of the project 

These mobile weather stations can help cope with floods, landslides

Sri Lanka’s indigenously developed device could help other developing nations, too, deal with climate impacts

Power trickles down

Successful cooperatives compel Maharashtra government to hand over control of irrigation facilities to farmers

A watershed plan

Recurrent droughts and floods coupled with mass poverty, chronic unemployment and pervasive malnutrition are the major challenges before India. …

Urban farming now covers area equal to size of Europe, says study

Farming by city dwellers plays major role in food security, finds the study

Climate science in real world

Why better sewage management in Chennai will help fight floods

Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain explains how the city's three rivers and 320 tanks and lakes that worked as flood barriers are used mostly for …

The flush, the city and the river

For the modern Indian city, the principle behind management of water and waste is a simple one: flush and forget. Not surprisingly, most cities …

A belief in tradition

It was a unique ceremony for a unique award given to a unique rural community of India. In what is perhaps the first ceremony of its kind, …

Public good, private concerns

Odisha is becoming a testing ground for ADB’s aggressive water sector reforms

Rural water and sanitation needs to prioritise sustainability

Prioritising drinking water source sustainability, mix-up of nutrient cycle and reuse of treated biosolids & wastewater …

Drought is in the mind

GOOD NEWS: There is more evidence to show that water harvesting can go a long way in dealing with drought and solving the water crisis, and even …

Political harvest

Report card: A scheme that can help solve the water crisis has become a tool to promote political interests of the ruling party Success level: Poor

Learning the mantra

Report card: The government realised its failures and learned from the civil society. Despite cases of corruption and some errors in planning, …

Voices from Making Water Everybody's Business Talking about water

Water is bound to dominate the agenda of the country's politicians and planners in the future Though ignored for years by the political …

Emergency

Chennai, crippled by water crisis, is also a metaphor for what Indian cities are experiencing in sourcing and managing the most precious natural …

Pee, poop and paani

Bharat Lal Seth recounts his experience of drinking water reclaimed from sewage

Many a slip

Can India meet the 2012 deadline to provide safe drinking water to all rural homes?

REVIVING WISDOM

Rainwater is abundant in India. So is its mismanagement. This has led to a human-made water scarcity. The only way to solve modern India's water …

Water in the age of coronavirus

As we confront the new global enemy SARS-COV-2, the availability of water will be a crucial determinant for a successful outcome in this war  

United Nations

Make India drought-proof

Water v industry: where is the question?

Rich bias

THE SKEPTICAL ENVIRONMENTALIST Bjørn Lomborg · Cambridge University Press · Cambridge · 2001 · Pages: pp 515 &…