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

The people's environmentalist

Anupam Mishra nurtured India's environmental movement and environmentalists

Water in northern Australia: a history of Aboriginal exclusion

Ever since British settlement, water rights in Australia's north have favoured landowners over traditional owners, effectively locking Aboriginal …

From Ram rajya to scientific farming

In Focus

China

Irrigation policy

Government criticised

TAPPING GROUNDWATER

Smooth sailing

Ten African nations show how a river can be shared peacefully

Arrested development

Bihar's flood-drought oscillation still has little recognition

Rich waste water

Healing Afghanistan

The karez system could solve the country's water problems

Urban water management in Singapore

Singapore may just have discovered a remedy to reduce water wastage at the household level. The city is known for its long-standing efforts at …

The flow's not smooth

UN water report on what ails water management today

पिछले 800 सालों में किस तरह बदला एशियाई नदियों का बहाव: अध्ययन

शोधकर्ताओं ने पाया कि एशियाई नदियां उस अवधि के 50 साल पहले और 50 साल बाद की तुलना में 20 वीं सदी के पहले ...

दुनिया भर में तीन अरब से अधिक लोग पानी की गंभीर कमी का सामना कर रहे हैं : एफएओ

रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि बेहतर जल प्रबंधन वैश्विक खाद्य सुरक्षा और पोषण सुनिश्चित करने के लिए आवश्यक है, यह सतत विकास लक्ष्यों ...

Total live storage in India’s reservoirs 41% of live storage capacity

Live storage is 141 per cent of the live storage of the corresponding period last year

तालाबों को बर्बाद होने से बचाने की लड़ाई लड़ने वाले योद्धाओं की कहानी!

अतिक्रमण और गंदगी के कारण तालाबों की हालत दयनीय हो गई है

परंपरा की उपेक्षा से प्यासी मरुभूमि

गुजरात के थार में भूजल तेजी से गिरता जा रहा है और तालाब बदहाली के दौर से गुजर रहे हैं

Reservoir levels go up 32%, yet hold one-third of the water they can

In a week, India’s 100 reservoirs got 13.422 BCM water, but owing to deficient rainfall the water bodies have just 33 per cent of their capacity

Misreading the story of climate change and the Maya

Maya communities’ ability to adapt their resource conservation practices played a crucial role in allowing them to survive for as long as …

Subsidies on irrigation efficiency may negatively affect water use: study

The decrease in water availability at watershed levels due to subsidies is a critical concern for India considering the monsoon response to …

See how Indian states fared on the water index

The NITI Aayog, in its latest assessment, analyses the water index scores of states between 2015-16 and 2016-17

Is your state using water efficiently? Govt's new assessment tool will find out

NITI Aayog will launch Composite Water Management Index to assess and improve states’ performance in efficient management of water resources