Fundamental judgement

Clean drinking water is a fundamental right, states the Supreme Court and wants government to set up environmental courts

Pollution costs dear

Weak safeguard

New norms for water in soft drinks

Mucky transfer

Bangalore's sewage contaminates Tamil Nadu's water

Chemical imbalance

Waters of the Sunderbans are turning hostile to estuarine life

No major improvement in river water quality during COVID-19 lockdown: CPCB report

The pollution board monitored the quality of the country’s 19 major rivers between March and April

More grime on teflon

Chemical used in teflon triggers early menopause

Mining woes

More shocks

The Gujarat government turns a blind eye to the quake-ravaged water storage facilities. More bad news for a state facing its second drought

Sewer river

The countdown to the cleaning up of the Yamuna has begun. The Supreme Court sets a deadline

Bottled poison

Most bottled water brands are contaminated in Pakistan

Jungle rule

Protect forests, get clean water

Total recall

New filter to remove arsenic from drinking water

Manna from heaven

Delhi is at the mercy of its riparian neighbours for water. Experts now say, water harvesting might be a step in the right direction towards …

Cleanup time

A campaign by an organisation to clean up the polluted lakes of Udaipur has finally paid off. The Rajasthan High Court clamps down on erring …

Pesticide industry thriving on legal loopholes

The CSE's recent expos has blown the lid off the bottled water industry's tall claims on the purity of its products. Simultaneously, it has …

Rivers Shankhini and Dankini in Chhattisgarh run dirty

IMA to supply clean drinking water to Delhi slum

Amid scrutiny over water wastage by RO filters, IMA plans to study quality of water in the national capital

Killing a river

Increased human activity is destroying a river system

Agro-watershed

Nitrates in Karnataka wells

In Short

South Asia

All you need is an eye

New monitoring index gives better understanding of a river’s health