Purifying the Ganga

"The story of the Ganges, from her source to the sea, from old times to new, is the story of India's civilisation ..." - …

Water treatment need not cost the earth

Countries like India are increasingly opting for expensive, high-tech water treatment systems instead of low-cost, low-tech water treatment …

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 …

The future's Orange

It's political

Water scarcity in a Faridkot village

Beware flurosis is zeroing in on you

Water harvesting and conservation methods can turn the tide against the disease

Virtual realities

Bangalore is in the throes of a water privatisation debate. But the most critical flaws in a new plan for its suburbs have got missed out. s …

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

On a strong wicket

Perumatty panchayat's case is statutorily sound

Cola major gets a taste of panchayat power

A multi-billion-dollar transnational corporation has had to blink first in an eyeball-to-eyeball dispute with an obscure panchayat of Kerala. On …

For India, with fizz

JPC report sets serious reform agenda on food safety, water security and public health

Field science

Australian town says no to drinking recycled sewage

Default drinking water

'Corporate Responsibility' has died a fancy death at the altar of public relations. A recent chemical analysis of branded packaged drinking water (…

Rainwater harvesting aids tsunami-hit Sri Lankan villages

How pure are their claims?

Market for water purifiers booms, but consumers cannot be sure of quality in absence of regulations

Prayers for a little

Rivers’ flows must be maintained to protect the services they provide, but India has no legislation  

Emergency

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

Pollution pays

Whenever the issue of how to end pollution is raised, it hits a block: technology. Take the case of air pollution: among other things, the issue …

Making India's mining sector socially and environmentally viable

A government committee wants regime change to facilitate private investment in mining. What it is oblivious to is the need for more regulation to …

Why Ganga Action Plan is a pipe dream

Concrete invasion

Colombo’s marshes cannot avert floods the way they used to. Construction is to be blamed