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A model to emulate

Involve all stakeholders and train worksite supervisors and labourers to make MGNREGA benefit everyone  

Talking with the Chinese on the Brahmaputra

An Indian academic shares her experience of interacting with her Chinese peers on the transboundary Brahmaputra river, their mutual concerns, and …

Here comes the megacities

By 2100, at least 10 cities are predicted to have population over 50 million. How can society keep pace?

Centre forms committee to look into Isha Foundation’s recommendations on river rejuvenation

The committee will look into the Isha Foundation’s Revitalization of Rivers in India – Draft Policy Recommendation

Three feared dead as dam bursts in Himachal Pradesh

Two securities guards were reportedly buried in the muck while a local resident was washed away

Troubled waters

A draft national policy guideline for the allocation of river waters has run into strong opposition from the states

Delhi breeds water inequity

The water thirsty capital is the perfect example of how not to manage water. Tracing where the three billion litres disappear everyday

Documentary review: Swaraj, the Little Republic

It is a well established practice for non-governmental organisations (ngos) to produce documentary films/videos. Over the last few years, some …

Sourcing water from fog

Humans usually source water from rivers, wells, ponds or underground aquifers. All these sources are ultimately fed by rain (scientists prefer …

Managing lakes

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Dying of thirst

A severe drought has brought into focus the precarious position of Japan's water resources

Waste more want more

Delhi is choking on its own sewage

Squeezed to the last drop

Who will fill the city's depleting aquifers?

Rain drain

HARVEST OF RAIN.VHS (PAL) . colour . 48 mins . English . Directed by Sanjay Kak . 1995

Up in arms over water

Water bonds

One of water's many mysteries has been unravelled

Power vision

Drying up

Teething trouble

Paying the price

Forecast bright, foresight lacking

Bytes

Can we use our forests well?