Water action plan at COP27 gives hope to drought-ravaged Africa

Aims at fostering political efforts in establishing pan-African water hubs

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KENYA

Famine in motion

Water shortage in the home of glaciers

Residents in the UP Himalaya, abundant in rivers and glaciers and covered by a piped water network, are experiencing a water shortage caused by a …

Climate change and water: Ripple marks

People with lower socio-economic status, migrants and refugees are most vulnerable to the impact of climate change on water

Running out

Unless better management strategies are evolved, water scarcity in the country will only be accentuated by growing industrial and municipal demands.

Stress signs for water

Three of the world’s top five groundwater-extracting countries are in Asia, with India leading the list. At least 10 states in the country …

Deadly leakage

Water crisis

Dying for a river

In Raigarh district of Madhya Pradesh, tribals are fighting to save their only source of water from an industrial house. A woman has already died …

Riots for water

Faced with a severe drought, the Gujarat government decided to reserve water from a dam for the town of Jamnagar. Rural folk of Saurashtra …

Asking for help

The myth of drought

For every administrator, there is a lesson to be learnt from Gujarat's drought. Specially since this dry spell has been brought about more due to …

Drought in Kenya: Nearly 3.5 million people are hungry, says UN

Over 90 per cent of the open water sources have dried up

International Water Conference to focus on water security, peace

The conference, beginning from May 13,  will discuss the role of water for driving peace and sustainable development in the world

To meet 2017 target, one million rural households need to be connected with piped water supply every day

Community involvement is missing and so is the interest towards maintaining sustainability of drinking water projects. What else hinders progress …

Water stress

After 10 years & Rs 9,630 crore, scheme for drought-proofing Maharashtra can provide water to just 487 people for a year

The drought in Marathwada is clearly a human-made disaster, due to the mismanagement of water, say experts

Fight against COVID-19 is a fight for water, against inequality

Let us end our water divides. It is already late

Green Fodder

Power generation stresses an already water-starved India

A report says that power generation will account for nearly 9 per cent of the water consumed in India by 2050

Haryana tries to dissuade farmers from growing paddy, most remain sceptical

The problem started when the government encouraged the cultivation of rice under the Green Revolution in the 1960s

When water is no longer limitless

Day Zeroes are inevitable unless cities innovate, diversify supply sources and emphasise on the judicious use of water

Relaxed conditions