Gurgaon expansion halted
High court bars authorities from sanctioning new real estate projects to curb rampant groundwater exploitation
Letters
Dam at fault
Maharashtra builds dam in quake zone without permission. High Court refuses stay
Dismal picture of Maharashtra's environment
The water supply data in rural areas
Delhi's poll planks
Kerala's answer to drought: PPP model for water management
Activists say the move will end up privatising water sources and wetlands; increase water cost manifold
Delhi's water supply skewed and mismanaged
Is the Haryana government really to be blamed for Delhi's water shortage? The answer perhaps lies in understanding the disparity in water supply …
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Eye on accuracy
Realisation to make meters error-free may have come late to India, but technology is making rapid strides
Malls in Ahmedabad violate green norms
Malwa is thirsty
Why better sewage management in Chennai will help fight floods
Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain explains how the city's three rivers and 320 tanks and lakes that worked as flood barriers are used mostly for …
Public good, private concerns
Odisha is becoming a testing ground for ADB’s aggressive water sector reforms
Rural water and sanitation needs to prioritise sustainability
Prioritising drinking water source sustainability, mix-up of nutrient cycle and reuse of treated biosolids & wastewater …
Emergency
Chennai, crippled by water crisis, is also a metaphor for what Indian cities are experiencing in sourcing and managing the most precious natural …
The past and present of rivers
Author(s): Karuna Futane We are a generation that has turned flowing fresh water rivers to rivers of sewage and garbage. We have lost rivers. …
Lakes do the disappearing act
Several lakes in Hyderabad have shrunk or vanished due to encroachment and pollution
Pee, poop and paani
Bharat Lal Seth recounts his experience of drinking water reclaimed from sewage
Muddy Water
From water to water
WASH: UN report finds 2030 SDG targets may just be a dream
Plans in place to address water and sanitation issues, countries face hurdles in implementation, says GLAAS report
Rivers, up close and personal
Over centuries people have learnt to live with rivers. They are part of our lives but over the past 150 years this association has weakened. A …
Coonoor hill city without water for past one month
Prolonged heat spell has dried up reservoirs. Could the crisis have been averted?
Green issues plaguing rural West Bengal missing in Panchayat election campaigns, say activists
Low groundwater levels, cutting of trees and poor waste management not being addressed; political parties pass blame in response
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