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Fixing the drought

To uplift the poor it is important to understand the root cause of poverty

River Inc.

Is industry hijacking the law to undermine communities' rights to water?

Weeding out waste

Punjab starts an ecofriendly state-level programme to clean ponds by using duckweeds

Open letter to Prime Minister Vajpayee

Famine in motion

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Green sports

A look at floods in Rajasthan's Barmer district

Rajasthan flash floods can drought-proof state

Beyond teething stage

World Toilet Day: So far, we have overlooked sanitation in the climate resilience discourse

Safe and inclusive sanitation solutions can play a pivotal role in safeguarding against risks imposed by climate change 

World Water Day: India’s water security at great risk in era of climate change, says CSE

In the age of climate change, we need to know that the water agenda is the real make or break of our future, says CSE director-general, Sunita Narain

By 2030, early warnings on floods and droughts to be available for all: WMO

World Meteorological Congress endorses Water and Climate Coalition for promoting sharing and access to integrated hydrological, cryosphere, …

Catch the rain, fix water crisis: How Odisha leads by example

Odisha has deveoped 12,000 rainwater harvesting structures to facilitate water conservation and ground water recharge in 2,035 wards 

Swachh Bharat Mission 2: Way ahead for a long-term urban sanitation strategy

State governments need to develop an urban waste water management strategy: A mix of waste water treatment solutions for different towns based on …

Swachh Bharat Mission 2: The pitfalls — and the lure — of centralised urban sanitation system

Tapping nullahs, setting up one-STP without sewerage connectivity is neither a short-term nor a long-term solution for urban towns

Swachh Bharat Mission: Nilgiris sets example of community effort

More than 100,000 tribals, dalits and women raised a loan of Rs 20 crore to build toilets, after the incentive of Rs 12,000 per household was …

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (September 9-13)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week&…

Centre to send babus to 255 water-stressed districts. Here’s what they should keep in mind

MGNREGS has implemented a slew of projects, but to hardly any effect. We need to look at the problem afresh

Cities across India have started water rationing

The 2019 summer is going to be intensely water scarce as cities find themselves without adequate water sources