Water stress
With about 4 per cent of the water resources of the world, India should have been a water-adequate nation. However, in 2011 India turned into a …
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 …
Tapping wastewater
Put into effect in earnest, the law on wastewater recycling can provide lasting relief to a parched Delhi. samreen farooqui delves into the issue
Drinking water audit report by March 2011
In addition to conducting financial audits, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), VINOD RAI, has decided to conduct a social and …
Water-stressed in India: Why Jal Shakti Abhiyan has only cosmetic effect in Palakkad
Palakkad ranked 219th in Jal Shakti Abhiyan despite more than 2,300 mm rain annually
Karnataka to divert Mahadayi water
Goa cries foul. Supreme Court orders tribunal to settle dispute
A midsummer dream
Anyone will tell you that follow-ups are not a story. Journalism is not about following stories of specific villages and how they fare year after …
A holistic water management system in urban areas for a sustainable future
An integrated approach can bring healthy coordination between all stakeholders
A fluid paradox
International aid agencies and local people do not agree on what tastes like real water
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Bland offer
By Karnataka on Cauvery
Political parties cannot offer solutions
Well into his seventies, the veteran of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Kushabhau Thakre recently took office as president of the …
Unsafe WASH services: 2 in 5 deaths are from sub-Saharan Africa, finds UNICEF
African countries carry the heaviest burden of child deaths from diseases caused by inadequate WASH services
How recycled water could revolutionise sustainable development
Collecting and exploiting waste water is both technically feasible and financially justifiable
Not only depletion, sparse data on Himalayan springs is also a big concern
Greater awareness, understanding and a national springs’ inventory can help achieve water security for the future
Glaring loopholes in new draft rules for groundwater extraction
The new draft rules for regulation of groundwater are a move towards decentralisation but many key concerns have been overlooked
Karnataka pinning hopes on unseasonal rain to tide over drought, water crisis
The state is staring at a severe drought for second consecutive year with coastal Karnataka experiencing a shortfall in southwest and northeast …
Running out
Unless better management strategies are evolved, water scarcity in the country will only be accentuated by growing industrial and municipal demands.
Municipality blamed for Delhi water poisoning
Municipal authorities in Delhi deny they were responsible for the deaths of eight people caused by contaminated water
Where the water is
Engineers in Jaipur are developing a software that would help quench the thirst of parched villages
Vindicated
The Magsaysay award for Rajendra Singh has meant volte-face by critics of community-based water harvesting
Simply Put: On the moon
Simply Put: Fashion parade
Simply put: AES and clean water