In managing water, Surat takes lead
Municipality to supply 115 MLD treated water to meet industrial requirement by March 2019 India’s ‘Diamond City’ offers a lesson for the country’s ever-expanding cities […]
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Misaligned agriculture: A major source of India’s water problems
BY HARITHA SARANGA AND SPOORTHI ANANDA KUMAR India is not a water poor country, however, the demand for water is increasing every day due to the […]
The paradox of India’s water problems
By Bharat Punjabi The 2018 floods in the Indian state of Kerala highlight an enduring paradox within the country’s water problems. Even as some parts of […]
’60 cr people face high to extreme water crisis in India’
Sixty crore people in India face high to extreme water crisis and its demand is projected to be twice the availability supply by 2030, the […]
Depleting groundwater shrinks India’s agricultural lands: Government data
By Anuradha Shukla In 2017, nearly 40 lakh hectares of agricultural land was impacted because of water woes, resulting in a drop in the area under […]
Can stepwells help curb the water crisis in India?
By Pooja Patel The sight of women walking hours in the scorching sun to fetch water from wells many miles away is a commonplace in […]
‘CRAWA’ Corporate Colludes’ on Chilika: Chilika’s Catafalque!
By Bibhuti Pati Nobody really knows whether any environmental impact assessment has been done before mooting for such types of proposals like Coastal High Ways […]
CAUTERIZE ON CHILIKA: Political bravura on Water Airport ?
By Bibhuti Pati Water airport on Chilika’s water will give a watery grave gift to Chilika. In the name of wheedle economic growth through water […]
Opinion | Why India, China should not hold water ties hostage to politics
By Obja Borah Hazarika Beijing’s recent flood alert enabled India to issues its own warning in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. To formalise sharing of hydrological data, […]
Water in India’s 91 major reservoirs at 63% of total storage capacity
By T E Narasimhan Out of these 91 reservoirs, 37 have hydropower generation capability with an installed capacity of more than 60 Mw Chennai: The water storage available across […]