1.47 crore Indians at high risk of cancer, due to arsenic contaminated water
As many as 96 districts in 12 States have been affected by high arsenic contamination in ground water. Around 70.4 million people in 35 districts […]
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As India’s Ganges runs out of water, a potential food shortage looms
By Sahana Ghosh In the last three decades, the groundwater input to the Ganges River in India has declined by 50 percent during the summer, a […]
’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 […]
Govt to implement drinking water project across India to create employment
The government has decided to launch the drinking water and sanitation project on a pilot basis in five states, including Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Maharashtra. […]
No safe drinking water, public transport: Why urban and not rural should be government’s focus
By Kala S Sridhar In his Budget 2018, finance minister Arun Jaitley focused on much-needed rural development. But given the contributions cities make to overall […]
Inverted Umbrella Brings Clean Water & Clean Power To India
By Steve Hanley Necessity is the mother of invention, they say. India is in desperate need of two things — clean water and clean power. Entrepreneurs […]
UK-returned engineer helps India’s poor to reduce water woes
By CP Surendran New Delhi : Delhi in summer is not a very pleasant place to live. The temperature hovers around 47 to 48 degrees Celsius, […]