A congestion plan in the name of decongesting Delhi
Urban development ministry’s expert panel report on how to decongest Delhi pays only lip service to improving public transport and …
In water-stressed Gujarat, government proposes to punish farmers who draw groundwater
Bill introduced in Assembly says errant farmers can be imprisoned up to six months or fined up to Rs 10,000
Urbanisation in India: We must reimagine how our cities are planned
The recent floods in North India serve as a stark reminder to prioritise sustainable urban planning and drainage infrastructure
India's double challenge
Traditional system of flood management through lakes and connected water channels has been forgotten
More than 20,000 Ebola cases likely by November, forecasts WHO
The United Nations has already called for 20-fold increase in assistance to control the outbreak in West Africa
Rain reigns in Chennai
Shrinking lake area and blocked drains have reduced Chennai's capacity to drain rainfall runoff
10 reasons why Sri Sri Ravishankar should not be conducting the World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplain
The activity cannot be termed as a benign activity and shall have a permanent footprint on the floodplain, say experts
Why Chennai floods are a man-made disaster
An analysis shows that in just four decades, urbanisation in the city increased by almost 20 times
Mined to death: an elegy for the rivers of Meghalaya
The rivers in the Jaintia Hills have turned deep blue; mines and cement factories have killed all fish and aquatic life in them
ADB’s flawed water programme promotes scarcity
As the annual meet of the board of governors of Asian Development Bank gets under way near Delhi, a critique of the bank’s approach to …
In deep water
CLEANING UP
Fishy projects
Look, oil
About 10,000 people scan drains in Delhi's industrial areas: a vital but neglected work force
DESTROYING A BEACHHEAD
A sinking feeling
The historic fort in Jaisalmer has started collapsing due to excessive seepage of water
Reviewing the review
Choking from within
Save lakes from the sins of humanity
No digging
LAGOS
Last call
Will the song of the sarus be heard when the wetlands of Uttar Pradesh are drained?
Remarkably clean
Port cities set up by Dutch colonists had ingenuous drainage systems
In court
Gujarat passes groundwater bill
The legislation makes it mandatory for farmers to get licence for extracting water