Arsenic, fluoride in Assam

The interminable wait for justice

Three years after a public interest litigation case was filed in the Supreme Court to stop a local factory polluting its drinking water, the …

Weaving a common destiny

The weavers of Kabir Basti had just two resources: wool and their own talent. With this they transformed their lives

Nearly 80 per cent Indian households without piped water connection

In rural India, close to 90 per cent households do not have piped connections

The gold diggers

A green touch

Dying springs

Seeds of purity

Local plant seeds provide a clue to treating impure water

River conservation

Our country, our mess

How's India doing in providing basic social services?

Drugged drink

The water we drink may be contaminated with the drugs we excrete through our urine

Arsenic traps

UNJUSTIFIED LAW

Oxen power

Unique way to desalinate water

Simple, bare necessities

To what extent are basic household amenities available to India's people?

Rights issue resurfaces

Another panchayat's stand endorsed by Kerala HC

Perpetual Thirst

It has been 45 years since the first national water supply programme. This and many thousand crore of rupees later, more than half of India's …

Water wonder

Buhanpur Municipal Corporation in Madhya Pradesh revives a unique underground water system of the 17th century, Khooni bhandara, to solve the city'…

Economy of slippage

Unsafe water

Russia's nightmare

Thousands of chemical weapons, once abandoned by the military, are coming back to haunt Russia

Heartache tonight

Safe drinking

A new filter now promises clean drinking water in arsenic-rich areas

Arsenic cleanup

Ulcerous!

A bacterium found in water wells causes ulcers