After Cape Town, another place in South Africa is fighting off a ‘Day Zero’ water crisis

Dam levels at 16%; fixing leaks and reducing consumption among measures taken

Interactive map to monitor gaps in sanitation launched

The map will help monitor the progress in the construction of toilets in all districts

Flush, but don't forget

India lifted 271 mln people out of poverty in 10 yrs, claims govt report

The poverty estimates used to back the claims, however, are decade old

Phailin fallout: people face acute drinking water shortage

200 people in Ganjam get diarrhoea after drinking contaminated water

Parliament monsoon session: some work done, a lot of time wasted

A look at the business transacted and other highlights

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

Letter

Letters

World Toilet Day: India now aims to build one toilet every two seconds

The country needs to play a major role in reducing open defecation

Malwa is thirsty

Centre launches bio-toilets to curb open defecation

Around 100,000 toilets to be built in next two years in 300 gram panchayats

Green tribunal orders closure of 34 illegal packaged drinking water units in Noida, Greater Noida

Ban on use of groundwater for construction in the two NCR cities to continue

Over 300 million Indians still defecate in the open: WHO-UNICEF report

Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan do much better in improving access to sanitation

Science and Technology - Briefs

Simply Put: A fixed deposit of water

Clean water crisis: Nitrogen pollution to triple scarcity in river sub-basins worldwide

In India, Africa, sewage to be biggest contributor of nitrogen pollution in water in worst climate scenario

"Calcutta is sifting on a time bomb "

DIPANKAR CHAKRABORTI, director, School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University has done significant work among people affected by Arsenic …

Drought of equity

A large part of Maharashtra has been declared drought-hit. But distribution of water is quite incongruous. While the few who are politically and …

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 …

For water purification, one size does not fit all: Experts

It's important to properly test the quality of water before taking any step for its purification, they said in a panel discussion organised by …

Bringing the basics to a neglected slum

An NGO is helping residents of a Kanpur slum to get amenities like drinking water, latrines and medical care

Checking the damage

MANTHAN SE PRAVAH·VHS (PAL)·colour·30 mins· Gujarati (with English commentary)·Directed by Raju Barot·…

Quenching parched throats

Solutions do not come easy. However, there are ways to avoid a bigger crisis: give water back to the people and rediscover the water harvesting …

No water just woes

Despite numerous schemes, financial allocations and "election-time" promises, drinking water is still a scarce commodity. Public participation …