Activists petition PM against dam

Maheshwar dam nears completion; rehabilitation too slow

Science & Technology - Briefs

Himalayan destruction

Study quantifies the impact of hydel projects on the ecology of the mountain range

The fish barrier

Threat to fish due to dams quantified in Mekong basin

Rogue illusionists

A village crops up in the heart of a forest as three government employees cook the books

Rajasthan farmers revive agitation over irrigation water

Parched soil

Balochistan, Sindh face drought

Karnataka begins building Kalasa-Bandurinala irrigation project

Separate feeders for homes, fields in Maharashtra

Reduce Subansiri dam height: panel

Will National Hydro Power Corporation heed report?

‘Energy conservation is a moving target’

A decade has passed since the Energy Conservation Act was enacted in 2001. Most provisions of the law are yet to be implemented properly. Ajay …

Irrigation sector gets boost in Union Budget

Apart from generous budgetary allocation, the government will utilise MGNREGS to increase the water harvesting potential of drought-affected …

Growing African vegetables on buildings can save space and feed cities — new study

When households grow edible crops in living walls, it reduces the environmental impact of food

Monsoon 2022 ends with filling up India’s major reservoirs

Some 44 reservoirs have 100 per cent storage at the end of the monsoon

Drought desperation

In Court

A tale of 2 communities in Gujarat: One wants to be a farmer while the other wants to migrate — a win-win game for all

Thakor community is hopeful that in the near future, with more such leasing opportunities from the Patels, they will be able to accumulate enough …

Solar irrigation can transform Indian agriculture, enhance livelihoods of small to marginal farmers

Farmers can have control over water and electricity supply through solar water pumps 

How Ethiopia and Kenya have put a world heritage site in danger

The lake inflow hydrology has already changed, which means that nutrient inflows and their distribution through the lake have also been affected

C V Raman Fellowships bring African and Indian researchers closer

Between 2010 and 2018, close to 500 African researchers availed the C V Raman International Fellowship to improve the quality of lives …

Maharashtra and Telangana sign MoU on Godavari projects

The MoU brings to an end long-drawn disagreements between the two states over the use of the river waters

Dehydrated state of America

As California enters the fourth year of the worst drought it has seen in over 1,200 years, Venkat Srinivasan travels through America's most …

Robbed of water

Gujarat farmers set to lose water from the Narmada canal network

Ghelhar Choti (Jhabua) Participatory success

Mandlikpur (Rajkot) Life with Recharged Wells