Gandhigram (Kachchh) Taking Loans to harvest Water

Raj-samadhiyala (Rajkot) leading by example

THUNTHI KANKASIYA (DAHOD) a turnaround

Holding their own

Villages which have harvested rainwater are faring quite well in the face of drought

People feel cheated over government assurances on Pedhi dam

Dodgy arithmetic over Narmada waters

Rift valley

Seed restoration

Water turns the tide

A barren district of Rajasthan is seeing development, thanks to rains last year and flood in 2006

The need of the hour

Experts all over agree that rainwater harvesting is the best way to improve the lot of villages

SSP falls prey to political machinations

Thirty years of planning, 15 years of construction, ten years of promises and Rs 15,000 crore later, the Sardar Sarovar Project is finally …

The negotiators

Of India's 18 major rivers, 17 are inter-state. In all cases, the water is intensely fought over. In all cases, there seems no resolution. In …

To ensure food for tomorrow

Rice and wheat yields are falling. To check it a new initiative has been taken

Shift in priorities

Farming is cool

Agriculture lessens the effect of global warming, claims study

Dam's height restricted

Centre’s notice to Maheshwar dam

Threatens to stop work

Drinking water shortage to hit Maharashtra as drought worsens

In the Vidarbha region which is facing 30 per cent rainfall deficit in the first half the monsoon, the situation is very grim

‘Scrap 24 dams, save Ganga’

Wildlife Institute of India report warns against ecological impact of dams in Uttarakhand

Crossroad

nitin sethi visits Arunachal Pradesh and finds the Apatani grappling with stereotypes and change

Misled about water

VidarbhaÔÇÖs farmers protest the Maharashtra governmentÔÇÖs attempt to build yet another thermal power plant by depriving …

Water levels in reservoirs at 35% of capacity; southern India’s at just 20%

Raises alarms for potential drinking water shortages, low water availability for agriculture in coming weeks and months

India had a deficit monsoon in 13 of the last 18 years

The country had its last surplus monsoon in 2013

Bihar farmers question government decision to end diesel subsidy for them

Power supply in villages still uncertain, they say

Irrigation does more than deplete groundwater, it changes climate too

More measured irrigation can help conserve water, suggests author of new study