In deep water

Rivers Krishna and Mahanadi are in crisis. In the race to industrialise, states have drawn plans to exploit their last drop. For four decades, …

Grand distraction called river interlinking

Pindar’s last gush

Dam proposed on the last unrestricted tributary of Alaknanda stirs valley residents

Time for the future to win

Farming made unprofitable

Drowning villages for 8 paise

The Par-Tapi Narmada Link project will earn 8 paise on a rupee

Power plant’s clearance challenged

PIL points to faulty environmental impact assessment

US policy shift to hit dam funding

Shift in focus from hydropower to new renewables may impact World Bank funds for big dams

Under threat

A proposed dam is set to change the landscape in the Pindar ghati--host to the last free flowing tributary of the Alaknanda. Bharat Lal Seth …

Are public private partnerships in irrigation the way forward?

A recent World Bank report suggests that PPPs can improve irrigation and agriculture

Supreme Court orders status quo on Kaleshwaram irrigation project expansion

Telangana government increasing capacity without green nod, court told 

How MGNREGA water conservation project turned a Rajasthan district into an Oasis

The greenery in Dungarpur district is a stark contrast to the desert state

New global agriculture census round to kick off in 2016

Agriculture censuses help to boost rural development and improve food security

Mosquitoes storm the desert

A cerebral malaria epidemic in Rajasthan has its source in the Indira Gandhi Canal

Hydraulic marvel

An eighteenth-century canal system in Pune remains fresh despite long disuse

Tannery menace

Effluents pollute Kalingarayan canal in Tamil Nadu

An index for monitoring effectiveness of climate-smart agriculture practices: How it can help

Awareness and training was the highest weighted dimension among the five that were used to develop the index

Reservoir storage declined 7% every month between March, June; can kharif sowing proceed

The shortage of storage can also become a challenge for hydroelectric power projects when there is peak demand in the summer

Asia-Pacific still most vulnerable to water insecurity

According to the ADB report, the number of countries assessed as water insecure has dropped to 29 as compared to 38 in 2013

Rainfed tanks lie neglected in parched Chhattisgarh

In theory, rainwater harvesting can drought-proof every village in India. In theory, drought-proofing requires strong and functioning village-…

Planning Commission report on groundwater downplays industrial exploitation

NTPC dam rattles local elections

Officials subverted elections to the forest council that opposed dam, allege villagers

Maharashtra farmers allege large-scale corruption in World Bank-funded irrigation project

Irrigation department holds training workshop for Maharashtra Water Sector Improvement Project when project is over

Monsoon arrives in Maharashtra, but reservoir levels still low

Full only till 14 per cent of their capacity

NHPC cornered over Subansiri

Reports pick apart NHPC’s hydel project in Assam, call for design overhaul