Heavy damage

South Asia

Cost of irrigation 15,000 people

Good monsoon pushes up Bihar groundwater level

All 38 districts in the state recorded an increase

Controversial Canal

Wanted: rule of law

What plagues Maharashtra’s irrigation sector

The Bharat Nirman outpour

Rs 174,000 crore sanctioned for new scheme to build rural infrastructure

Large dams not an answer to water shortage

There is a need to find better solutions

Irrigation can't stave off global warming

It's raining GDP

Orissa wants stay on Polavaram

State says environment ministry’s approval overreaches apex court

South Asia

NASA releases new global maps mapping groundwater, soil wetness

Groundwater and soil moisture are crucial for irrigation and crop growth  

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

Activists petition PM against dam

Maheshwar dam nears completion; rehabilitation too slow

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?

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