In search of the missing

In the undivided Koraput district of Orissa, there exist 190 villages that have slowly been pushed off the map of India. Hurled by fast-track …

In search of the missing

In the undivided Koraput district of Orissa, there exist 190 villages that have slowly been pushed off the map of India. Hurled by fast-track …

30,000 farmers demand Hirakud dam water

Western Orissa is witnessing an upheaval. In the eye of the storm is the Hirakud dam. Over 300,000 farmers dependent on its water for irrigation …

Lavasa exposed

By its looks, the place could be mistaken for Portofino, a fishing village-cum-resort in Italy—multi-coloured buildings crowd a waterfront …

Number of full reservoirs go up from 26 to 35, 10 overflowing

Central Water Commission bulletin also shows reservoirs in at least 7 states at less than normal storage, worst in Bihar 

Water reserves go up; 50 reservoirs have 100% storage

Maharashta has 18 reservoirs at full capacity; Just 5 out of 143 major ones in India have 40% or below storage

Lesser water recorded in Indian reservoirs than last year

Current levels amount to just 78 per cent of the storage levels during the corresponding period last year and just about 3/4th the average …

Reservoirs storage low as India enters second monsoon month

India ended June with water storage level in 101 of its 143 reservoirs at 40% or less

This idea helped rescue a city of 3.8 million from a water crisis

When water shortages loomed in Chennai, India, one man’s campaign to conserve rainwater saved the day

Sounds of silence: a forest that resisted development

A trip to the Silent Valley National Park is a valuable lesson in the history of environmental movements and biodiversity conservation

How normal were the rains? IMD chief wants to study more factors to know

With climate change causing changes in annual precipitation and ocean temperature levels, these parameters need to be included in …

Temperatures rise, live storage in 123 reservoirs declines

The levels plummetted to 47% from 57% of the total capacity in last one month, according to Central Water Commission data

Monsoon is on, but reservoir levels stay down

Rainfall deficit dropped to 21 per cent till July 7, 2019; 91 reservoirs witness 17 per cent deficit

Reservoirs are large contributors of methane to the atmosphere

A new study helps to revisit the understanding that hydroelectric projects are a ‘green’ or carbon neutral source of energy

Plunging reservoir levels across India a worrying sign

The water level in 91 major reservoirs across the country as on April 13 stood at just 35.839 billion cubic metres as against 253.388 

Water levels in India’s major reservoirs deficient by 40 per cent

The 91 water reservoirs in the country have a total storage capacity of 157.799 billion cubic metres, which is about 62 per cent of India’s …

Heavy rains are not unusual in Kerala, yet...

The heavy spell cannot be seen in isolation from the seasonal distribution, rainfall abnormalities over the rest of the country or abnormal …

Water reserves in 71 of India’s 91 reservoirs have dipped: CWC

A delay in arrival of the monsoon, especially in western India, will worsen the water woes even further

Reservoirs in India face water crunch as monsoon progress remains poor

Depleting water levels in reservoirs will have a direct bearing on the sowing and production of Rabi crops

Maharashtra, Telangana sign pact on Godavari irrigation projects amid protests

Building barrages upstream of the Godavari River might prove disastrous for the farmers in Andhra Pradesh

Out of catch

Bargi reservoir no longer has enough fish stock. Is it because fishers have been kept out of its management?

23 major reservoirs have deficient water levels; 18 are highly deficient

The live storage of reservoirs in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and all southern states is far below normal

Karnataka faces 2019-like situation with full dams and more rains in store

Mismanagement over the release of water from various dams had worsened the flood situation in Karnataka and Maharashtra last year

Water level in 91 major reservoirs reduces

The combined water stored in these reservoirs is 62 per cent of total capacity, as compared to 127 per cent last year

Water wonder

Buhanpur Municipal Corporation in Madhya Pradesh revives a unique underground water system of the 17th century, Khooni bhandara, to solve the city'…