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Cleaning the Yamuna

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Sunday warriors

Residents of Lucknow have taken up the task of cleaning the river Gomti

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Gushing concern

Public, activists wary of river linking plan

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Flood Sans River Kadi

New policy to help Indian communities displaced by annual river & coastal erosion drafted

Union home ministry had directed NDMA to draft a policy based on the 15th Finance Commission’s report

World Rivers Day: Does a river exist for us only when it floods?

It’s important to spread river education in its totality, before dams and canals take over ‘rivers’ in the perception battle 

Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: The rivers that gave Punjab its name, are dying; But is anybody paying attention

The Sutlej and its tributaries in Punjab are extremely polluted; but politicians have only kowtowed to corporate interest

‘Indo-Nepal effort needed to prevent Ganges Basin fish from losing genetic variability’

Steve Lockett, a Mahseer expert, feels the two countries must pool in their efforts to preserve the freshwater fish stocks in the Ganga and its …

Low soil moisture posing threat in most river basins

At least half of 16 river basins have been found to be low in soil moisture across India, says a study

Now, activists seek personhood rights for a fifth river

An amicus brief was submitted to the Constitutional Court of Colombia on August 9 calling for recognition of the rights of the Anchicayá River

Heavy rain alert in Mumbai this weekend; how prepared is the city?

Storm water drains are being cleaned; Mithi river has been widened, but flood sensors are yet to be installed in five rivers and two lakes

Tribunals alone can’t save our dying rivers: experts

Even as the dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over Mahanadi river water has snowballed into a political fight, civil society organisations …

Agricultural heritage sites join ancient wisdom with modern adaptation

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System sites can teach us how our ancestors found ways to craft viable landscapes even in very austere …

Why India needs to change the way it manages water resources

Most of the water planning and development in the country has been done as per administrative boundaries rather than by using river basins as the …

Copying nature is the only way to revive our rivers

Artificial groundwater recharge programmes can't be the long-term solution unless they are supported with measures to conserve soil and increase …

Punjab can't scrap water-sharing agreements with states: Supreme Court

The court cancelled a law passed by the Punjab legislature, terminating a water-sharing deal with five other states

The poisoning of the Tungabhadra

Once again, shoals of dead fish were beached on the banks of the Tungabhadra, in Karnataka's Dharwad district, earlier this year. Most people …

Purifying the Ganga

"The story of the Ganges, from her source to the sea, from old times to new, is the story of India's civilisation ..." - Jawaharlal Nehru