Malwa is thirsty

Why better sewage management in Chennai will help fight floods

Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain explains how the city's three rivers and 320 tanks and lakes that worked as flood barriers are used mostly for …

SC upbraids Centre for 'conniving with tobacco industry'

Directs it to effectively implement rules that severely restrict advertisement, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products

Public good, private concerns

Odisha is becoming a testing ground for ADB’s aggressive water sector reforms

In Short - News

Rural water and sanitation needs to prioritise sustainability

Prioritising drinking water source sustainability, mix-up of nutrient cycle and reuse of treated biosolids & wastewater …

India, south Asian neighbours must act against trans-fat now: WHO

The countries are among the 15 that account for two-thirds of the deaths linked to the substance

Emergency

Chennai, crippled by water crisis, is also a metaphor for what Indian cities are experiencing in sourcing and managing the most precious natural …

The past and present of rivers

Author(s): Karuna Futane We are a generation that has turned flowing fresh water rivers to rivers of sewage and garbage. We have lost rivers. …

Lakes do the disappearing act

Several lakes in Hyderabad have shrunk or vanished due to encroachment and pollution

Pee, poop and paani

Bharat Lal Seth recounts his experience of drinking water reclaimed from sewage

Muddy Water

News 360° - Briefs

From water to water

WASH: UN report finds 2030 SDG targets may just be a dream

Plans in place to address water and sanitation issues, countries face hurdles in implementation, says GLAAS report 

Energy access goals need greater effort in post-COVID-19 world: Report

Report calls SDG 7 progress of last few years regarding access to electricity insufficient; says pandemic will make things worse

Coal India to be probed for supply of low grade coal to sponge iron, power plants

Poor quality coal pollutes more; anti-competitive fuel supply agreements also under scanner of Competition Commission of India

Rivers, up close and personal

Over centuries people have learnt to live with rivers. They are part of our lives but over the past 150 years this association has weakened. A …

Hidden hunger?

There is a rush to cash in on micronutrient deficiency in India through fortification of food

Coonoor hill city without water for past one month

Prolonged heat spell has dried up reservoirs. Could the crisis have been averted?

Green issues plaguing rural West Bengal missing in Panchayat election campaigns, say activists

Low groundwater levels, cutting of trees and poor waste management not being addressed; political parties pass blame in response

Prime Minister’s Logic

Is India ready?

Effective social schemes need more than cash transfer

India downplays scare over stem rust threat to wheat crops from Uganda

Turkmenistan dismisses five governors over food shortage unrest