Radioactive gas in drinking water

Simply Put: World Cities Day

Water scarcity may cause upto 6% loss in GDP: World Bank

Water shortage may also increase migration and conflicts in some regions, finds a World Bank report

Planning Commission report on groundwater downplays industrial exploitation

Heavy metals polluting Kolkata's groundwater

Public private prank

Creation of Greater Bangalore will strain the city's resources

JNNURM: a Nehruvian farce

Water for profit

Review finds ADB's policy doesn't hold water

Since 1998, adb has invested us $960 million in urban projects in India.

Sanitary insights

January 2, 2017, is the 15th death anniversary of Anil Agarwal, founder of the Centre for Science and Environment and Down To Earth. This year, …

Asian, African cities rank low on water sustainability

Poor quality of water and inability to withstand natural disasters are affecting sustainability index of cities

A slum's daily struggle with water

A 17-year-old boy, a resident of Jagdamba Camp in South Delhi's Malviya Nagar captures how his community deals with the lack or excess of water. …

Urban renewal: more talk, less infrastructure

The flush, the city and the river

For the modern Indian city, the principle behind management of water and waste is a simple one: flush and forget. Not surprisingly, most cities …

Water crisis in Tripura town

Feni river dispute fuels water shortage in border town

Getting a city into shape

Dream stuck in pipeline

The Melamchi project promised to end Kathmandu’s acute water shortage. But 15 years later, it is nowhere near completion

Now, Hyderabad joins list of places suffering from severe water crisis

There is a gap of 47 per cent between demand and supply of water in the city

Water crisis not due to of lack of resource, but mismanagement: Union minister at CSE conference

The minister was speaking at the 2023 Policy and Practice Forum, an international gathering of water, wastewater and sanitation management …

Agartala wants malls, multiplexes

A holistic water management system in urban areas for a sustainable future

An integrated approach can bring healthy coordination between all stakeholders

Karnataka pinning hopes on unseasonal rain to tide over drought, water crisis

The state is staring at a severe drought for second consecutive year with coastal Karnataka experiencing a shortfall in southwest and northeast …

Slums on rent

Dhaka has seen a sharp rise in privately owned slums. Are these a better alternative to 'squatter settlements' common in India?

Property industry in trouble in Punjab