In Focus

China

Irrigation policy

Government criticised

Healing Afghanistan

The karez system could solve the country's water problems

TAPPING GROUNDWATER

Smooth sailing

Ten African nations show how a river can be shared peacefully

The flow's not smooth

UN water report on what ails water management today

Arrested development

Bihar's flood-drought oscillation still has little recognition

Rich waste water

Rescuing the stepwells of Jodhpur

Watery solution

A world of double standards

CHINA

UNITED NATIONS

RATIONING WATER

Curbs on bathing

Developing politics: Election 2004 is not the end

Gunchidharu

Kandikere's village body manages scarce water

A crisis that will redefine civilization

India needs land for water...

Reservoirs less than half full, water only for drinking: North Karnataka grapples with drought impact

Industries and agriculture are expected to be impacted the most

Bihar starts geo-mapping exercise to trace, identify thousands of water bodies

Bihar Remote Sensing Application Centre is tasked with handling the exercise

Resident Welfare Associations can contribute big to conserve water

A case study from JR Nagar RWA in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Dying for water

It is unfortunate that the conflicts arising over water issues are dealth with by force