Uttarayan shows the way to address urban water scarcity

Rainfall deficit can be a challenge as well as an opportunity. By constructing rainwater harvesting structures, Uttarayan not only showed the way …

Meghalaya: How the ‘abode of clouds’ ran out of water

Many people have been on the receiving end of prolonged water scarcity, with Meghalaya grappling with one of the worst water crises in recent times

Every person may have to live on less water as per capita reservoir capacity decreases: UN

While the world population might increase to nine billion by 2040, the projected reservoir volume is stabilising around 7,000 billion cubic metre

Prioritise and invest on water security and clean drinking water

In order to adapt well and build resilience, it is important to strengthen water resources and their accessibility as part of climate change strategy

After Cape Town, another place in South Africa is fighting off a ‘Day Zero’ water crisis

Dam levels at 16%; fixing leaks and reducing consumption among measures taken

Ghelhar Choti (Jhabua) Participatory success

Mandlikpur (Rajkot) Life with Recharged Wells

Gandhigram (Kachchh) Taking Loans to harvest Water

Raj-samadhiyala (Rajkot) leading by example

THUNTHI KANKASIYA (DAHOD) a turnaround

Holding their own

Villages which have harvested rainwater are faring quite well in the face of drought

In Court

The need of the hour

Experts all over agree that rainwater harvesting is the best way to improve the lot of villages

The story of a thirsty Kumaon

WATER IN KUMAON: ECOLOGY, VALUE, AND RIGHTS·edited by Gopal K Kadekodi, K S R Murthy, Kireet Kumar·G B Pant Institute of Himalayan …

World Water Day: Are we ready for the thirsty future?

Local water management is crucial

Fixing its Development Plan might be the solution to Mumbai’s flooding woes

Reducing concretisation in the city is crucial, allowing for more permeable surfaces. A balanced approach involves improving both blue-green …

Cape Town’s climate strategy isn’t perfect, but every African city should have one

Only 13 cities in Africa are C40 cities — cities committed to taking measurable climate action. Only five in South Africa have climate …

Blazing India: The sun beats down mercilessly on Vidarbha

With no rains yet and the heat wave still on, the situation in Maharashtra’s easternmost region has everybody worried

Chennai’s water wars

The water-stressed city has been preying for a long time on aquifers in its neighbourhood, with often violent results, an analysis of its civic …

Singapore’s journey from a water scarce to a water secure nation

Singapore has tapped every opportunity to collect, treat, reuse and produce necessary water resources

‘Drought-like’ Nagaland stares at water scarcity, low harvest

Seven of Nagaland’s 12 districts had ‘deficient’ rainfall till August 19

The West must pay for its external water footprints: expert

Water-stressed developing nations are using significant amount of their water to grow food to be imported to the West

A worsening water crisis in North Africa and the Middle East

Middle East and North African region is home to 7 per cent of the world's population but has access to only 1.5 per cent of its renewable …

Water-stressed in India: Why Jal Shakti Abhiyan has only cosmetic effect in Palakkad

Palakkad ranked 219th in Jal Shakti Abhiyan despite more than 2,300 mm rain annually

Standing the test of drought

After the 1999 monsoon failed in several areas of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, there is a serious drought. Summer is a good four months away, and …