Running On Sunshine, Running Out Of Water
Solar irrigation is helping Indian farmers overcome high diesel costs and unreliable power but may…
groundwater depletion
Scientists Raise Alarm As Rural Water Supply Goes From Depths To Debt
Rural water supply systems struggle to keep pace with falling water tables as groundwater depletion…
India’s Cotton Exports Could Threaten Maha’s Groundwater
Cotton is one of India’s top agricultural exports and between 2011-12 and 2020-21, the country’s…
Tensions Over Kashmir Place The Indus Waters Treaty On Life Support
In 1995, World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin warned that whereas the conflicts of the…
A Coal Mine Reopens, Sparking Hope And Fear
After over a decade of dormancy, the Rajhara North coal mine in Jharkhand’s Palamu district…
Humans Are Depleting Groundwater Worldwide
If you stand at practically any point on Earth, there is water moving through the…
Depleting Groundwater: Why Raj Farmers Can’t Use More Solar Pumps
As temperatures rose in June this year, Jaman Singh Saini, a 69-year-old farmer from Badangarh…
Drought Conditions Force Marathwada Farmers To Migrate For Work
It’s 8 p.m. on a rainy day in mid-October and a family of 10 from…
‘Change Cropping Pattern Or Our Rivers Will Dry Up This Century’
A top West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) official warned that “soon our rivers would…
Fears For Farming As Groundwater Plummets In Northern India
At the recent polls in Punjab and western Uttar Pradesh, free electricity for groundwater irrigation…