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As India’s Groundwater Runs Dry, The Calls For Reform Grow

Last month, the southern Indian city of Bengaluru faced an early start to the monsoon and experienced its wettest May…

4 months ago
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What India’s River Moves Mean For South Asian Water Cooperation

On 23 April, India announced it would suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a landmark water-sharing agreement with Pakistan signed…

5 months ago
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Why India Needs To Incentivise Water Reuse

While treated wastewater in India is often discharged into water bodies or used for non-essential purposes such as irrigating public…

9 months ago
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Empty Promises & Broken Taps In Uttarakhand

Basanti Devi sits in her courtyard, surrounded by plastic containers, most of them empty. She points to a tap, held…

1 year ago
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Water Shortage Feared As Snow In HKH Hits A Record Low

According to a new report, the Hindu Kush Himalaya is experiencing significantly lower snow persistence in 2024, raising serious concern…

1 year ago
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Climate Change Adds To Water Woes In The Andaman Islands

As clouds gathered on the horizon one morning in late May, the residents of Kadamtala in India’s Andaman Islands were…

1 year ago
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Cutting Forests For Solar Energy ‘Misses The Plot’ On Climate Action

In many places, solar power projects are being sited on natural forestlands, even in America’s greenest state, Vermont. This ignores…

1 year ago
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Why Has PM Ignored Plight Of Marathwada’s Farmers: Congress

On Tuesday, 30 April, the Congress accused PM Narendra Modi of ignoring the plight of farmers in Marathwada and also…

1 year ago
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Bengaluru Rings Alarm Bells For Urban Water Concerns

Amidst a water crisis in Bengaluru, experts advocate optimal water use, effective recycling and recharging of water bodies. Smart, synergistic…

2 years ago
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Integrating Climate Diplomacy & Water Mgmt In South Asia

Water in South Asia has always had a complicated history, right from early civilisations to the present day, where rivers…

2 years ago
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Access To Water Is A Crisis For The Powerless

Almost 100 years ago, around 3,000 Dalits, or “untouchables”, dared to drink from a public water tank in Mahad, Maharashtra,…

2 years ago
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Forest Laws Muddle Access To Safe Drinking Water For Tribal Groups

For many tribal villages in and around Jharkhand’s Saranda forest, traditional chuas or shallow pits are the only source of…

2 years ago
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Activists Say New Goa Airport Work Has Hit The Availability Of Water

Local residents of North Goa routinely face water shortages that they allege is due to the airport construction on the…

2 years ago
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Famed IT City Deals With Severe Water Woes

Parts of Bengaluru are facing a water shortage following inadequate rainfall last year that impacted water resources. The authorities have…

2 years ago
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Of India-Pak Cooperation For Water Security

As the Shahpurkandi barrage on the river Ravi in the Indian state of Punjab nears completion, there are fears in…

2 years ago
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How Hindi Cinema Is Embracing Environmental Narratives

The number of Hindi language films that feature environment, wildlife or climate change in their messaging, is seeing an upward…

2 years ago
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Manipur Fuel Leak Raises Concerns Over Water Contamination

Heavy fuel from a defunct power station flowed into streams on January 10 in Kangpokpi district in Manipur. The water…

2 years ago
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New Research Raises Fresh Doubts About River Linking Plans

In October this year, the Indian forest department gave final clearance for a project to transfer water from the Ken…

2 years ago
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Providing Reliable Water In A Warming World

A lot can go wrong in a large urban water system. Pumps malfunction. Valves break. Pipes leak. Even when the…

2 years ago
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Rajasthan’s Khadeen: Resurrecting The Ancient Water-Harvesting Structures

In the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, farmers have harvested the limited rainwater with an indigenous technique called ‘khadeen’, that has…

2 years ago
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How Do The 5 States Going To The Polls Stack Up Economically?

With India’s national elections less than a year away, key state assembly polls have stirred the political pot with regional…

2 years ago
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Is Water Sector’s ‘Uncomfortable Knowledge’ Missing At COP28?

A year ago, in the final declaration from COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, the global climate community finally started to…

2 years ago
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Report Says More Action Is Needed To Protect Freshwater Ecosystems

The COP28 U.N. climate summit, which begins in just a couple of weeks, aims to make water more of a priority…

2 years ago
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Ecologists Explore The Murky Future Of India’s Urban Waters

Close your eyes. Now imagine that you are seated next to a stream that is at walking distance from your…

2 years ago
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Water As A Source Of Hope In The Middle East

Water is a central element of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel controls several water…

2 years ago

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