India is on the brink of a major water crisis. With drought looming over the southern and western parts of the country, the existing water resources a...
River conservation efforts need to be prioritized
Odisha is home to 11 major rivers of which many are interstate rivers such as the Mahanadi. As climate change makes extreme rainfall events more frequ...
Could the water towers of Asia be drying up soon?
The Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) cover 3500 kms across eight countries namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan...
Technology helps provide access to safe drinking water
According to WASH watch report (2017), over 150 million people in India live without access to safe drinking water. A majority of these people reside ...
Plastic on the green menu
Plastic or non-biodegradable waste can prove to be highly fatal for terrestrial or land-based ecosystems as well as marine ones. While the impacts of ...
What’s killing the Ganga?
An eternal life free of sins” is the promise that comes attached with the magnificent occasion of Kumbh Mela. The 2019 Ardh Kumbh that takes pla...
Manual scavengers get under-reported
States resort to under-reporting of manual scavengers in the final verification stage The Centre has identified 54,929 people across 170 selected dist...
No water in the rice bowl
Nikhil Bagdi has attempted suicide twice in the past one month. Fortunately, his neighbours came to his rescue whenever he tried to end his life by ha...
A future without water?
Sikri is a small village that lies 65 km north-west of Bharatpur on the Alwar road. The village used to depend on a traditional irrigation system that...
The paradox of India’s water problems
The 2018 floods in the Indian state of Kerala highlight an enduring paradox within the country’s water problems. Even as some parts of the country dea...