India’s Water Scarcity is Increasing, Threatening Millions of People
By Anando Bhakto The threat of water scarcity in India, home to over 1.2 billion people, is real and of frightening proportions. It underlines the need […]
By Anando Bhakto The threat of water scarcity in India, home to over 1.2 billion people, is real and of frightening proportions. It underlines the need […]
On an average, a rural woman walks 5km to 20km a day just to fetch water, according to estimates by campaigners Women in villages who […]
Patna: Bihar has taken up water conservation work using the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) funds in a promising way after Prime Minister […]
By Vidya Venkat Editor’s note: Water levels in India’s 91 major reservoirs, according to a Ministry of Water Resources statement, stood at 20 percent capacity at the beginning […]
NEW DELHI: State-of-the-art water ATMs are now available at more than 100 railway stations across the country, supplying purified water to passengers at low cost, […]
India leads the world in annual agricultural water withdrawals. China and the US are also among the 10 countries with the largest agricultural withdrawals. Interestingly, […]
By SWATI GUPTA Think tank says 600 million people affected India is facing its worst water shortage in history. Six hundred million people are dealing with […]
KOCHI: India accounts for one-fourth of the total groundwater extracted globally, more than that of China and U.S combined and cities and villages in the […]
By Radheshyam Jadhav Experts say community-driven, nature-based solutions are the mantra to correct India’s grim water situation, reports Radheshyam Jadhav in the first of a series for the […]
NASA report based on observations from multiple satellites tracks global hydrologic changes India is among the hotspots where overuse of water resources has caused a […]
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