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Who is extracting Goa’s groundwater?

Supriya Vohra 28 Oct 2022

[Video] Can a waste-to-energy plant address piling concerns from a landfill site?

Kundan Pandey, Video by Shaz Syed 1 Jul 2022

Living in the shadows of a waste mountain

Shaz Syed 30 Jun 2022

Lucknow, a case study for permanently disappearing aquifers in north India

Monika Mandal 16 Jun 2022

Accelerating rate of groundwater depletion in Punjab, worries farmers and experts

Vivek Gupta 14 Jun 2022

[Commentary] Water tariff could be a tool to improve water use efficiency in domestic sector

Apoorva Bamal, Niyati Seth 7 Jun 2022
Water being pumped through tubewells is also contaminated. Photo by Omkar Singh.

Industries dump chemicals into fields, pollute Ajnar river in Madhya Pradesh

Anil Kumar Tiwari 3 Jun 2022
A farmer showing how continuous waterlogging has turned his land barren at Imlota village of Charkhi Dadri district in Haryana. Photo by Sat Singh.

Waterlogging pushes Haryana farmers to sell agricultural land, take up odd jobs

Sat Singh 27 Apr 2022
Tawa River is the longest tributary of Narmada River. In summer this river has started drying up. Photo by Suyash Dwivedi/ Wikimedia Commons

Borewells on the banks of Narmada are drying up, indicating concerning groundwater situation

Manish Chandra Mishra 30 Mar 2022
River Yamuna is often counted amongst the most polluted rivers in India. Photo by Paasikivi/Wikimedia Commons.

India proposes river rejuvenation through plantations

Mayank Aggarwal 18 Mar 2022

[Explainer] How falling groundwater levels compact the land above

Monika Mandal 9 Mar 2022

Continued fluoride contamination of groundwater is a glaring public health issue in central India

Manish Kumar 28 Feb 2022
The contaminated water from the wells. Photo by special arrangement.

In a Himachal village, people accuse a waste management plant for contaminating water

Kapil Kajal 1 Dec 2021

Solar power helps farmers irrigate fields in water-scarce Bastar

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 15 Nov 2021
Women-led group take care solar pumps after receiving them from the government. Photo by Srikant Chaudhary

Jharkhand’s solar pump scheme aims to improve lives of farmers by increasing irrigation potential

Srikant Chaudhary 4 Oct 2021

Stone mining in Brahmagiri mountains chips away at the Godavari River ecosystem

Vinaya Kurtkoti 29 Sep 2021

[Commentary] Transformative adaptation: Ways to improve India’s long-term food security

Parvathi Preethan, Namrata Ginoya 30 Aug 2021

Clean tap water mission in Puri hopes to replenish groundwater

Tazeen Qureshy 23 Aug 2021

Groundwater depletion in Haryana a cause of serious concern

Vivek Gupta 19 Jul 2021
Women farmers at work in their vegetable plots near Kullu town, Himachal Pradesh, India. Photo by CIAT - NP Himachal Pradesh 68/Wikimedia Commons.

Increased farm work negatively impacts women’s nutrition: study

Sahana Ghosh 14 May 2021