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To deal with the water crisis in Bengaluru, the government has curtailed water supplies to big users such as corporates and started penalising people for wasteful use of water.

Bengaluru rings alarm bells for urban water concerns

Max Martin 15 Apr 2024

Creatures entangled: Ghost nets trap creatures small and great

Max Martin 9 Apr 2024
Kanhu Purty collects water from a chua in Karampada, Saranda forest. Photo by Manoj Choudhary.

Forest laws complicate access to safe drinking water for tribal groups

Manoj Choudhary 26 Mar 2024

[Commentary] The silent crisis of mountain springs and its implications

Samuel Thomas and Sushmita Kunwar 22 Mar 2024
Image shows a man standing on a bridge with a small stream flowing by

Residents, activists claim new Goa airport construction has impacted water availability

Maitreya Prithwiraj Ghorpade 18 Mar 2024

Restrictions implemented as dwindling water sources strain water supply in parts of Bengaluru

Sweta Daga 14 Mar 2024

Solar power helps nuns meet water needs during winters

Rachna Verma 8 Mar 2024

Tapping traditional watermills for sustainable energy solutions

Barasha Das 29 Feb 2024

When two livelihoods collide

Ravleen Kaur 2 Feb 2024

[Explainer] What are ecological droughts?

Simrin Sirur 17 Jan 2024

[Explainer] What are freshwater rock pools and who lives in them?

Geetha Iyer 12 Dec 2023

Resurrecting khadeen, the ancient water harvesting structure of Rajasthan

Amir Malik, Novita Singh 8 Dec 2023

[Interview] In ‘Shades of Blue’, ecologists explore the murky future of India’s urban waters

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 7 Nov 2023

As Ken-Betwa project barrels ahead, new research finds river interlinking could worsen drought

Simrin Sirur 23 Oct 2023

[Commentary] The Atal Bhujal Yojana, meant to address groundwater depletion, is missing a key part of water flows

Veena Srinivasan and Partik Kumar 20 Oct 2023

Glacial lake outburst floods are a growing threat to hydropower plants

Simrin Sirur 13 Oct 2023
Bichhri residents fill water from the tanker. Photo by Shiva Singh.

A village contaminated by industrial waste has been waiting for justice for over three decades

Sneha Richhariya, Tej Prakash Bhardwaj 15 Sep 2023
One of the many lakes in Kolar that are being filled with Bengaluru's wastewater, Kolaramma lake in Kolar district is seen here covered in water hyacinth. Photo sourced from Anjaneya Reddy.

Should rural India drink urban wastewater?

Arathi Menon 28 Aug 2023

Ruza, a traditional water harvesting system for the water-scarce mountains

Barasha Das 11 Aug 2023
Image shows a dugong in the sea

Researchers study the elusive dugongs of the Andamans with help from community stakeholders

Zackery Shearin 12 Jul 2023