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A woman washes clothes near a well. Most village wells in Melghat contain murky water, which women use to wash clothes and utensils, leading to diseases and infections. Image by Abhijeet Tangde.

Despite dams and water schemes, tribal villages live with drought

Kiran Gite, Vinaya Kurtkoti 28 Aug 2025

Bundelkhand’s ground water levels are ‘safe,’ says water body

Simrin Sirur 11 Aug 2025
Solar water pumps in Nepal. Representative image by Prabuddha Raj via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Running on sunshine but running out of water

Hanan Zaffar, Jyoti Thakur 19 Jun 2025

As a treaty breaks, the Indus dolphin faces a different kind of battle [Commentary]

Ajay Sawant 5 Jun 2025
Zaida Zehra with her daughter looking at Hauz-i-Shamsi, their urban common.

From decay to delight as locals bring an urban waterbody back to life

Nidhi Jamwal 3 Jun 2025
The author visits the tribal community in Bommiyampadi after an initial interaction 40 years earlier, for a restoration project that sought to revive groundwater and soil health. Image courtesy of Jacob Punnathara.

When elephants signalled eco-restoration in a tribal village [Commentary]

C. J. Punnathara 2 Jun 2025
Experts say that the government must adopt policies to encourage more sustainable practices. Farmers can help restore the water table through ecological farming practices. Policies could also establish clear extraction limits. Image by Lakshmikantha N.R.

Scientists raise alarm as rural water supply goes from depths to debt

Arathi Menon 27 May 2025
Sunil Mahadeorao Bhadke, who uses both rainfed and flood irrigation on his 12-acre cotton farm in Akhatwada village in Amravati district, Maharashtra, has noticed the well water reducing. Image by Vandana K.

India’s cotton exports could threaten Maharashtra’s groundwater

Vandana K. 22 May 2025
Bellandur lake seen from neighbouring residential societies. The decades following the 1970s saw rapid development and encroachment of lakes in the city. By the 2020s, only 183 choking lakes remained. Image by Amol.Gaitonde via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

The city of lakes battles a deepening water crisis

Phalguni Ranjan 25 Apr 2025

Farming families in India’s largest state are being pushed into debt, distress and migration

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 17 Apr 2025

An arid Indian state’s water gains risk drying up under cash crop pressures

Anupama Chandrasekaran 9 Apr 2025

[Commentary] India needs a dedicated national wetland inventory programme

Ritesh Kumar 31 Jan 2025

1 in 4 freshwater species around the globe at risk of extinction

Kristine Sabillo 22 Jan 2025

Researchers propose algae-based solution for wastewater treatment

Arathi Menon 3 Dec 2024

[Explainer] What is teal carbon?

Aisiri Amin 21 Oct 2024
Women workers making water hyacinth products in factory - ROPE International

Weeds of change

Shweta Thakur Nanda 21 Oct 2024
A view of the micro-arboretum from atop the hillock within the boundary of the plot in Erode district. Image by T. Ramakrishnan.

[Commentary] From fallow to forest: Letting nature regenerate

T. Ramakrishnan 17 Oct 2024

Pollution, construction threatens Kashmir’s iconic Dal lake, chinar trees

Athar Parvaiz 27 Sep 2024
Namdeo Sahebrao Kakode, secretary of Borgaon Math’s village development committee, says applying silt has transformed their crops from short to healthy. Image by Nidhi Jamwal.

Desilting tanks for improving water security and soil health

Nidhi Jamwal 25 Sep 2024

Traditional engineers reduce water stress

Jyotsna Richhariya 11 Sep 2024