Water Crisis In India

It is South East Asia's largest such order for treating water meant for public use

The Allahabad High Court has directed the authorities concerned to ensure regular monitoring of the quality of the Ganga water in Kanpur and Prayagraj, in view of the ongoing Magh Mela

Assessment units too large in size and too few in number to present micro-level picture, they say

Uttar Pradesh has the lowest coverage at 13.75 per cent, followed by Jharkhand at 20.01 per cent, Chhattisgarh 23.26 per cent and Rajasthan at 24.58 per cent

Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Kerala account for 49 per cent of the overall extraction of groundwater in the entire country

What does this intense heat wave that has hit large parts of India so early this summer really mean?

India on Thursday stressed the need for building resilient systems that can provide long-term solutions for the sustainable use of water

The ancient south Indian port has become a case study in what can go wrong when industrialisation, urbanisation and a booming metropolis paves over flood plain to meet demand for new homes, factories

The team has developed novel materials inspired by plants such as lotus and nepenthes, and insects such as the beetle to design a water-harvesting technique from air

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Water can be recycled and re-used and thus we may not have water wars. The real challenge is ensuring the sustainability of the water-supply systems

The Centre will make available extra budgetary resources for the Mission, which will be allocated along with gross budgetary support to the states

The third of a five-part series highlights how recycling of waste water is the only way to fight drought

Trouble started when BJP's Vijay Goel was called to make his Zero Hour submission on the quality of water in Delhi

Any such proposal is not under consideration of the government, the minister said during Question Hour

The Ministry of Jal Shakti was launched in May this year with the mandate to find solutions to India's escalating water crisis

According to a NITI report, 21 cities in India will run out of groundwater which will affect 100 million people. Veena Srinivasan, a water expert, tells us what is India's problem with regard to water

Inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene cost India around 0.8 per cent of its gross domestic product, according to the World Bank

Small farmers aren't able to till their land anymore because of water scarcity.

With increase in industrial demand for water, India must invest in water infrastructure now to prevent water conflicts and industry shutdowns