Water Crisis In India

Chennai's Rs 4,400 cr water desalination deal given to Wabag group

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

Ensure regular monitoring of Ganga water quality during Magh Mela: HC

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

Groundwater report waters down aquifer-level data, say experts

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

Jal Jeevan Mission: Less than 25% households covered in UP, Rajasthan

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

Five states extract almost 50% of groundwater, shows Govt data

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

Rising temperatures can put our water security in serious jeopardy: CSE

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

India at UNGA stresses need for building systems for sustainable water use

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

Poor planning: How Chennai, one of the wettest cities, ran out 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

IIT Guwahati scientists use nature's techniques to harvest water from air

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

Best of BS Opinion: YES Bank fallout, Data Protection Bill, and more

Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day talk YES Bank's fallout, Data Protection Bill among other issues.

The next water decade

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

Govt plans new policy to recover water tariffs from all kinds of consumers

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

Not a drop to drink: Chennai still caught in cyclical water crisis

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

BJP, AAP members clash in Rajya Sabha over water quality in Delhi

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

No proposal to make Right to Water fundamental right: Jal Shakti minister

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

How traditional water bodies can help India deal with looming water crisis

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

We have severely underinvested in waste water treatment: Veena Srinivasan

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

Govt plans to train women across villages to combat water crisis

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

History keeper of Beni Ka Purwa

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

Industrial growth could flounder on water

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