Water
India Pakistan resume talks on Indus Treaty: Stakes are high
Himanshu Thakkar When on March 20-21, 2017, on the eve of World Water Day, India and Pakistan’s Permanent Indus Commission met in Islamabad for […]
Category: Water
Sustainable Business
Water Restrictions Force Pepsi to Cease Production
PepsiCo has been forced to cease operations at its bottling plant in Kanjikode, in the south Indian state of Kerala because of water shortages […]
Climate
Climate change drives up river salinity in Bangladesh
Susmita Dasgupta Already facing increasing river salinity due to climate change, parts of coastal Bangladesh could become zones of poverty with limited freshwater available […]
Environment
Sindh People March to Protect Indus River
The 2017 Sindh Awami Caravan will be carried out under the theme; Protection of our rivers and delta. Taking into consideration the aims and […]
Cities
River Basin Management needs sensitive and responsible cities
Industrial and urban wastewater cause maximum pollution of our rivers Rivers enter into cities as rivers but come out of them as dirty dead […]
Data & Reports
Is warming behind India’s depleting groundwater?
Athar Parvaiz Changing rainfall patterns may be depleting India’s groundwater storage more than withdrawals for agricultural irrigation, says a new study published in January […]
Energy
Pasighat in India reaffirms opposition to big dam
Chandan Kumar Duarah People of Pasighat region in Arunachal Pradesh resists big dam building in Siang river, the upstream of the Brahmaputra (Yarlung Zangbo) […]
Cities
The well diggers of Bengaluru: Tradition and modernity
A smart resilient city needs to manage it’s water well. Policies which foster livelihood creation , provide employment and are ecologically beneficial is the […]
Environment
Farakka Refugees: Walking along Ganga from Gangasagar to Gaumukh
Siddharth Agarwal The article presents a personal narrative of the rivers and their people, focused on the Farakka barrage in West Bengal, India aimed […]
Data & Reports
Indian Meteorological Department estimates rainwater harvesting potential of Maharashtra
Amruta Pradhan A study highlights that “rain is prime source of water” and suggests rainwater harvesting through rooftops as one of the crucial options. […]
Sustainable Business
Indian Court Stops Water to Coke, Pepsi Plants in Tamil Nadu
An Indian High Court has ordered that water from the river Tamirabarani in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu must not be diverted […]
Corruption
Swachh Bharat: It’s Time To Stop Sweeping Accountability Aside
Amitangshu Acharya and Depinder Kapur Accounting for toilets on paper is a poor substitute to accountability. By enabling the latter, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan can […]
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