Karnataka

CPCB finds Coca Cola plant in Hapur pumping toxic water into a pond

Panel finds Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) and private builders responsible for 11,000 acres of lake land encroachment

World-wide campaign against impacts of water privatisation

Relief assistance to drought-hit Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and flood-hit West Bengal

Rachenahalli is one of the few living lakes in north Bangalore. It is connected to water bodies upstream and downstream, particularly Jakkur Lake on the north-east. Both these lakes have been rejuvenated at substantial costs by the Bangalore Development Authority over the last decade.

A water ATM, as the name implies, is a sort of a water vending machine similar to bank ATMs except that in a water ATM, money goes in to the machine in return for water. These machines, which run on a cash as well as a prepaid card or smart card system are built, owned and operated by private companies that have rights over public resources such as land and water.

Piped water supply has often been referred to as a gold standard while evaluating access to water supply.

Respond immediately or face closure: CPCB to non-compliant industries along the Ganga

CAG report blames Uttarakhand Government for 2013 flash floods

Lakes spewing foam and catching fire in Bangalore made big news for several weeks but this is just an indication of the times to come as we fill up water bodies with effluents or turn them into sewage dumps in most cities across India. India Water Portal talks to Leo F. Saldanha of Bangalore-based Environment Support Group on how to manage these precious resources.