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Surface Water
The Dying Springs of Chirimiri'
Posted on 01 Apr, 2016 06:04 PMChirimiri Coalfield is a part of Central India Coalfields, located in Koriya district, Chhattisgarh.

Letting rivers flow in Nepal
Posted on 29 Mar, 2016 04:07 PMDr Hari Kumar Shreshta is an engineer, teacher, and a passionate crusader for healthy rivers. On a recent visit to India, he spoke with India Water Portal about the efforts to introduce the concept of environmental flows in hydropower-focused Nepal.

Drinking water becomes a luxury for Maharashtrians
Posted on 29 Mar, 2016 03:06 PMMaharashtra reeling under its worst water crisis

4 crore native tree species to be planted along the stretch of the Ganga
Posted on 29 Mar, 2016 11:24 AMCentre releases DPR on forestry intervention for Ganga river

The Yamuna, a song, and a dance
Posted on 23 Mar, 2016 09:13 PMThe World Culture Festival (WCF) organised by the Art of Living Foundation (AoL) has been in the news ever since Manoj Misra, an environmental activist and convenor of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan, filed a petition with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in December 2015.

Maharashra issues water advisory for Holi
Posted on 22 Mar, 2016 06:05 PMReservoir levels dip, Maharashtra urges people to celebrate dry holi

Courting catastrophe: Unplanned urbanisation and flooding
Posted on 21 Mar, 2016 08:40 AMSouth India's rivers are rain-fed unlike those in the North, which are glacier-fed due to the contrasting topography and climate. Unlike the Himalayan system, many of India’s peninsular rivers dry up during the hotter half of the year, leaving lips and fields equally parched.

Bihari bait for Punjabi fish
Posted on 20 Mar, 2016 11:56 AM“This is my business, I am nobody’s slave,” says Kapal Nishad. He is one of the over two million migrants who came to Punjab over 20 years ago.

Rajya Sabha approves the National Waterways Bill 2015
Posted on 15 Mar, 2016 12:27 PMRajya Sabha gives a go ahead to the National Waterways Bill

One river, two names and a 14-year-long dispute
Posted on 10 Mar, 2016 07:09 PMThe Mandovi river is picture perfect. She is the wide, placid river fringed by the coconut palms and dotted by the boats that we think of when we think of Goa.
