Urban Water

More than 50 percent districts yet to be declared open defecation free

Cyclone Ockhi makes landfall, affects Lakshadweep islands, Kerala and Tamil Nadu

A seasonal river in Pali, Rajasthan, the Bandi is nothing short of a sewer. The textile town has witnessed rampant industrial growth, raw sewage discharges and toxic contamination of its waters. The river, which is devoid of lean season flow, is polluted up to 55 km downstream. The river water is unfit for drinking as well as irrigation.

The theme for India Rivers Day 2017 (IRD 2017), held on 25th November, 2017 at the INTACH Delhi premises, was ‘Rivers in the Urban Context’. Various formats of engagement were deployed for discussion among the participants from across India present for the event.

SC orders Maharashtra government to pay Rs 100 crore for restoration of Ulhas and Waldhuni rivers

The theme for the Conclave this year is “Water Use Efficiency: An Imperative for India” to highlight the imperative of water use efficiency in the industry, agriculture and urban contexts. 

Norms relaxed to allow thermal power plants to use more water

Study says 40 percent of NCR's water bodies lost to urbanisation in 42 years

Niti Aayog proposes 300-metre high dam in Arunachal Pradesh

I grew up in the Konkan, drinking water from a well that was filled by rainwater, filtered through the area's laterite aquifers and “fortified” by the leaves shed by the jackfruit tree above it. And then I moved to Pune, where I came across a cloudy, salty, heavy liquid that passed for water.