Are people in villages less thirsty?
Veteran journalist P. Sainath says we are living in a time of inequality--of wealth, water and income--driven by policies. Shouldn’t we be more angry about this?
An upcoming building in Mumbai has a pool on every floor. At the same time, migrant labourers rely on tapping municipal leakages for their drinking water. India has more inequality than the rest of the world.
Salt and sweet: When sun turned saline water potable
A Rajasthan village gets to drink sweetwater despite high salinity in its groundwater, thanks to a solar-powered desalination unit.
Villagers operate the solar-powered reverse osmosis desalination plant that provides safe drinking water to the community at Solawata.
What it means to be water rich
Next Diwali, you will have the option of buying a bottle of water for Rs 65 lakh. Here are some other ways you can spend that money.
One bottle of water or 65 open wells? That's the Rs 65 lakh question!
Najafgarh seeks attention
There is an urgent need to restore Najafgarh basin if the recurrent flooding and water shortage in Delhi and Gurugram have to be avoided in the future.
Aerial view of the Najafgarh drain. (Image: Sumita Roy Dutta, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)
WASH with nutrition for better health
Poor WASH practices, undernutrition and infections are closely connected.
Improper WASH practices can compound health problems among the undernourished. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Water cup works where authorities fail
Paani Foundation tasks the villagers with the responsibility of managing their water and saving their villages from drought.
Effective watershed management can solve the water crisis in Maharashtra. (Source: IWP Flickr photos--photo for representation only)
Will building toilets solve the problem of open defecation?
Inadequate sanitation has serious health and economic implications. But building toilets alone does not guarantee safe sanitation.
Toilets need to be safe and functional for use. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Romancing the Ganga
The Ganga has now been transformed into a water machine with millions of tube wells and canals sucking its waters at frightening rates. What are its implications?
The Ganga (Image source: Anthony Acciavatti)
Well water makes a difference
A village affected by fluorosis understands the importance of drinking fluoride-safe water with help from experts.
Drinking well water made a huge difference to the health of fluorosis-affected villagers in Jamnia. (IWP Flickr photos-pic used for representation only)
Is desalination worth its salt?
Desalination of seawater is emerging as a solution to global water crisis. India, too can benefit from it.
Desalination of seawater could solve India's water crisis.
Threatened by urbanisation, doomed by restoration
It is not just mindless urbanisation, but flawed restoration efforts by authorities too are responsible for the gradual deterioration of Pashan lake in Pune.
Pashan lake cries for help. (Image Source: Dharmaraj Patil)
Weather weary, Western Ghats need cover
Considering the rapidly changing climate that is affecting monsoon, a holistic approach is needed to conserve a biodiversity hotspot like the Western Ghats.
Western Ghats during the wet season. (Photo courtesy: Arne Huckelheim)
Blame Arabian sea for unexpected showers
A new study shows warming of Arabian sea is causing extreme rainfall events.
Dr Roxy with IITM research team.
When women came together for water
The video tells the story of the women of Podapathar village in Himgir panchayat in Odisha who, through their collective efforts, managed to improve the drinking water situation in their village.
Women of Podapathar (Source: India Water Problem)
The fight for the doomed land
Here's a video that tells the story of the struggle of the people displaced by the Hirakud dam and their right over the land.
Hirakud Dam (Source: India Water Portal)
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