India

As the demand for water is projected to increase globally, South Asia is becoming a hotspot where the economy and the population could be adversely impacted by poor water security due to growing household, agricultural and industrial needs, as well as increase in water-related disasters.

The threat of water security challenges faced by India

Government comes up with new standards on water quality

Chennai rains claim 450 lives

Of the one billion people defecating out in the open globally, 66% live in India of which as high as 92% live in rural areas.

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.

India's groundwater is under severe stress thanks to its burgeoning population, inadequate and irregular water supply, abuse of water resources, and changes in the groundwater recharge potential.

About WET 2016

"If you do good work on the ground, policy will happen", says Himanshu Kulkarni of ACWADAM. This has proven to be in true at least in the case of springs.

2015 the warmest year since 1850: WMO

Three villages displaced by Tehri dam finally recognised as revenue villages