Urban Water

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.

Here’s some news for nature lovers. A dirty drain in Delhi could well be on its way to becoming a bird sanctuary. The Najafgarh drain or nallah that flows through the northwest part of Gurugram is becoming a new habitat for the strikingly tall Greater flamingos, a rosy-white pink billed migratory bird as it passes through southwest Delhi.  

The Ganges, the most revered river in India, faces an unusual predicament. Pollution and excessive usage have turned it into a toxic sludge as it snakes its way through cities, industrial hubs and millions of devotees.

NGT concerned about overexploited status of Delhi's groundwater

Bhagalpur canal in Bihar collapses during trial run