Topic

Water

198 articles · 2003–2022

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  1. Uttam Gram: An experiment in integrated development

    Report · Agriculture · Livestock · Haryana · 27 January 2022

  2. Ground-up planning in Ranchi's slums

    Report · Adivasis · Cities · Jharkhand · 27 June 2021

  3. Thirty-four years of irregularities and failures

    Report · Government · Public Funds · Maharashtra · 10 July 2018

  4. What you can’t measure properly, you can’t manage properly

    Report · Government · Water · 1 July 2018

  5. Concrete riverfronts or ecological rejuvenation?

    Report · Environment · Urban Environment · 2 May 2018

  6. A guardian of rivers

    Opinion · Water · 27 November 2017

  7. Creating National Water Commission

    Report · Environment · Government · 30 September 2016

  8. The right to water for life

    Report · Environment · Government · 11 July 2016

  9. Extraction exceeds recharge

    Report · Agriculture · Water · 19 May 2016

  10. New regulations welcome, but the proof will be in the eating

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · 11 April 2016

  11. Hill women no longer panic over water scarcity

    Report · Water · Women · 25 March 2016

  12. Losing our rivers to grand plans

    Opinion · Economy · Water · 21 September 2015

  13. 15 years, and hardly any lessons learnt!

    Report · Government · Public Funds · 28 March 2015

  14. Pursuing development: The perils of the beaten track

    Report · Agriculture · Economy · Maharashtra · 27 January 2015

  15. A continuous struggle between ‘power’ and the people

    Report · Energy · Environment · 4 December 2014

  16. Defining, celebrating and protecting our rivers

    Report · Environment · Environmental Hazards · 3 December 2014

  17. Hydropower in the land of Gross National Happiness

    Report · Energy · Environment · 13 November 2014

  18. If the Ganga is so hot, can the Yamuna be far behind?

    Opinion · Environment · Government · 3 November 2014

  19. Preparing the framework for a new Ganga vision

    Report · Environment · Government · 9 October 2014

  20. Do we really need Gujarat’s Sabarmati model?

    Report · Environment · Public Funds · 11 September 2014

  21. Reviving the Ganga, at the cost of its ecology!

    Report · Biodiversity · Environment · 9 August 2014

  22. Breaking the myth behind Coastal Thermal Power Plants

    Report · Energy · Environment · Andhra Pradesh · 28 July 2014

  23. When a tsunami is manufactured

    Report · Displacement · Government · Gujarat · 12 July 2014

  24. Why large dams aren't a water solution for the future

    Report · Climate · Environment · 17 June 2014

  25. Mullaperiyar: Is the light in the tunnel itself?

    Report · Laws · Water · Kerala · 12 June 2014

  26. When a river is reduced to an adjective

    Opinion · Government · Water · Gujarat · 19 March 2014

  27. Lessons from the "other" Indo-Pak conflict

    Report · Government · Water · Jammu & Kashmir · 6 February 2014

  28. Travelling afar for solutions nearby

    Report · Environment · Water · Maharashtra · 5 January 2014

  29. Powerful forces get water for power

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · Chhattisgarh · 5 December 2013

  30. Villages devoured by rising waters

    Report · Displacement · Environment · 25 August 2013

  31. MP town seeks to reclaim its right to water

    Report · Environment · Water · Madhya Pradesh · 22 August 2013

  32. 'Maha' problems over minor irrigation

    Report · Environment · Public Funds · Maharashtra · 10 August 2013

  33. River basin management: Missing the boat

    Report · Environment · Government · 2 August 2013

  34. NaMo Narmada: Who gains?

    Report · Displacement · Government · Gujarat · 10 July 2013

  35. National Water Law needed, but not this!

    Report · Environmental Regulation · Laws · 30 June 2013

  36. Why women in this village can't cook dal

    Report · Environment · Water · Uttar Pradesh · 7 June 2013

  37. Kerala loses its precious Kenis

    Report · Environment · Water · Kerala · 23 May 2013

  38. A village with 60 millionaires!

    Report · Panchayats · Society · Maharashtra · 16 May 2013

  39. Bhama Askhed Dam: Just another pawn

    Report · Displacement · Environment · Maharashtra · 8 May 2013

  40. In support of a paradigm shift in water

    Report · Environment · Water · 22 March 2013

  41. The strange case of India's missing dams

    Report · Environment · Environmental Hazards · 8 March 2013

  42. Cauvery: Preferring politics to solutions

    Report · Agriculture · Government · Karnataka · 21 February 2013

  43. White Paper, or whitewash?

    Report · Environment · Water · Maharashtra · 30 December 2012

  44. One state, but divergent demands

    Report · Environment · Water · Maharashtra · 10 December 2012

  45. Shallow understanding of deep risks

    Report · Energy · Environment · 30 September 2012

  46. Better, but needs more work

    Report · Environment · Water · 25 July 2012

  47. Going awry with the flow

    Report · Environment · Water · 6 July 2012

  48. Pushing to privatise

    Report · Environment · Water · 19 February 2012

  49. Back-pedaling the market mantra

    Report · Environment · Public Funds · 25 July 2011

  50. Lessons from Chile's Water Code

    Report · Environment · Water · 7 June 2011

  51. Grand plans for the Ganga

    Report · Environment · Water · 9 February 2011

  52. Warding off the water woes

    Report · Environment · Water · 2 January 2011

  53. Greening the smaller towns

    Report · Energy · Environment · 12 December 2010

  54. The Protocol of vested interests

    Opinion · Human Rights · Water · 17 November 2010

  55. Recognising the human right to water

    Report · Human Rights · Water · 17 October 2010

  56. Grid-free, on the horizon

    Report · Energy · Environment · 7 August 2010

  57. How an ex-lecturer turned around the land

    Report · Agriculture · Water · Karnataka · 31 July 2010

  58. The bills we pay, and the ones we don't

    Report · Energy · Environment · 24 July 2010

  59. The colour of water

    Opinion · Water · 2 May 2010

  60. End of Plachimada battle. Or is it?

    Report · Environment · Environmental Hazards · Kerala · 30 April 2010

  61. How they pulled their farm back from the brink

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 26 January 2010

  62. Meandering an important course

    Review · Laws · Water · 26 January 2010

  63. First in RWH, but not self-reliant yet

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 24 January 2010

  64. Where Suvarna Jala fails, schools leap ahead

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 14 November 2009

  65. In Palakkad, ‘rain pond’ to the rescue

    Report · Environment · Water · Kerala · 8 November 2009

  66. The wrecking sand dunes of upper Assam

    Report · Energy · Environment · Assam · 30 August 2009

  67. Environment Report, 2009

    Review · Environment · Water · 25 August 2009

  68. The right to water: long road ahead

    Report · Environment · Sanitation · 12 August 2009

  69. Drowning Himachalis, pampering Delhi

    Report · Environment · Water · Himachal Pradesh · 22 July 2009

  70. The empire flows again

    Report · Environment · Water · Andhra Pradesh · 2 June 2009

  71. Stagnant waters: Party manifestos offer little

    Report · Elections · Environment · 28 April 2009

  72. Kokkarni, saviour of paddy

    Report · Agriculture · Environment · Kerala · 12 April 2009

  73. World Water Forums: Time to end them

    Report · Environment · Water · 31 March 2009

  74. The unique water tunnel of Sheni

    Report · Environment · Water · Kerala · 18 January 2009

  75. Incredible Medepally: so clean and green

    Report · Health · Sanitation · Andhra Pradesh · 25 December 2008

  76. Water privatisation: Start again

    Report · Environment · Water · Maharashtra · 18 December 2008

  77. Water sector reforms: Time for a new model

    Report · Environment · Water · 10 November 2008

  78. Blessed by water

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 3 September 2008

  79. Bit by bit, he filled his well

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 3 August 2008

  80. Water is no pipe dream here

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 23 July 2008

  81. An uneven, but important journey

    Review · Water · 29 June 2008

  82. This bank deposits rain and draws water

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 12 June 2008

  83. High growth: In deep waters

    Report · Economy · Water · Odisha · 30 May 2008

  84. 'Relief' irrigation increasing worries for farmers

    Report · Environment · Relief · Maharashtra · 26 May 2008

  85. Inaction on panel findings against beverage major

    Report · Environment · Environmental Hazards · Kerala · 6 May 2008

  86. A two-in-one well

    Report · Environment · Water · Maharashtra · 24 April 2008

  87. Shedding the borewell dependency

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 26 March 2008

  88. Living under constant threat of eviction

    Report · Environment · Government · Bihar · 16 March 2008

  89. College saves lakhs of rupees on water

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 14 February 2008

  90. That 'new type' house

    Report · Environment · Urban Environment · Karnataka · 17 January 2008

  91. Percolating young minds

    Report · Environment · Environmental Education · Karnataka · 16 December 2007

  92. A stream resumes year-round flow

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 27 November 2007

  93. Upper catchment, gains in the plains

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 23 September 2007

  94. Here a breach, there a breach

    Report · Environment · Public Funds · 28 August 2007

  95. Fresh water scarcity demands fresh ideas

    Review · Agriculture · Food Security · 9 August 2007

  96. Rural water supply: The Hebballi experience

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 5 August 2007

  97. Some simple trenches

    Report · Environment · Forests · Karnataka · 3 July 2007

  98. People's school for water literacy

    Report · Education · Environment · Karnataka · 29 June 2007

  99. Privatisation turns murkier in K East ward

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 28 June 2007

  100. Centre absent from water projects

    Report · Environment · Water · 31 May 2007

  101. A flawed model for water regulation

    Report · Environment · Water · Maharashtra · 23 May 2007

  102. Going home with more than theerth

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 11 April 2007

  103. 'Water deposit' revives open wells

    Report · Environment · Water · Tamil Nadu · 19 March 2007

  104. Hope in the season of hopelessness

    Report · Children · Government · Maharashtra · 12 March 2007

  105. A fair price for water

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 29 December 2006

  106. Wells for the well-being

    Report · Cities · Environment · Karnataka · 4 December 2006

  107. Water meters help consumers, suppliers

    Report · Consumers · Environment · Karnataka · 22 November 2006

  108. Development disconnected from research

    Report · Environment · Water · 11 November 2006

  109. He grew a forest only to harvest water

    Report · Agriculture · Water · Kerala · 3 November 2006

  110. Wake up call on reservoir siltation nationwide

    Report · Environment · Public Funds · 26 October 2006

  111. Soft-pedalling the cola ban

    Report · Environment · Water · Kerala · 3 October 2006

  112. Grinding questions for a grand Authority

    Report · Government · Water · 16 August 2006

  113. Unreasoned push for large storage projects

    Report · Energy · Government · 21 July 2006

  114. Well worth the change

    Report · Environment · Water · Maharashtra · 27 June 2006

  115. Hydro-power guidelines flawed

    Report · Energy · Environment · 10 June 2006

  116. Farmers' win in court boosts morale

    Report · Consumers · Government · Karnataka · 29 May 2006

  117. Thirst for profit

    Opinion · Water · 14 May 2006

  118. The root of the solution

    Report · Environment · Water · 10 May 2006

  119. In the dam's waters they trust

    Report · Environment · Water · Gujarat · 6 May 2006

  120. Don't dig down

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 20 April 2006

  121. Will herders be heard?

    Report · Agriculture · Livestock · 4 April 2006

  122. Kerala: rain-blessed and short of water

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · Kerala · 31 March 2006

  123. Sponge bath future

    Report · Environment · Water · Maharashtra · 20 March 2006

  124. Selling piped water or pipe dreams?

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 13 February 2006

  125. Coca Cola moving out of Plachimada?

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · Kerala · 27 January 2006

  126. Low-cost, these dams are lifelines

    Report · Environment · Society · Kerala · 25 January 2006

  127. Dissent at home, as abroad, for Colas

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · 6 January 2006

  128. Harvesting success in a troubled region

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 4 January 2006

  129. Paddling hard against the flow

    Review · Water · 25 November 2005

  130. A prescription that suits the doctor!

    Report · Economy · Public Funds · 11 November 2005

  131. Top to bottom, water and soil

    Report · Environment · Water · Maharashtra · 31 October 2005

  132. Confusing water rights with quotas

    Opinion · Water · 27 October 2005

  133. Rivers and plans off course

    Report · Environment · Water · Gujarat · 24 September 2005

  134. Faithfully harvesting the rain

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 13 September 2005

  135. Haryali: Not so green after all

    Report · Environment · Water · 8 September 2005

  136. Drought-proofed by traditional wisdom

    Report · Agriculture · Water · Karnataka · 23 August 2005

  137. Plenty on the roof

    Report · Environment · Water · Kerala · 9 August 2005

  138. Media campaign brings hope to desert

    Report · Environment · Media · Rajasthan · 16 July 2005

  139. Water - heartening signs

    Editorial · Water · 16 July 2005

  140. Water procession brings mindset change

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 8 July 2005

  141. 1000 year-old tradition keeps them together

    Report · Environment · Society · Karnataka · 4 July 2005

  142. Save groundwater or ground democracy?

    Opinion · Water · 1 July 2005

  143. Advertising mirages to mask reality

    Opinion · Environment · Water · Gujarat · 30 June 2005

  144. Mining away the river

    Report · Environment · Mining · Kerala · 14 June 2005

  145. Mixed results for municipal water reforms

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 10 June 2005

  146. IIM Kozhikode runs on rainwater

    Report · Environment · Water · Kerala · 8 June 2005

  147. Was the Bhakra dam worth it?

    Report · Agriculture · Water · Haryana · 21 May 2005

  148. Rain or no rain, water for Coke

    Report · Environment · Water · Kerala · 10 May 2005

  149. President Kalam, please listen

    Report · Environment · Water · 5 May 2005

  150. Chennai sucking up rural water

    Report · Cities · Environment · Tamil Nadu · 25 April 2005

  151. Karnataka inches forward in water harvesting

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 23 April 2005

  152. Researching turbulent waters

    Report · Environment · Water · 29 March 2005

  153. Rain barrels catalyse water harvesting

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 11 March 2005

  154. Reviving rural water bodies top-down

    Report · Environment · Water · 24 February 2005

  155. Once upon a Sankranti

    Opinion · Water · Bihar · 19 January 2005

  156. Rajasthan's water sharing woes escalate

    Report · Agriculture · Agriculture Policy · Rajasthan · 3 January 2005

  157. Slow progress towards sanitation

    Report · Environment · Public Health · 1 December 2004

  158. Rejuvenation of a hill range

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 1 November 2004

  159. Less water, more pumps

    Report · Environment · Public Health · Rajasthan · 1 November 2004

  160. Local water: battle of scales

    Report · Cities · Government · 1 November 2004

  161. Leaky rural water supplies

    Report · Government · Public Funds · 1 October 2004

  162. An election-year scarcity

    Report · Energy · Environment · Himachal Pradesh · 1 October 2004

  163. An eco-friendly Ganesh Utsav

    Report · Environment · Urban Environment · Maharashtra · 1 September 2004

  164. Dying tanks, dwindling water

    Report · Environment · Water · Tamil Nadu · 1 September 2004

  165. Water : the hidden export

    Report · Environment · Trade · 1 August 2004

  166. Back to the good old ways

    Report · Environment · Water · 1 August 2004

  167. Water - a national conversation

    Report · Environment · Water · 1 July 2004

  168. Enough of inter-basin politics

    Opinion · Water · 1 July 2004

  169. Rural water, people first

    Report · Environment · Water · Maharashtra · 1 May 2004

  170. Unseen waters

    Report · Environment · Water · 1 May 2004

  171. Saving water to feed the billions

    Report · Agriculture Policy · Environment · 1 April 2004

  172. More substance, less fizz

    Report · Health · Public Health · 1 March 2004

  173. Cauvery delta : a new reality

    Report · Environment · Water · Tamil Nadu · 1 March 2004

  174. Kalpsar: a lake of wishes?

    Report · Environment · Water · Gujarat · 1 March 2004

  175. Unchecked pollution on the Periyar

    Report · Environment · Environmental Hazards · Kerala · 1 March 2004

  176. Diverting a river, west to east

    Report · Agriculture · Environment · Karnataka · 1 March 2004

  177. Piloting water

    Report · Environment · Water · Maharashtra · 1 February 2004

  178. Selling a watery euphoria

    Report · Environment · Water · Gujarat · 1 December 2003

  179. Rooted in paddy

    Report · Agriculture · Water · Punjab · 1 November 2003

  180. Piped dreams

    Report · Environment · Water · 1 November 2003

  181. Water: the privatization debate

    Report · Environment · Water · 1 November 2003

  182. Ending municipal water shortages

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 1 October 2003

  183. Interlinking? No, thanks

    Report · Environment · Water · Kerala · 1 October 2003

  184. Linking lives, not rivers

    Report · Environment · Water · Gujarat · 1 October 2003

  185. Beyond the cola wars

    Opinion · Water · 1 September 2003

  186. Different state, same story

    Report · Environment · Human Rights · Odisha · 1 September 2003

  187. Stopping virtual water trade

    Report · Environment · Water · Punjab · 1 September 2003

  188. Networked ponds transform drylands

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 1 August 2003

  189. Managing water, staying afloat

    Report · Environment · Water · Andhra Pradesh · 1 July 2003

  190. Still looking to the skies

    Report · Environment · Water · Tamil Nadu · 1 May 2003

  191. The grey in Haryali

    Opinion · Cities · Water · 1 April 2003

  192. Tehri Dam - Verdict Awaited

    Report · Environment · Water · Uttarakhand · 1 April 2003

  193. Interlinking rivers : Epitaph for the displaced

    Report · Environment · Water · 1 March 2003

  194. The ties that bind and grow

    Report · Environment · Water · Maharashtra · 1 March 2003

  195. Interlinking: Needs to be publicly debated - III

    Report · Environment · Water · 1 February 2003

  196. Urban Water: Judicial recipes falling short

    Opinion · Laws · Water · 1 January 2003

  197. Interlinking: Salvation or folly?

    Report · Environment · Water · 1 January 2003

  198. Interlinking: Salvation or folly? - II

    Report · Environment · Water · 1 January 2003