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Water resources

  • As Mumbai’s Parsi ‘wishing well’ turns 300, the story of the merchant who sunk it

    As Mumbai’s Parsi ‘wishing well’ turns 300, the story of the merchant who sunk it

    Bachi Karkaria
    · Mar 26, 2025 · 07:30 pm
  • India is facing the worst water crisis in its history, says NITI Aayog report

    India is facing the worst water crisis in its history, says NITI Aayog report

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 15, 2018 · 11:48 am
  • Shimla water shortage: Water harvesting is the answer, not dependence on the state

    Shimla water shortage: Water harvesting is the answer, not dependence on the state

    Sanjay Austa
    · Jun 01, 2018 · 08:00 am
  • Farmers don't want the Ken-Betwa river linking project – so why is the government pushing it?

    Farmers don't want the Ken-Betwa river linking project – so why is the government pushing it?

    Raksha Kumar
    · Mar 27, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • Where is the data to support the government's rationale for linking the Ken and Betwa rivers?

    Where is the data to support the government's rationale for linking the Ken and Betwa rivers?

    Raksha Kumar
    · Mar 26, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • Fluid power: Waste water could be recycled as a sustainable source of energy

    Fluid power: Waste water could be recycled as a sustainable source of energy

    Tamara Avellán, The Conversation
    · Mar 23, 2017 · 11:30 pm
  • Water levels have dipped to 19% in the country’s major reservoirs

    Water levels have dipped to 19% in the country’s major reservoirs

    Scroll Staff
    · May 06, 2016 · 08:36 am
  • What interlinking? Goa and Karnataka have sparred over a river with two names for 14 years

    What interlinking? Goa and Karnataka have sparred over a river with two names for 14 years

    Chicu Lokgariwar
    · Mar 15, 2016 · 07:30 pm