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water crisis

In Nepal, researchers and local farmers are working together to keep water flowing in a drying land

Lucas Laursen
· Apr 02, 2018 · 09:30 pm
Low-cost, low-maintenance solutions helped an Odisha village get clean drinking water

Rakhi Ghosh
· Feb 05, 2018 · 07:30 pm
This town in Nepal pays the highest tariff for water in the country

Abhaya Raj Joshi
· Jul 08, 2017 · 11:30 pm
Bricks in flush tank, filters on taps: Water-starved Chennai gets creative to save every last drop

Vinita Govindarajan
· Jul 05, 2017 · 06:30 am
Drinking water supply to Chennai slashed by 50% as Tamil Nadu braces for worst drought in 140 years

Scroll Staff
· Jun 26, 2017 · 03:39 pm
Chennai is heavily dependent on packaged water – what happens when the supply stops?

Vinita Govindarajan
· Jun 04, 2017 · 10:30 am
Cyclone Nada brings rainfall to Tamil Nadu, reviving hopes for good crop and memories of flood

Vinita Govindarajan
· Dec 01, 2016 · 09:30 pm
A groundwater crisis is threatening to erupt in India

Charu Bahri, IndiaSpend.com
· Nov 15, 2016 · 09:30 pm
A burgeoning water mafia has flooded Karachi's water supply network

Zulfiqar Kunbhar
· Nov 12, 2016 · 08:30 pm
There's a massive water crisis looming over Afghanistan

Omair Ahmad
· Oct 25, 2016 · 10:30 pm
India’s Kumbh Melas are running short of water

Soumya Sarkar
· Jul 08, 2016 · 09:30 pm
The water wars between Telangana and Andhra refuse to die down, but can anyone really win?

GS Radhakrishna
· Jul 04, 2016 · 09:00 am
Watch: Elephants, too, are forced to go thirsty after a severe water shortage in Amer, Rajasthan

Scroll Staff
· Jun 10, 2016 · 11:00 am
Venezuela: How a water crisis brought an entire country to its knees

Julia Buxton, The Conversation
· Jun 10, 2016 · 05:30 am
Maharashtra declares drought in 29,000 villages

Scroll Staff
· May 12, 2016 · 04:40 pm
9,600 handpumps, 20 mechanics, a caste divide: How one district in MP is dealing with drought

Supriya Sharma
· May 04, 2016 · 09:00 am
Why tea without sugar may be more effective than taking the IPL out of Maharashtra

Yogesh Upadhyaya, Indiaspend.com
· Apr 10, 2016 · 08:30 pm
During India Water Week, heat kills 45 in Andhra, drought endangers surgical patients in Marathwada

Scroll Staff
· Apr 08, 2016 · 02:30 pm
Women’s rights undercut by water crisis in Bangladesh

Nusrat Khan
· Apr 04, 2016 · 08:30 pm
'I am really obsessed with plumbers': Graphic novelist Sarnath Banerjee on Delhi's water woes

Omair Ahmad
· Mar 13, 2016 · 07:30 pm