As Bengaluru floods again, here’s why it is important to map the flow of water through cities

A City Water Balance of all flows in the urban water system is a good starting point to understand the paradox of flooded streets and dry borewells.

Muhil Nesi

· Aug 31, 2022 · 09:00 am

In charts: Water is more expensive for the poor than the rich – a new report calculates by how much

The report looks at water affordability in 15 cities, two of them in India.

Nithya Subramanian

· Aug 23, 2019 · 09:00 am

In maps: How Chennai grew over its lakes

The location of the IT corridor, between valuable ecological areas, has raised the risk of drought and flooding.

Teja Malladi

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Kaavya Kumar

· Jul 12, 2019 · 06:30 am

Mumbai: Water levels in lakes dip, civic body says supply to last till July

The BMC has started to use the reserve stock to provide water to citizens.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 27, 2019 · 08:04 pm

‘We can change the world’: Actor Leonardo DiCaprio shares post on Chennai water crisis

The Oscar-winning star shared a post from BBC News with a picture of a dried-up well in the city surrounded by women with empty pots.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 26, 2019 · 07:56 pm

Chennai’s water crisis is hurting everyone – from women filling pots to city’s ‘bachelors mansions’

These affordable guest houses have raised their rents sharply and have stopped taking in new tenants.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Jun 20, 2019 · 09:00 am

As lakes dry up, Chennai will stop receiving water from its three main sources by June

The authorities are looking to tap fast-depleting groundwater to make up some of the shortfall.

S Senthalir

· May 10, 2019 · 07:30 am

Bengaluru is fast running out of groundwater – and it is doing little to rectify the situation

If current practices do not improve significantly, the city will be faced with Day Zero before long, according to the World Resources Institute India.

Sahana Ghosh

· Jul 22, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Counting down to ‘Day Zero’: Like Cape Town, many Indian cities are fast running out of water

The gap between demand for water and its supply is estimated to touch 50% by 2030.

Mohammad Faiz Alam

· Mar 27, 2018 · 12:30 pm

History shows that it was nature that helped Bangalore grow – and now the city is destroying it

What transformed this centuries-long, strong relationship between people and nature?

Harini Nagendra, The Conversation

· Oct 29, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Why some neighbourhoods in Delhi have access to water for just one to two hours a day

The answer is a basic one: mismanagement of resources.

Asit K Biswas, The Conversation

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Cecilia Tortajada, The Conversation

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Udisha Saklani, The Conversation

· Jul 16, 2017 · 07:30 pm

As lakes run dry in Chennai, residents are desperate for a few buckets of water

Waiting for over a week for a tanker is now routine in a city where drinking water supply has been slashed by half.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jul 01, 2017 · 10:30 am