A speculative river: Why communities along Brahmaputra need much more research-backed information

Any extreme event – floods, high tide, the river turning black from high turbidity – becomes fodder for speculation, misinformation.

Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman

· Oct 18, 2018 · 08:00 am

In Sikkim, a spring rejuvenation scheme is helping villages tide over summer water shortage

Dhara Vikas involves villagers in reviving springs and streams that provide drinking water to over 80% of the state’s rural households.

Nidhi Jamwal

· Sep 20, 2018 · 07:30 am

Low-cost, low-maintenance solutions helped an Odisha village get clean drinking water

Water from ponds and tube wells made safe for consumption, reducing reduced water-borne diseases in coastal Odisha.

Rakhi Ghosh

· Feb 05, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Why water-based transport has not taken off in India, despite its many benefits

Practical and policy difficulties have led to limited growth of inland waterways in India over the past decade.

Omair Ahmad

· Jul 02, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Drought-prone villages in Maharashtra are competing to harvest water for irrigation

More than 1,300 villages are taking part in Satyamev Jayate Water Cup 2017, which aims to make the region drought-proof.

Nidhi Jamwal

· Jun 12, 2017 · 07:30 pm

After crippling drought, Kerala is chasing the monsoon to catch rain where it falls

Citizens, voluntary groups and the state government are ready with a set of measures. It just needs to rain.

Ajith Lawrence

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M M Paniyil

· Jun 01, 2017 · 09:30 pm

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

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti is using the project to burnish her credentials within the BJP, say party workers.

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?

The government is going ahead with the project, which it says will transfer surplus water from the Ken to the Betwa and help prevent drought in Bundelkhand.

Raksha Kumar

· Mar 26, 2017 · 09:00 am

Punjab is set for record rice production this year, but at a heavy price

With no checks on the use of groundwater to irrigate farms, the state's water table is falling at an alarming rate.

Nidhi Jamwal

· Dec 04, 2016 · 07:00 am

The Indus Inland Waterways System: Is it the next big thing for Asia?

A new Indus waterways transport system could revolutionise the economies of South Asia.

Dr Hassan Abbas

· Feb 25, 2016 · 10:30 pm

Water crisis during Jat agitation exposes Delhi's vulnerability

The capital could have been spared had it not been so dependent on a single canal.

Juhi Chaudhary

· Feb 24, 2016 · 05:30 pm

A new technology that uses bacteria to signal when water gets polluted

Scroll Staff

· Aug 16, 2015 · 11:58 am