Water Woes
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The bottled water industry is masking the world’s failure to supply reliable drinking water to all
The annual worldwide sales of bottled water is expected to double to $500 billion in this decade.
Zeineb Bouhlel, The Conversation
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Goa’s groundwater is being extracted rapidly and sometimes illegally despite a law in place
Limited data on water, both on the resource and utilisation side, makes it difficult to fully understand how much of it is being used and where.
Supriya Vohra
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Fact check: Does every household in Goa get piped water, as the government claims?
Testimonies from locals paint a different picture.
Supriya Vohra
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Interview: At the root of Pakistan’s water crisis is mismanagement of resources
Development sector professional Umer Karim talks about the energy and water crisis looming over the country.
Farahnaz Zahidi
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In Punjab, the accelerating rate of groundwater depletion is worrying both farmers and experts
Every year, groundwater levels are falling by approximately 0.49 metres.
Vivek Gupta
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In many Uttarakhand villages, taps installed under Modi government’s flagship scheme have gone dry
While Jal Jeevan Mission data suggests that 61.5% of the rural population in the state has taps at home, a ground check shows a different picture.
Satyam Kumar, IndiaSpend.com
Video
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Watch: Captured rogue elephant Arikomban is transported in a lorry as onlookers cheer
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Watch: Scenes from the collapse of the bridge over the Ganga in Bihar
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In a Haryana district, waterlogging is forcing farmers to give up farming and take up odd jobs
Government interventions, saline water draining attempts and subsidies for crop diversification are seen as possible solutions to the issue in Charkhi Dadri.
Sat Singh
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In Madhya Pradesh, borewells on the banks of the Narmada river are drying up
The natural flow of the river has been affected due to rampant sand mining and the construction of big dams.
Manish Chandra Mishra
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In Himachal Pradesh, precious springs are dying because of climate change and human activity
Two in three springs in the state are going to dry in the near future, according to a directory on water resources.
Kapil Kajal
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India will have to spend more in Budget 2021 to provide tap water to all its rural homes
While the provision of clean water and sanitation has improved over the years, more investment is needed to protect water resources.
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
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In 2018, floods cost India 1,808 lives and farmland the size of Mizoram
On average, floods and extreme rainfall led to 14 deaths per day during the 2019 monsoons.
IndiaSpend Team
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Sharda river keeps changing course in UP, creating permanent refugees on India-Nepal border
Continuous land erosion has locked the residents in a cycle of agricultural loss and debt.
Manoj Singh
The Field
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Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia rejoin work but clarify that protest against Brij Bhushan will continue
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