Water Crisis

Half-bucket baths, school shuts: How Bengaluru’s water crisis is turning graver

A private home school on Bannerghatta Road has been closed till 10 March amid the ongoing water shortage in Bengaluru. Residents are issuing orders to use only half a bucket of water for bathing and not use the precious resource for cleaning purposes. Authorities have also come up with their own restrictions on the use of potable water

Parched: Why Bengaluru is reeling from a severe water scarcity

Bengaluru is bracing for a grim summer as water levels in Cauvery River have dipped significantly and many borewells have run dry. The cost of private water tankers have skyrocketed in Karnataka's capital and residents are being urged to use the resource judiciously

More turmoil in Pakistan: Why Karachi residents are left with dry taps

A power failure was reported on Monday at the Dhabeji pumping station, which supplies water to the entire city of Karachi. The water scarcity comes at a challenging time for the country already reeling from an electricity crisis

Drowning in Misery: How swimming pools of the rich are leading to a water crisis in the world

Your taps could run dry soon and you have the rich to blame. A recent study highlighted that while the poor use the majority of their water for basic needs like drinking and washing, the rich use excessive water for personal pleasure – filling up swimming pools, watering gardens

Amid drought, Tunisia introduces water quota system, puts tight restrictions on usage

As the country prepares for another scorching summer, the drought-stricken nation issued additional stringent water consumption restrictions, including a prohibition on the use of potable water for cleaning cars, public places, or farms

'No hijab, no rains,' says Iran cleric close to supreme leader Ali Khamenei

Mohammed-Mehdi Hosseini Hamedani said that by breaking the mandatory rule of wearing a hijab, women in the Islamic Republic have ‘caused a lack of precipitation across the country’

Rains fill over 72%  of total capacity of 716 Rajasthan dams, water crisis unlikely next summer: officials

Rajasthan received 27.5 per cent higher rainfall from 1 June to 20 August compared to the same period last year

In Bengal, vegetable gardens brew hope for women left jobless in locked tea garden

A total of 1,200 families live in the Bandapani gram panchayat and every house had at least one or more than one member employed in the tea garden till the estate got shut down eight years ago due to financial irregularities

Explained: The Assam floods and the unfolding of a food and water crisis

The deluge in Assam, which has affected nearly 25 lakh people, has caused a severe shortage of food and water. Water sources have become either inaccessible or polluted, making life almost unlivable in the eastern state

Explained: How Swiss researchers pulled clean drinking water from thin air with no energy input

A group of Swiss engineers and scientists have developed a new method of extracting water from thin air, without no energy input, and no contribution to the greenhouse effect or global warming. When the system hits the market, it is set to help solve the water crises in a number of communities.