Water Scarcity

In her new book Watershed, climate expert Mridula Ramesh stresses on urgent need of water management in India

"While conscience is good for spurring a change, it is less effective in sustaining a change. That’s why we need good economics and design to come in to sustain the action we want to see," says Mridula Ramesh.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan scolds officials over water scarcity in native village; Congress slams state govt

The chief minister ordered officials to carry out a survey of Jait village, ensure water supply and submit a report in 15 days

Big tech data centres spark worry over water scarcity in the US

As demand for cloud computing grows, the world's biggest tech companies are building more data centers, including in arid regions even though they use vast amounts of water per day

Mission Paani: Rooftop harvesting to reviving ponds, how India's communities are conserving water

Rural communities in some of the drought-prone areas have shown the world that community effort and respect for the natural resource is necessary for conservation

Ten artists respond to a decade of UN recognition for water, sanitation as vital human rights

WaterAid commissioned 10 visual artists from across the Global South to interpret the far-reaching impact access to clean water and decent sanitation has on people’s lives and the role these vital basics play in the realisation of other human rights

Mumbai's burgeoning water needs leave nearby villages parched; city's wasted and free supply more than Nagpur's daily need

The preferential treatment for cities over rural areas is not just limited to Mumbai. It is a common practice across Maharashtra. A November 2015 report had exposed the stark rural-urban divide, revealing the cities in the state get 400 percent more drinking water than villages even though 55 percent of Maharashtra is rural.

Maharashtra polls: 'Won't vote', says Bhil tribe in Beed; Fadnavis govt could face reckoning over water issue in drought-hit districts

The severity of drought in Maharashtra's Beed and Latur districts, three years after the Jaldoot Express carried 25 lakh litres of water into the parched Marathwada region, continues to be grim and could prove to be a matter of reckoning for the BJP-Shiv Sena government in the 21 October Assembly election.

World Food Day: It takes 21lt of water to produce a chocolate bar, how water-wise is your diet?

The second highest food group in terms of contributing to water-scarcity was fruit at 19 percent.

India's water crisis: Lessons from Madurai, a city that adopted tanks and suffered after abandoning them

Understanding why Madurai, like every other city in India, has built over its water bodies like tanks and canals illuminates how we got to the mess we are in

Pakistan’s Indus delta becoming no man’s land with sea level rise and dams upstream

People in Paksitan are leaving their villages en masse as the Indus delta sinking means they cannot farm or fish and have no freshwater, thanks to sea level rise and dams upstream