by KC Deepika, KV Aditya Bharadwaj | Mar 2, 2024 | Urban Water / In the News
Bengaluru, the Parched IT Capital of India Image by Rajesh Balouria from Pixabay. Households in Bengaluru, dependent on water supply from the Cauvery river or water tankers, are preparing for the current water crisis to worsen as the city stares at a long, hot summer....
by Smita Kumar, Cheshta Rajora, Rashmi Kulranjan | Jun 13, 2023 | Urban Water / Blogs
A Visionary Architect and a New Growth Model: What’s Behind the Rise of Sponge Cities in China? Dong’an Wetland Park in the city of Sanya in China’s Hainan Island, an example of a sponge city designed by Kongjian Yu. Credit: Turenscape Kongjian Yu was only...
by Veena Srinivasan | Apr 4, 2023 | Urban Water / Op-eds
Explained | What Was the U.N. Water Conference and What Happened There? A fisherman taking his coracle out for fishing in the Bhavani river in Tamil Nadu. Photo by Rashmi Kulranjan The complexity of today’s water problems was reflected in the conference’s proceedings:...