by Veena Srinivasan | May 7, 2023 | Urban Water / In the News
Explained | What did India’s first national water-body census find? A view of the Bhavani river. Photo by Rashmi Kulranjan Water bodies are increasingly under threat from pollution, encroachment, urbanisation, and drying India is facing a water crisis with groundwater...
by Shreya Nath | Apr 1, 2023 | Urban Water / In the News
Wanted: A plan to quench Bengaluru’s thirst People washing their autorickshaws at an outlet of Bengaluru’s Jakkur lake. Photo by Rashmi Kulranjan Managing and utilising Bengaluru’s abundant rain to reduce the city’s piped water demand needs a...
by Veena Srinivasan, Ishita Jalan | Dec 7, 2022 | Platforms and Partnerships / In the News
Towards Net Water Positive Towns We need to develop a “groundwater economy” that aligns data, technology and economic incentives India currently has less than 1000 m3 of renewable freshwater per person annually, making it one of the most water-stressed...
by Rashmi Kulranjan | Nov 7, 2022 | Urban Water / In the News
Study on Cascading Lakes in Hebbal Explains Why Many Have Dried Up Challekere lake in Bengaluru. Photo by Rashmi Kulranjan The flooding in Bengaluru in October 2022 made national headlines as the ‘high-tech’ IT capital of India was ground to a halt. The severity of...
by Veena Srinivasan, Anuja Malhotra | Nov 4, 2022 | Urban Water / In the News
At COP27, We Must Find a Better Way to Reduce our Carbon Footprint Representational image by Pixabay To address climate change effectively, we can’t focus exclusively on carbon — we need to integrate water management into our actions Momentum is building for the...
