by Anjana Pasricha | Jun 27, 2024 | Urban Water Press & Media
Delhi Grapples With Water Woes Amid Heat Wave As taps in their homes run dry during the summer, people fill water for their daily use from an overhead tank. Credit: Anjana Pasricha/VOA Political disputes over sharing of water from common rivers have often erupted when...
by Piyush Nagpal | May 24, 2024 | Rural Futures Press & Media
Farmers in India Are Weary of Politicians’ Lackluster Response to Their Climate-Driven Water Crisis India’s 120 million farmers share fast-shrinking water resources as groundwater is pumped out faster than rain can replenish it. Drought-prone areas like...
by Rajesh Ramamoorthy, Jeevan Roy, Sapna Manjunath, Anjali Wagle | May 16, 2024 | Urban Water Blogs
Webinar on Water Security in Karnataka’s Small Towns: 5 Key Learnings While Bengaluru dominated the news, this year’s harsh summer scorched towns and villages across Karnataka. A recent estimate says that the water crisis in the state has affected more...
by Hari Prasad HK | Mar 28, 2024 | Urban Water Press & Media
Lake Health Index Reveals Pollution Concerns in Bengaluru’s Water Bodies The citizen-driven Lake Health Index project assessed the condition of three lakes in the city: Ulsoor, Doddabommasandra and Shivapura. Bengaluru grapples with a persistent water stress, worsened...
by Anand Sarkar | Mar 22, 2024 | Urban Water Press & Media
Bengaluru’s Water Math is Badly Failing as ‘Zero Water Days’ Loom This year’s summer is a trailer for a bigger water crisis in a city which once boasted of great weather and good life. Now, authorities acknowledge they cannot bring more water to the city. Nearly half...