Water Conflicts
- The other Kashmir problem: India and Pakistan tussle over water
- Work on Kishenganga hydroelectric project underway
- Pak alleges India has released flood waters
- Rs 30 cr for legal battle with Pak on Kishenganga
- India taking up China dam issue
- Damming The Brahmaputra: Setback To South Asian Stability?
Groundwater
- Paddy cultivation under serious threat in Bengal
- PlanCom for regulatory mechanism to manage groundwater
- Indiscriminate Use of Ground Water
- Plan panel mulls cess on groundwater usage
- Indiscriminate extraction could dry up groundwater: Geologists
- Artificial Recharge through Dugwell Scheme
- Overall Status of Ground-Water Quality in Country
Drinking Water
- Decision on drinking water projects within 15 days
- Drinking Water and Sanitation Programme
- Charity Aid Group Drills Water Wells in India
- Grant in Aid Worth Rs. 66.21 Crore for Safe Drinking Water in Uttarakhand
- Grant in Aid worth Rs. 205.87 Crore for Safe Drinking Water in Jammu & Kashmir
- Grant in Aid worth Rs. 166.69 Crore for Safe Drinking Water in Rajasthan
Water and Industry
- PepsiCo to Sell Cheap Bottled Water in India
- Clean water next big target for Indian business
- McNally Bharat Engineering Co. Ltd is looking to acquire firms in Western Europe
- Future of clean water in India CNN film
- Indian Company Looks to Green World Water to Diversify Its Business While Addressing Power and Water Needs
- The Australian reports on how four large businesses in India are developing low-cost water purifiers for some of the country's "poorest of the poor."
- German ultrafiltration technology in Indian market
- Stand-alone Water Purification
- Desalination Plants by NIOT
- Government clears 13 more industry proposals
- City to get 3 desalination plants
Urban Water
- Groundwater leakage worries BMC
- Civic body flouts norms to dig borewells in vulnerable zones
- Metrowater to survey RWH structures
- Harvest rainwater or face action: BMC to builders
- City reeling under acute water crisis
- HC intervenes to solve city’s water woes
- Jal Board plans huge rebate on dues
- Paying water bills to get easier
- Overflowing lakes in Ahmedabad a health hazard: Residents
- Ahmedabad registers alarming rise in monsoon ailments
- Diarrhoea spreads tentacles in many areas in Varanasi
- Post monsoon, water-borne diseases on rise in Saurashtra, Kutch
- The unbridled growth of Coimbatore threatens the Nilgiri ecosystem
- Pune: Rains elude catchment areas
- Pune: Rains play hide and seek; mild showers likely
- Water woes worsen
- Their day begins with search for water
- Water-borne ailments here
- Water pipe dream here
Agriculture
- Kerala likely to see drop in rice deficit
- Rabi crops also likely to gain in Gujarat
- UP, Bihar have contrasting tales to narrate
- Monsoon showers bounty on AP
- Time to get serious about agriculture
- Ministry advisory on crops envisages 102% rainfall
- Water crisis hits paddy farmers
- Food bowled
- Jalayagnam: Actual area under irrigation has come down
- Below normal rains may hit paddy crop
- Rubber Dams Developed For Efficient Water Use in Agriculture
- Floods boon to farmers in Godavari districts
Water Bodies & Rivers
- Floating waste polluting Ulsoor Lake
- Where water is polluted and the people are sick
- Untreated Poisonous Effluents in GroundWater
- Ramdev protest against hydropower projects
- Pollution killing beautiful Kerala rivers, backwaters
- Thousands of fish die in Yamuna
- Spotlight on alternative measures to clean Ganga
- Pollution in back Water and Rivers in Kerala
- Maharashtra rivers most polluted in the country
- Across Tungabhadra: New mining mafia
- Kerala: High content of iron in state's rivers
- Assam dam project may continue: Jairam Ramesh
- Hydroprojects can make Ravi stretch disappear
- Single-channel water policy soon
- Top official favours hydel projects
- Water ‘trickling' down the Krishna
- Northern dams brimming, states alerted
- More water release from Singur: Minister
- Rising Bhakra levels: Bir Devinder asks govt to take early action
- MOU Between Gujarat and Maharashtra on River Links
- Water crisis: New dam soon
- Reservoir levels alarming on deficient monsoon
- 5000 water guards to be recruited for manning water schemes in Himachal Pradesh
- Water level in reservoirs at 44 pct
- IMD predicts moderate to heavy rain
- Tungabhadra reservoir nearly full
Floods, Droughts
- At least 132 dead, 600 missing in Leh cloudbursts
- Flashfloods in Leh: Indian army rescues 172 foreigners in Himalayas
- Leh now battles food, water shortage
- Epidemic fear grips Leh as gastro cases begin piling up
- Emergency kit from city to provide water to Leh victims
- Nature’s fury affects nation; 500 still missing in Leh
Floods ravage Jaisalmer, people flee homes
- Flash floods sink Rajasthan districts, parties fight mobile war
- Andhra flood toll climbs to 13
- Floods affect 70,000 in EG
Six die in heavy rains in Ahmedabad
- Heavy downpour brings respite, waterlogging
- Rising water level in Beas cause worry to the concerned areas
- City sinks, 223 waterlogging complaints
- Mumbai oil spill a big disaster: Govt Agencies
- Five worst oil spills in history
- India: Oil Spill Near Mumbai Threatens Beaches And Mangrove Forests
- Drought cloud on rice
- Monsoon plays truant, scanty rice crop stares Bengal in face
- It’s dry out east
- Central team takes stock of drought situation in Bihar
- Climate Change
- Paddy cultivation under serious threat in Bengal
- Water-harvesting eases flood & drought
- Disasters, environmental factors including unresolved water disputes may help radicals flourish: US report
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