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Bottled water in India

Bottled drinking water in India: Issues and challenges

21 Oct 2024

5 min read

The school was faced with water scarcity (WaterAid India)

Streams of hope: How water revitalised tribal education in Palewa, Chhattisgarh

31 Oct 2024

7 min read

Using household drinking water with care

RO filter use and water wastage in Gurugram, Haryana

Angad Singh Miglani

22 Nov 2024

4 min read

Women in India still bear the burden of fetching water from long distances

JJM helps reduce drudgery of marginalised women, but still favours the rich

04 Dec 2024

6 min read

Water, a valuable resource

Reusing water is the mantra to save the next generation

Raghunandan Prasad

28 Dec 2024

2 min read

Student champions and safe drinking water in Assam. (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)

After the pipes are laid: What does it take to sustain safe rural drinking water?

Madhavi Purohit

27 Jan 2025

5 min read

Jal Jeevan Mission has brought water to rural India's doorstep. But what’s succeeding, what’s struggling, and can it sustain itself for the future?

From infrastructure to impact: Securing Jal Jeevan Mission’s future

Manu Srivastava

03 Apr 2025

8 min read

Water taps at every doorstep, what next?

Water taps at every doorstep, what next?

23 Apr 2025

7 min read

Groundwater contamination in mined areas

Tainted waters: Uranium mining and radiological risks in Jadugoda of Jharkhand

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

11 Oct 2025

5 min read

Coal mining can negatively affect water resources

How coal mining is contaminating groundwater in Central India

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

10 Oct 2025

5 min read

(Image Source: India Water Portal)

How groundwater depletion in rural Bengaluru affects drinking water security

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

30 Aug 2025

7 min read

Groundwater in the Dhanbad area has been badly affected and most of the ground water aquifers were destroyed due to intensive mining in the area

Governance and Policy

India’s water policy: Between scarcity, reform, and a sustainable future

28 Aug 2025

6 min read

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