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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

Small villages on Kashmir's hillsides rely on natural springs, many of which are now drying up fast

Once a lifeline, now a memory: What happened to Kashmir’s water springs?

10 Jul 2025

6 min read

Punjab, part of India's breadbasket is losing water fast, as water-guzzling crops like wheat and paddy continue to suck water at rapid rates.

From India to the USA: The growing water crisis in the breadbaskets of the world

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

09 Apr 2025

8 min read

Water as a catalyst (Image: CBED)

From scarcity to abundance

23 Oct 2024

4 min read

Garhwal Himalaya (Image: Goutam, Wikimedia Commons)

The Song Dam's economic and ecological costs

Vishwambhar Prasad Sati

11 Oct 2024

4 min read

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