Environment and Water Conservation in India | India Water Portal

Environment

Residents of Tilthi village take children to safer places during the floods.

Why Does Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur Flood Every Year Despite A Steady Decline In Rainfall?

Brijendra Dubey

26 Sep 2025

14 min read

Transforming barren earth into a forest in Pitchandikulam at Auroville. (Image: auroville.org)

The forest that came back: How Pitchandikulam revived land, water, and community

25 Sep 2025

8 min read

Marble slurry dumping is common in Rajasthan

CPCB releases draft guidelines on stone slurry utilisation

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

23 Sep 2025

4 min read

Groundwater gushing out of blasted aquifers in a quarry in Madihan tehsil is pumped away as waste — a routine practice across local mines.

Why Mirzapur’s Pink Sandstone Is Draining Its Water, Nature, Health and Livelihoods

Brijendra Dubey

20 Sep 2025

12 min read

Land subisdence due to shifting of rocks

Ground subsidence in Indian cities and how satellite monitoring can guide smarter urban planning

19 Sep 2025

5 min read

Amit Godse, a Pune based bee conservationist

Buzzing Back To Life: An Interview With Amit Godse, India’s Bee Rescuer

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

19 Sep 2025

10 min read

Boats line the banks of the Jhelum River as workers prepare to collect sand, a common practice in Kashmir despite restrictions on riverbed mining.

Rivers and Lakes

Kashmir’s Rivers Run Dry: How Mining Threatens Farmers and Ecosystems

07 Sep 2025

6 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

Women fishing in Tinsukia District, Assam, India. Wetlands support the livelihoods of many rural households in the Hindu Kush Himalayas

Rethinking wetland conservation and climate resilience in India

30 Aug 2025

5 min read

Flash floods in Uttarakhand

Cloudbursts, landslides, and floods: Why Uttarakhand’s fragile Himalayas are breaking under pressure

30 Aug 2025

5 min read

Ziro valley's rice farming

Fish, fields, and feminism: How Apatani women sustain Ziro’s aquaculture in Arunachal Pradesh

22 Aug 2025

5 min read

Bishnois at Khejarli environment fair (Image: Kalpit Bishnoi, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)

Film review: Nature's Martyrs - The Bishnois of Rajasthan

21 Aug 2025

3 min read

Read More

India Water Portal

www.indiawaterportal.org