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Celebrating the legacy and reflecting on the future of India’s groundwater

Celebrating the legacy and reflecting on the future of India’s groundwater

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

09 Jan 2026

8 min read

Palar river at Vellore

How is the Palar River basin revealing India’s groundwater future?

26 Nov 2025

5 min read

The Ganga, the lifeline of India

Groundwater powers the Ganga: New evidence rewrites the river’s story

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

30 Oct 2025

4 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

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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

Textile colouring dyes in wastewater can be toxic and threaten health. Image for representation purposes only.

From fabric to fallout: How textile waste is contaminating Bengal’s water and soil

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

10 Oct 2025

6 min read

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

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

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How groundwater depletion in rural Bengaluru affects drinking water security

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

30 Aug 2025

7 min read

Manzoor Wangnoo looks over papers in his office. He started as a businessman and now works with the community to protect Kashmir’s environment.

Rivers and Lakes

Himmat-e-marda, madade khuda: How one man’s faith and action revives dying water bodies in Kashmir

17 Aug 2025

12 min read

The rolling hills of Shillong, also known as the ‘Scotland of the East’

Tankers in the Abode of Clouds: Shillong’s Growing Water Crisis

01 Aug 2025

8 min read

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Shorts

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

Water being fetched in India with a pulley from a well with circular wall

How India’s water crisis is also a data problem

09 Jul 2025

Rice farmer in SE Punjab, India

Why India’s rice and wheat subsidies are drying up our groundwater

01 Jul 2025

Explore the intricate beauty and cultural significance of India's ancient stepwells. Kund Mailacherla, Andhra Pradesh, 17th-18th century. (Image: Claudio Cambon)

Stepping back into a stepwell through Claudio Cambon’s lens

23 Jun 2025

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