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Springs (Groundwater)

Himalayan springs: The hidden risks behind "safe" mountain water

Himalayan springs are still clean. So, why are they at risk and not safe for long?

20 Mar 2026

6 min read

Children climb onto a wooden cart stacked with plastic drums as it rolls forward, pushed and pulled by bodies accustomed to weight. This is not play. The water they carry will decide the day’s cooking, washing, and drinking in their households.

Children’s water journeys on wheels in Shillong, Meghalaya

20 Feb 2026

4 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

Many springs in the Himalayas have reduced discharge. (Source: India Water Portal)

Springing back: Reviving Himalayan water sources

Ghanashyam Sharma

26 Oct 2024

6 min read

Janki Devi takes the lead in springshed management (Image: Anita Sharma)

Rural Sanitation

Transforming lives through springshed development

17 Feb 2024

3 min read

Verinag spring in Anantanag district of Kashmir (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Springs spring hope in Kashmir, Himalayas

Sami Ullah Bhat

21 Jun 2022

5 min read

Van Panchayat Samiti discussing the matters related to forest (Image: Varun Raja)

Rainwater Harvesting

Celebrating the role of hill women in springshed development and governance

Seema Ravandale

21 Mar 2022

8 min read

Shailendra Patel, near the Bavdhan spring, Pune (Image Source: Tushar Sarode)

A water warrior’s fight springs hope for springs!

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

03 Feb 2022

6 min read

Darjeeling, in the grip of a water crisis (Image Source: Bernard Gagnon via Wikimedia Commons)

Will Darjeeling’s thirst be quenched?

17 Nov 2021

5 min read

Darjeeling, in the grip of a water crisis (Image Source: Bernard Gagnon via Wikimedia Commons)

Water, at a price!

21 May 2021

4 min read

A living root bridge, a type of simple suspension bridge formed of living plant roots by tree shaping in village Nongriat, Meghalaya (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Ecosystem-based approach: The case of Meghalaya

18 Jan 2021

6 min read

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