Water & Sanitation

Worsening climate stress and infrastructural issues are exacerbating the water crisis across India's cities. How can these barriers be addressed?

In Bundelkhand, the Republic Day theme of ‘Swarim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas’ is being demonstrated through the revival of centuries-old traditional water tanks.

Local governments are uniquely suited for the collective planning and implementation of sustainable water management.

There is a clear and urgent need for partnerships between multiple stakeholders and actors to ensure water security. A few principles and approaches can make collaborative action effective.

A day in the life of an activist in Mumbai, who advocates for universal water access in the face of discriminatory policies.

Social welfare schemes and public facilities are not planned keeping this population in mind. Here's why this needs to change.

To counter India’s water crisis, nonprofits from across the country are helping farmers adopt innovative techniques to reduce water usage in agriculture.

Paddy and sugarcane are water-intensive crops, but farmers in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are practising water-efficient methods to cultivate these crops.

The Atal Bhujal Yojana aims to address groundwater depletion and encourage community-led water security plans. But it may not be taking into account a key component of water flows.

Uneven access to water continues to stall Kalahandi district's complete transformation from drought-born despair to hopeful development.