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Under the YSR Jalakala scheme, the Andhra Pradesh government will dig free bore wells to provide small and marginal farmers access to water.

In the water sector, the focus on fixing demand and supply is taking us away from the real problem: Unnoticed groundwater dependencies in ever-expanding urban India.

India is experiencing its worst ever water crisis. How did we get here?

KJ Joy on the state of activism in India today, access to water, interstate water conflicts, and people’s movements.

Despite being the lifeline of India’s water supplies, groundwater is overlooked by policy makers and users alike.

India's water problem is not about running out of water but about how to allocate a fixed resource. Without doing the latter equitably, India's water future remains bleak.

Rising private wealth and a deepening ecological crisis have gone hand in hand, and are symptomatic of the larger Indian growth story.

Our sewerage systems have not kept pace with urbanisation, and with Indian cities growing rapidly, it's worth examining how this impacts water.

Chemical contamination of drinking water is a significant health concern in India, one we haven’t realised the magnitude of. Practitioners across sectors must come together to tackle this issue.

Watershed management is not just a mechanism to harvest and store water; its larger purpose is to create democratic processes at the village level and enable development that is inclusive, sustainable and meets the needs of the people.