Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink’ – this predicament of the sailors in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous poem is a portent to our collective futures; one with […]
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Let’s not go for a dry run
If you knew that water covers 70% of our planet, you would imagine there’s no scarcity of this precious resource. If you also knew that naturally occurring freshwater, with low […]
These two cities are teaching the culture of drops to the world
Photo: Getty Images When Chennai was facing a severe water crisis and people were fighting among themselves for a bucket of water, the two cities separated by 10,000 kilometers and […]
Water should be the next important environmental target for India
Environmental targets are becoming common place in the current global scenario, with a large focus on reducing emissions. Unrestricted emissions lead to global warming and resulting climate change and could […]
Investment in water conservation required to build climate ‘resilience’ in rural India
The climate change phenomenon seems omnipresent with its impacts being felt around us in various ways. However, in a vast, tropical, and developing country like India, one of the areas […]
If we’re smart about water, we can stop our cities from sinking
As more cities sink, rethinking how we use groundwater can ease pressure on precious aquifers The land around Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has sunk dramatically over the years. Photo […]
ગુજરાતીએ બનાવેલી પ્રોડક્ટની US સહિત 5થી વધુ દેશોમાં માગ : મોટા પેકેજની નોકરી છોડી વોટર હાર્વેસ્ટિંગ માટે પાણી સાફ કરતું સસ્તું ડિવાઇસ બનાવ્યું, કંપનીનું ટર્નઓવર કરોડોમાં
ચોમાસાની શરૂઆતથી જ દેશનાં અનેક રાજ્યોમાં પૂરની સ્થિતિ જોવા મળી. ગુજરાતમાં પણ અનેક જગ્યાએ વરસાદના કારણે ઘણા વિસ્તારો જળબંબાકાર થઈ ગયા હતા. પરંતુ બીજી તરફ ચોમાસા સિવાય દેશભરમાં પાણી માટે […]
Institutionalizing Climate Change in Urban Sector Background
India is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts. Due to combined effect of climate challenges and inadequate urban management, cities are frequently facing climate hazards such […]
5000 years ago, rain water was collected
Photo courtesy: Divyabhaskar Discovered at its eastern end along with the white desert after the 2001 earthquake, the unique city of the Indus Valley Civilization has found a […]
Efforts to save water will have to be intensified
There are about 24 lakh water sources in India. This conclusion has come out in the country’s first water body census. These water sources include both rain and groundwater-rechargeable water sources. This […]