ITC has introduced demand and supply side water management initiatives that have led to the creation of water storage capacity of over 46.9...

Over the past 50 years, policies have allowed what amounts to a free-for-all in groundwater development, and as the crisis has grown, it ha...

However, the policy promises measures to tackle the challenges ahead by proposing measures such as penalties for unwise use of water, restr...

The area-weighted cost of irrigation declined during the study period perhaps reflecting the impact of increased access to subsidised power...

He also named Rohtang passageway in Himachal Pradesh as Atal Tunnel to mark the 95th birth anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari...

The scheme was announced in the 2016-17 Union Budget under which the funding was to be done on 50 per cent basis by the Centre as well as t...

Water will determine India’s ability to achieve high economic growth, ensure environmental sustainability and improve quality of life for c...

Delhi and 20 other cities in India are likely to run out of ground water in less than two years' time, according to a report by Niti Ayog.

More than 60-70% of India is vulnerable to drought and one-third of the country’s districts have faced more than four droughts in the past ...

After incorporating suggestions/comments, the bills will be put before the Union Cabinet for approval and in Parliament before being circul...

The state government has extensive plans for Gomti's channelisation and riverfront development but the environment experts are more concern...

In two years’ time, between 2012 and 2014, Lucknow’s groundwater levels recorded an alarming fall and it’s the residents of posh localities...

Singh said it is a matter of serious concern that in the country only nearly 30 per cent of sewage water is being flowed in the Ganga river...

An expected 2°C rise in the world's average temperatures in the next decades will make India's monsoon highly unpredictable, a report commi...

The Water Policy now okayed by the Centre touches upon a wide range of issues concerning the precarious water economy but without clear foc...

The groundwater table in the city has gone up by almost 50% from November 2004 to November 2007, thanks to the implementation of the rain w...

The taps are beginning to run dry in the Capital, although summer’s scarcely begun. It’s symbolic of a deep-seated problem in the water sec...