Planting of pulses jumped 131% in a week, and is 26% higher than last year even though this year’s monsoon came late and was scanty till th...

The reservoirs held 28.208 billion cubic meters (bcm) of water as of Wednesday, compared with 51.307 bcm at this time last year.

Seven reservoirs, most of them in Maharashtra, do not have water, the commission said, adding that the scenario was improving with the onse...

Monsoon arrived at India's southern Kerala coast on June 8, a day later than forecast, but the weather office expects rains to pick up in J...

The total capacity of the country’s reservoirs is 253.388 bcm and the capacity is being augmented with 80 projects underway.

The 91 major reservoirs that the Central Water Commission regularly monitors held 26.82 billion cubic metres of water, well short of the 10...

The live storage at these 91 reservoirs is 28.175 billion cubic metres, which is 18 per cent of the total capacity, the Central Water Commi...

People have become alert and started using water judiciously, so there is nothing much to worry now,” said GS Jha, chairman of the Central ...

India's major reservoirs had water only up to a fifth of their capacity this week, lower than a year earlier as well as the 10-year average.

Use of water from Jayakwadi, one of the largest reservoirs in India and a lifeline of the Marathwada region, is the current bone of content...

Water levels in country’s major dams are at 24 per cent of their capacity and well short of the 10-year average, possibly impairing plantin...

Officials say the situation is particularly disturbing in western and southern regions although central Indian reservoirs have adequate wat...

The water situation is grim as the total storage in 91 main reservoirs across the country has gone below the last 10-year average.

Only 7% of usable water remains in all the 814 water reservoirs across 8 districts of Marathwada region in Maharashtra, leaving more than 8...

Balasaheb Thorat today opposed release of water from reservoirs in Ahmednagar and Nashik districts into the Jayakwadi dam in Marathwada reg...

NGO Greenpeace demanded urgent assessment of water diversion to thermal power plants considering the weak monsoon forecast and low reservoi...

Bird lovers in Marathwada are having a good time spotting several feathered friends at the water bodies in Marathwada, though there has bee...