Karnataka announces new groundwater charges: Check revised rates, fines and rules for borewell diggingKarnataka introduces charges for groundwater extraction, ranging from Re 1 to ₹35 per cubic metre based on usage and location. The new rule...
19 Jul, 2025, 10.11 AM IST
How a Bengaluru techie has helped 300 apartments in the city reduce tanker dependency during water crisisAmid Bengaluru’s ongoing water crisis, a techie has implemented an innovative solution that has helped 300 apartment complexes reduce their...
14 Mar, 2025, 08.07 PM IST
These Bengaluru areas could face water shortages this summer: Here’s what you need to knowBengaluru's water supply board, led by Ram Prasath Manohar, warns of significant water stress in areas heavily reliant on groundwater, incl...
25 Jan, 2025, 08.13 PM IST
How India can fix its rapidly expanding water problemIndia faces worsening water crises due to reduced river flows and falling water tables, exacerbated by climate change. The government's foc...
18 Dec, 2024, 11.08 PM IST
Delhi turning into Bengaluru? A dive into national capital's water woesDehi water crisis: Delhi faces a worsening water crisis, with videos of residents struggling for water going viral. The blame game among po...
13 Jun, 2024, 03.57 PM IST
Karnataka water crisis: NGT seeks cricket association's reply on water sources in Chinnaswamy stadiumNGT asks KSCA for water source details in M Chinnaswamy stadium for IPL amid state water crisis. BWSSB permits treated water supply. Approv...
03 May, 2024, 10.03 PM IST
Bengaluru water crisis: Large apartment complexes face supply cut. Check who will be affectedThe Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has embarked on a strategy to conserve water by implementing supply cuts to big custo...
04 Apr, 2024, 10.15 AM IST
The Hidden Toll: The high price of entertainment on water resources revealed in stadium water usageA report by India's Jal Shakti ministry has found that 20 of the 26 stadiums examined were using borewells/tube wells to extract groundwate...
07 Aug, 2023, 12.47 PM IST
How India's water ends up everywhere but IndiaPutting so much water into rice grains and swelling cotton bolls seems a criminal waste of a precious resource.
06 Jul, 2019, 07.32 PM IST
Get ready for another chronic water shortage this summerThis will again be a time of chronic water shortage, ad hoc policies and dangerously falling groundwater.
27 Mar, 2019, 04.20 PM IST
'Where is the water to release?' Siddaramaiah reacts to SC's Cauvery order"But where is the water for us to release? I will discuss with legal experts on our next course of action," Siddaramaiah asked
04 May, 2018, 11.52 AM IST
Well-diggers can resolve Bengaluru's water woesBengaluru is said to be staring at a water-scarce future, with its water table shrinking from 10-12 metres to 76-91 metres in the past two ...
27 Apr, 2018, 11.24 AM IST
Tamil Nadu rivers in reverse gearSeawater incursion up to 20km upstream in parts of the Cauvery delta which includes Thanjavur, the rice bowl of TN is ruining soil fertilit...
09 Sep, 2017, 10.14 AM IST
India uses up more groundwater than US & ChinaMost residents of Managarhi use bottled water for drinking and cooking, as if they were living in a desert and not in one of the world's mo...
23 May, 2017, 11.12 AM IST
Here's why Bengaluru must take hard decisions to become sustainable in water usageFaced with a harsh summer, which, authorities say , is the worst in fifty years, there are some lessons Bengaluru needs to learn, and fast.
10 Mar, 2017, 11.19 AM IST
Unchecked groundwater use to put Bengaluru in dire straitsAccording to the Central Ground Water Board, the net available groundwater in Bengaluru Urban -the water that can be extracted without usin...
02 Dec, 2016, 11.40 AM IST
Expert committee on Cauvery to outline water conservation methodsThe committee travelled over 500 km each day in the basin area for four days, with at least 25 stops a day and met farmers, local leaders, ...
12 Oct, 2016, 01.28 PM IST