water scarcity

Pune civic body to survey wells, borewells in city to assess groundwater availability, prepare plan to tackle shortage

November 26, 2025 5:03 pm

The Pune civic body’s survey will also help to identify areas where the maximum groundwater is drawn, which will help to control and regularise its use through the framing of a policy.

Muddy water, dry tanks: Chandigarh reels under worsening water crisis

May 26, 2025 12:04 pm

Across sectors and villages, residents face dirty or no water, low pressure, and rising health risks as civic response remains patchy.

Fearing water shortage, PCMC announces emergency measures. Here’s what they are

May 08, 2025 2:10 pm

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has urged citizens to use water judiciously until monsoon arrives, warning that strict action will be taken against those found wasting water.

Unsung Heroes: From water scarcity to model of sustainability under Jal Jeevan Mission, how Shivamma transformed Koppal villages

January 25, 2025 9:09 pm

Karnataka woman Shivamma has been invited as a special guest for the 76th Republic Day celebrations in Delhi.

How much water does India have available? Here is what Central Water Commission found

December 12, 2024 4:27 pm

The Central Water Commission (CWC) in its study titled ‘Assessment of Water Resources of India 2024’ estimated that India’s average annual water availability

How Bengaluru’s lakes disappeared

May 08, 2024 7:46 pm

Bengaluru was once a kalyananagara, a city of lakes that functioned as the community centre of local neighbourhoods, critical for local economies, sacred cosmologies, biodiversity and human wellbeing.

India and UAE – partners in a water secure future

March 22, 2024 11:55 am

How the two countries can join hands to ensure that water scarcity does not stoke conflicts

Pune water scarcity: PMC to hold meet today as IMD predicts scant rainfall

April 19, 2023 3:35 am

The district water resources department has already urged the civic body to judiciously use water considering the delay in the onset of monsoon. It wants to ensure that the water lasts till August 15 as compared to the usual deadline of July 15.

HC directs civic bodies to reconstitute panel on water scarcity

April 13, 2023 4:17 am

The PMRDA has been directed to address the water problems faced by the residents coming under their jurisdiction,” said Satya Muley, lawyer representing 11 associations of residential societies.

Water warning: How 'vanishing' rainfall is threatening economic stability

March 19, 2023 1:24 pm

Almost a third of people live in water-stressed countries. Water security depends on rainfall-generating forests. Water supplies, climate change and nature losses linked.

Water is now gold for desperate Venezuelans

March 27, 2019 8:39 am

Faced with the uncertainty of when it might return, and whether it would be enough, families in Venezuela are conserving as much as water as they can take from rivers or buy at shops. They are bathing, washing clothes and dishes and cooking with just a few liters a day.

Elephants Go Thirsty After Acute Water Crisis

June 08, 2016 6:28 pm

Thousand Litres Of Water Wasted For Akhilesh Yadav's event

June 02, 2016 4:20 pm