Water Woes
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Water cuts, fines: Bengaluru grapples with familiar crisis but few long-term solutions in sight
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The bottled water industry is masking the world’s failure to supply reliable drinking water to all
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Goa’s groundwater is being extracted rapidly and sometimes illegally despite a law in place
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Fact check: Does every household in Goa get piped water, as the government claims?
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Interview: At the root of Pakistan’s water crisis is mismanagement of resources
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In Punjab, the accelerating rate of groundwater depletion is worrying both farmers and experts
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In many Uttarakhand villages, taps installed under Modi government’s flagship scheme have gone dry
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In a Haryana district, waterlogging is forcing farmers to give up farming and take up odd jobs
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In Madhya Pradesh, borewells on the banks of the Narmada river are drying up
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In Himachal Pradesh, precious springs are dying because of climate change and human activity
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India will have to spend more in Budget 2021 to provide tap water to all its rural homes
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In 2018, floods cost India 1,808 lives and farmland the size of Mizoram
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Sharda river keeps changing course in UP, creating permanent refugees on India-Nepal border
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Water pollution: Is the quality of piped water in urban India getting any better?
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In water rich Bhutan, capital Thimphu often goes thirsty
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Why domestic wastewater from Bengaluru is being sent to Kolar and Chikkaballapur
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Despite plentiful rains and rivers, why does India rank among world’s most water-stressed nations?
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Mumbai could save water through its mandatory rainwater harvesting rule – but no one seems to care
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Over 1,500 farmers from South Pakistan marched to the North – just for water
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In pictures: Chennai’s daily struggle to quench its thirst
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Rewards and punishment: A new Indian government report suggests ways to encourage water conservation
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Satellite images show how severely reservoirs supplying water to Indian cities dried up this year
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Delhi’s water crisis could be reversed – but every resident will have to pitch in to stop wastage
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In Goa, one village’s intense struggle to save a century-old lake stands on the brink of success
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Tamil Nadu’s plan to transport water to Chennai by train is facing resistance. Here’s why
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Special Report: How the Modi government dismantled India’s main defence against drought
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Lok Sabha candidates in parched Marathwada spoke about security, caste, religion – but not drought
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Mumbai: Water stock in seven lakes supplying to city dips to 6.1%
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Tamil Nadu: Groundwater depleted but media shouldn’t create an ‘illusion’ of water scarcity, says CM
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Tamil Nadu reels under water crisis, IT firms and hotels in Chennai severely hit by shortage
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Singapore taps into innovation as water imports start drying up
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Water crisis: 43.4% of India is reeling under drought, pre-monsoon rain lowest in 65 years
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Dry borewells, lost lakes: In Karnataka, another summer of water shortage portends severe crisis
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Just eight months after the floods, Kerala is reeling from a severe water crisis. What’s gone wrong?
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Mumbai: Water in 7 lakes supplying city drops to 26%, the lowest in three years, says report
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In pictures: Delhi’s water crisis has claimed three lives this summer and it’s only getting worse
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‘At dead level’: Why Pakistan is fast running out of water
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India is facing the worst water crisis in its history, says NITI Aayog report
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Shimla water crisis: Supply increased marginally but protests continue
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Shimla: Amid water crisis, woman dies after water tanker hits her on Mall Road
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Shimla water crisis: Civic body cuts supply to hotels that have not paid bills
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Shimla water crisis: Himachal Pradesh HC bans construction activity, washing of cars for a week
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Shimla water crisis: Himachal Pradesh HC asks if new construction should be allowed in the city
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A graphic novelist explains India and Nepal’s water-sharing troubles
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‘People are dying, but no urgency shown’: Supreme Court asks Haryana, Delhi to address water woes
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Fearing a drought of tourists, Cape Town tries to form a new relationship with water
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In post-election Gujarat, farmers fume as Narmada water disappears. Any link with MP polls?
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Spike in ammonia level in Yamuna will affect water supply in Delhi
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Ganga river abandons original course in Bhagalpur, sand bars hinders vessel movement, says report
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A drought in Sri Lanka has made bathing a dangerous undertaking for many women
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At the world’s highest motorable village in the Himalayas, water levels have hit a new low
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This town in Nepal pays the highest tariff for water in the country
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Bricks in flush tank, filters on taps: Water-starved Chennai gets creative to save every last drop
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Chennai is heavily dependent on packaged water – what happens when the supply stops?
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As a movement against shrimp farming brews in Tamil Nadu, four fishing villages want no part of it
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Shrimp farming is booming in Tamil Nadu – but it is causing water and soil pollution
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As Tamil Nadu’s rural lakes are drained to quench Chennai’s thirst, farmers pay the price
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How farmers in North Kerala are using an age-old water system to beat the drought
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As Kerala waits for drought relief funds from the Centre, farmers face a livelihood crisis
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The drought in Kerala is so acute that farmers are sinking borewells on the river bed
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Watch: What will happen to us if we run out of water and, as a result, food?
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Drought relief: Centre releases nearly Rs 3,000 crore to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
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In China’s Ningxia province, water shortage is so severe that the government is relocating people
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A groundwater crisis is threatening to erupt in India
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Understanding Native American religion is important to resolve the Dakota Access Pipeline crisis
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There's a massive water crisis looming over Afghanistan
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Solar energy brings water to parched Maharashtra villages
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Is Karnataka really the villain in the water-sharing disputes with Goa and Tamil Nadu?
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One in four rural Indian households walks more than 30 minutes to get water
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To control Bihar's floods, understanding river Kamla is crucial
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Watch: Elephants, too, are forced to go thirsty after a severe water shortage in Amer, Rajasthan
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How water inequality governs drought-hit Maharashtra
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Clear as mud: How poor data is thwarting China’s water clean-up
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Bringing water back to Bundelkhand
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Uttar Pradesh rejects Centre’s offer to send water train to drought-hit Bundelkhand
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Water-guzzling Central government bodies owe Delhi Jal Board crores of rupees in outstandings
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Across the border, Bhutan too is struggling with water shortages
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Maharashtra cannot host any IPL matches after April 30, rules Bombay High Court
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Mumbai wastes 900 million litres of water every day, says Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis
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Why tea without sugar may be more effective than taking the IPL out of Maharashtra
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Supreme Court criticises Centre for not providing MNREGA funds to drought-hit states
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Women’s rights undercut by water crisis in Bangladesh
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As India gets ready for Holi, a reminder of our dire water problems
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With water levels in India's reservoirs frightfully low, a good monsoon is the last hope
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Haryana will no longer provide water to Delhi, says Manohar Lal Khattar government
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In photos: A village is helping meet Chennai’s water needs, but at considerable cost to itself
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With scant attention from authorities, Kolkata's water bodies are fast disappearing
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To stop its lakes from spewing foam and catching fire, Bangalore needs to break class barriers
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Imagine the Qutub Minar underground. That's how low Delhi's water table has fallen