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- 'Villages can prosper only if their water woes are solved'
- In a first attempt of its kind, a village in western India will be developed as a role model for use of water resources, according to the guidelines set by ...
- Mainstreaming gender in water issues
- Mumbai based Tata Institute of Social Sciences is organising a training programme on gender, water and equity from October 20-24, 2008 in the western ...
- Return to land
- Once a drought prone village, Gawdewadi in western India has now shot into limelight owing to planned watershed development in the area. Assisted by a local ...
- India Water Portal launched in Hindi
- India Water Portal, a comprehensive information repository on all topics related to water, gets a new avatar in its Hindi launch in India’s national capital ...
- Wasundhara approach to water conservation gets Kyoto award
- At the fifth World Water Forum held last month at Istanbul in Turkey, the coveted Kyoto World Water Grand Prize was awarded to an Indian organisation. Dr ...
- India promises safe water for all by 2012
- Indian union minister for water resources, representing the country in Stockholm during World Water Week, has said that his government is committed to provide ...
- No water for Cyclone Aila victims in Bangladesh
- Survivors of Cyclone Aila in southern Bangladesh are now faced with shortage of drinking water due to contamination of ponds, wells and tube wells. Relief ...
- UN awards Indian water and sanitation body
- Water and Sanitation Management Organisation, a state government entity in India, has been honoured with the UN Public Service Award for encouraging community ...
- 'Water on earth is limited unless we bring it from moon'
- India is a grossly water-inefficient country and people misuse water in every possible way, says veteran water expert Ramaswamy R. Iyer. In an interview ...
- India's water use 'unsustainable'
- According to a NASA study, it is not weather and climatic factors that are responsible for groundwater depletion in some of the northwestern states of India ...
- Schools Water Portal launched in India
- A new website by India Water Portal aims to teach students and educators all about water and its sustainable use. This online space will also connect them with ...
- Asia in need of water reforms: Study
- A new study jointly conducted by International Water Management Institute and the FAO has recommended that Asia must reform its water use to feed 1.5 billion ...
- Driving new changes in Asian irrigation
- Without major reforms and innovations in the way water is used in agriculture, many developing countries will face severe food shortages in future, warns a new ...
- Water people of Andes face extinction
- Those who outlasted the Inca Empire and even survived the Spanish conquest are now facing extinction due to climate change. Members of an ancient tribe living ...
- Women hand pump mechanics on the move
- A UNICEF initiative is training poor and marginalised women of eastern Indian state of Jharkhand in repairing and maintaining hand pumps in the villages. Not ...
- 'Perfect storm' of resource scarcity to hit world by 2030
- Food, energy and water shortages fuelled by growing populations will lead to a dire dearth of resources, warns UK government chief scientist, Prof. John ...
- 'Every drop of water will help to rebuild economy'
- Economists are taking a shortsighted and uninformed view of the failure of this year’s monsoon that has affected a vast number of people living on the margins ...
- Conflict simmering in Asia over water
- According to a new report, 700 million people in Asia lack access to safe drinking water. The report, published by a US-based think tank, has offered ...
- Water in Gaza Strip fast becoming unfit for consumption
- Israel’s construction of trap wells is siphoning water supplies from the aquifer before they reach Gaza. The recharge rate of the aquifers has also been ...
- Indian sanitation project wins UN award
- For its pioneering work in the field of community-managed water resources, Gujarat’s Water and Sanitation Management Organisation has won the prestigious UN ...
- 'Women should have more say in climate decisions'
- Debates around climate change need to focus more on governance, integrating institutions and addressing gender inequalities than just advocating market-based ...
- Making water integral to sustainable development
- United Nations World Water Development Report: Water in a Changing World (WWDR-3) released recently focuses on linking water to the decisions on ...
- Applying traditional wisdom for drought proofing
- A rocky catchment area in India’s southern state of Kerala was making it hard for paddy farmers to cultivate. By reviving an old practice of water harvesting – ...
- Rainwater harvesting in Pakistani district
- An innovative project by a local NGO, in association with WFP and the Sindh government in Pakistan, is helping people cope with the drought related problems in ...
- Indian villagers tap traditional ways of water storage
- Rural communities in two Indian states have turned to ancient models of drought mitigation and water conservation. NGOs, have helped them form watershed ...
- Pakistan NGOs advocate judicious use of water
- Local NGOs in Pakistan’s commercial capital have intensified their awareness campaign about water conservation. Karachi city has currently a population of 16 ...
- Managing traditional waterways
- In Himachal Pradesh, a hilly northern Indian state, local women have come to the rescue of traditional waterways known locally as kuhls. These 18th ...
- Building the capacity of women to cope with 'peak water'
- At the fifth World Water Forum (WWF) in Istanbul experts from international organisations expressed concern on the severity of the water crisis. Women’s group ...
- New genes help rice adapt to deep water
- Japanese scientists have discovered two snorkel genes that allow rice crops in lowland areas to grow even when exposed to heavy floods. By elongating its stem ...
- Village pumps out clean water using solar power
- A solar water pumping system has drastically changed lives of people in eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. The eco-friendly model has not only helped villagers ...
