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Monday, September 29, 2025
TopicIndia water crisis

Topic: India water crisis

Can municipalities reuse wastewater in this heat? Surat & Bengaluru show how to do it best

Surat has been selling treated water to manufacturing industries while Bengaluru reuses 50 per cent of its treated water. Can’t other Indian cities follow suit?

Drinkable tap water, 24×7 — Puri model spurs more cities to make push, but sustainability a concern

For past year, Coimbatore civic body has been providing 24x7 potable water supply in some parts of city. UP govt has taken up 1st such project in Ayodhya in phased manner this year.

Drinking water supply in Delhi to decrease by 25% as flooded Yamuna hits treatment plans

Delhi's river is at its highest level in 45 years after unusually heavy downpours in neighbouring states like Haryana, to the north.

How Chennai, one of the world’s wettest big cities, ran out of water

Chennai is an example of what can go wrong when industrialisation and extreme weather converge and a metropolis paves over its flood plain to satisfy demand for new homes & factories.

Govt procurement policy of wheat, rice aggravating water crisis — draft National Water Policy

The policy has recommended diversifying the crop procurement process. Union Jal Shakti ministry is currently going through the draft policy submitted by a 11-member committee last month.

Jaipur, Indore feature in WWF list of 100 cities to face greatest rise in water risks by 2050

The WWF also names 28 other Indian cities, including Kolkata, Mumbai, Lucknow, Chandigarh and Bhopal, that will face an ‘increasing water risk in the next few decades’.

Smriti Irani says govt will train women in water scarce villages to ensure clean supply

The efforts is part of the Centre's conservation plans at a time when about 70% surface water is unfit for consumption.

India could soon have ‘water refugees’ migrating to other countries

'Waterman' Rajendra Singh, who won the Magsaysay award for his work in water management, says 72% of India's underground aquifers have dried up.

How the business of water scarcity can be tackled in India

India is one of the 17 countries facing severe water stress. As the World Water Week comes to an end, this is what the state of climate financing looks like.

Crisis no one is talking about: India’s water stress nearing Day Zero, when taps run dry

The World Resources Institute's Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas has ranked India 13 on its list of "extremely highly" water stressed countries, citing its population.

On Camera

A 15-point agenda for Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu to counter Trump’s H1B visa move

I write this open letter to Chandrababu Naidu as Indian emigration and return becomes a hot issue. Many H-1B workers in the US are from Andhra Pradesh: Jaithirth Rao

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India looks to procure more S-400/S-500 air defence systems from Russia

The 2018 contract with Russia for 5 S-400 systems had a follow-on clause for 5 more. S-400 was described as a 'game-changer' for shooting down 5 Pakistan fighter jets during Op Sindoor.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.