TopicWater shortage

Topic: water shortage

Not only oxygen, Delhi is struggling for water too. Covid is making it worse

Sonia Grover - 21 May, 2021

Covid-19 has made Delhi’s recurring water issue infinitely worse. Appropriate measures & technological interventions can lessen the supply-demand gap.

Covid’s spreading fast because billions don’t have water to wash

Heesu Lee - 8 August, 2020

Close to three billion people lack access to running water and soap at home, and four billion suffer from severe water scarcity for at least one month a year, says the UN.

Water woes are peaking in Bundelkhand and it’s a ‘bigger crisis than Covid can ever be’

Prashant Srivastava - 22 June, 2020

For nearly two dozen Jhansi villages, water scarcity is a big issue every summer. While hand pumps and wells are giving no support, Covid-19 has only heightened the stress.

Ruchir Sharma on why East Asia is no model for India, Gopalkrishna Gandhi on electing next Cong president

Achyut Mishra - 8 July, 2019

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Bengaluru’s informal water markets are a view of the future

Georgina Drew - 14 October, 2018

Families in Bengaluru outskirts must piece together drinking water from communal supplies, intermittently available tap water, and 'water ATMs'.v

This village near Delhi has had no power for 18 days and has to pay even to charge phones

Priyamvada Grover - 12 September, 2018

The residents of Kanawani, who have been living in darkness since 25 August, say the transformers in their village keep blowing up because of excessive load.

Slow canal work, Madhya Pradesh and the riverfront: Why the Narmada dam is low on water

Yoginder Alagh - 11 February, 2018

The Gujarat govt hasn’t done anything for a decade and a half, but keeps on blaming others. Also, it keeps diverting from agricultural and drinking water.