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The crisis is so bad that those who hope to win the race for the last water reserves are drilling deeper and deeper into the ground leading to a precipitous drop in water tables across India by an average of 0.3 metres per year and by as much as four metres in some place the worlds fastest rate of groundwater decline.

India's arid lands, thirsty crops

India's water crisis stems from a thorny mix of economic, geographic and political factors.

13 Jun 2018 1:20 AM IST

Representational image of a hospitals medical room.

OT closed due to lack of water

The orthopedic surgeon in the hospital, M.K. Bairasi, had first fixed June 7 to perform the surgery.

11 Jun 2018 5:55 AM IST

A water vendor and residents of an area take drinking water from a roadside water source in Kolkata. (Photo: AP)

India is facing a water crisis: A long-term plan is needed

There are many who cannot afford to drink clean water or even take a decent bath.

29 Jun 2018 1:16 AM IST

More than half of the country faces high water scarcity. Out of the 1.2 billion people living in the country, about 742 million live and farm in agricultural heartlands.

Water-stressed India stares at harder crisis

India's rivers are drying and are symptomatic of the dire state of water crisis.

4 Jun 2018 12:43 AM IST

‘I miss the active presence of Atalji’

‘I miss the active presence of Atalji’

It was nostalgia all the way for BJP veteran L.K. Advani from the moment he stepped out of the airport in Lucknow.

28 Sept 2013 10:52 AM IST

Decades of over-extraction of ground water, wasteful and inefficient irrigation practices, pollution of surface water and erratic weather patterns attributed to climate change, have left many parts of the country thirst. (Photo: DC)

Global warming in Himachal: World's highest hamlet runs dry

More than half of India is considered highly water-stressed.

1 Aug 2017 3:25 PM IST

Amid turmoil in his party, Arvind Kejriwal had tweeted last night, Truth will triumph. (Photo: PTI)

BJP leaders protest outside Kejriwal's residence over 'water crisis'

The BJP leaders broke pitchers outside the chief minister's house as a mark of protest and accused him of holidaying' on...

18 May 2017 12:25 PM IST

The country has also set the template for reusing wastewater in irrigation.

India's thirsty arguments for water woes

India supports 15 per cent of the world's population but possesses only four per cent of the world's water resources.

31 May 2017 2:00 AM IST

Union Minister for Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharati (Photo: PTI)

UP, MP should work out water pact: Uma Bharati

The replies came from amid slogans being raised by Opposition members seeking the PM's reply on the agrarian crisis.

21 July 2017 1:52 AM IST

Due to the food chain, the algal bloom in the water adversely affects even human beings apart from the fishes in the lake that are not able to survive.

Connecting with nature

The vigilance of people in the neighbourhood can prevent activities like sand mining which destroy the water bodies.

25 May 2017 2:22 AM IST