Central Uttar Pradesh is literally on shaky ground. Land subsidence has been reported from several districts of the region, including Fatehpur, Farrukhabad, Kannauj and Unnao. Alarmingly, the culprit is neither seismic nor mining activity, but excessive g

a unique people's movement is gathering momentum in Pakistan. Local residents and politicians of a small town in central Punjab in Pakistan are resisting tooth and nail an attempt to siphon off

As the water crisis surfaces yet again, illegal borewells spring up in and around Delhi. Binayak Das and Suresh Babu on a plummeting water table and rising official apathy

A large sum of money will be spent on the installation of 10,000 tubewells in different parts of Pakistan. The move is aimed at combating drought that has affected many parts of the country for

Five special type of deep-tubewells are being installed in Sherpur municipal area in Bangladesh to supply arsenic-free water to the residents. The 305-metre deep tube wells were inaugurated by

THE Punjab government's proposal to construct shallow tubewells along the Sirhind and Rajasthan feeder canals has come in for a lot of criticism. A study conducted by the Irrigation and Power