CHENNAI: With water managers of an expanding Chennai struggling to meet the needs of a growing population, the State government has decided to tackle the issue with a futuristic perspective by lau

India and her neighbors are going through a tortuous process of urbanization - slow, messy and partly hidden.

The latest World Bank report on leveraging urbanisation in South Asia has identified "air pollution" as a big challenge for major cities in the region, including Delhi.While Delhi is the worst amon

Two more deaths reported in capital

Groundwater in areas falling in the northern coastal region of East Coast Road has been growing saline over the past few years.

In Nairobi National Park, lions, rhinos and other animals roam just six miles (10 kilometers) from downtown Nairobi, but the carefully managed co-existence of wildlife and city life is constantly v

LUSAKA, Sept 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dorothy Zulu's dream is to have a water tap and a small vegetable garden in her home in Ngombe, one of many slums in Zambia's capital Lusaka.

Tanks are integral part of temples and devotees believe a dip in these holy waterbodies will absolve them of their sins.