More than 2,000 mm of rain in 2003 but crops destroyed and farmers committing suicide; crores spent on 31 irrigation projects but villages going thirsty; 44 rivers but groundwater is sinking. After travelling through Kerala, T V JAYAN finds a drought ami

Desperate Karnataka villagers damage barrage in Maharashtra

A US based firm has recently launched a high tech gadget in India with the alluring promise of resolving the water crisis. Watermaker , a product of Atmospheric Water Technology Incorporation AWT , extracts water from air. It is being marketed across th

Groundwater sale continues in Goa in violation of new law

In Karnataka, a lesson in water scarcity

The news is out: water levels in Mumbai are over 15 per cent less than last year. It might seem routine but it has the city up in arms. Mumbaikars have hit the roads demonstrating on the painful summer that came in early this year. The Brihanmumbai Munici

Water: industry is misusing it, but for how long?

Energy: economic and environmental compatibility

Agro based pulp and paper: technological inability?

Tanneries: ill managed, technologically challenged

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