Excavations of a human settlement in the United Arab Emirates dating back to around 7,000 years ago reveal that the area, now a desert was once lush green with vegetaion and plentiful supply of

The Rajasthan Government appointed a technical advisor to the Inter-state Water dispute committee for setting all issues related to the Indira Gandhi Canal Project and Ravi-Beas-Sutlej rivers. The

Ruling out full privatisation in the water sector, the Delhi Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit, has said the Government was open to private partnership in the construction of water treatment plants

As the Himachal Pradesh government prepares to built micro hydel projects in a big way on the banks of small rivers, anglers and environmentalist express concerns at the damage it may cause to

Under the state partnership programme, the European Commission has provided a grant of Rs 928 crore to Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh for drinking water and other development schemes. This was announced

Funding for local authorities amounting to a record

Mention Chennai and the first thing people want to know about is the availability of water, besides the heat of course.

The three-year drought that Karnataka has been facing, brought on primarily by the continuous failure of the southwest monsoon, has had a major impact on both surface water and groundwater systems