Evil design
The extent of arsenic contamination now includes several states in India
The extent of arsenic contamination now includes several states in India
How, and where, does arsenic contaminate groundwater? The theories differ
Every problem has a solution
But they may take time to resolve the arsenic crisis
14/09/2004
Exactly how widespread is the presence of poisonous arsenic in the groundwater that Indians drink? In Delhi, a doctor s phone call propels <i>Down To Earth</i> to visit Uttar Pradesh s Ballia district. 950 kilometres away from the country s capital, we fo
HEARD of Plachimada? Over the last two-and-a-half years, people in this Kerala village have been agitating to get a neighbouring Coke plant shut down. According to them, Coke's water mining has parched the lands of over 2,000 people.
The recent dispute over the Indus waters stems from its faulty allocation
30/08/2004
sky's the limit: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going to launch a European satellite into orbit from its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle by the end of 2005. ISRO chief Madhavan Nair
Groundwater level can help predict earthquakes in Thar desert
14/07/2004
Residents of drought-hit Osmanabad district learn from an innovative programme on groundwater conservation that local involvement and schemes at the micro-level can go a long way in saving the precious
Bangladesh jittery over India’s river linking scheme
If Kerala can t solve its water problem, who can?
30/05/2004
Solution to crisis: start planning now
What’s eating up the state’s water
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
Civic authorities like to demolish slums. And, as NIDHI JAMWAL finds in the case of Delhi s Yamuna Pushta, such moves invariably also flout all statutory norms
Of rising temperatures and dipping groundwater levels
A failed monsoon brings distress to Kerala; its second longest river, the Bharathapuzha, is virtually dry, and Palakkad district faces the worst drought in its history. Palakkad district is facing one
Who does the water under the ground belong to? Who has the right to exploit it? Are there limits on what can be extracted? Till three months ago, the answers to such questions were simple.
JPC report sets serious reform agenda on food safety, water security and public health