water scarcity

Awarded the Danish Water Air Food Award 2018 for offering an effective sustainable solution, Thrissur's 'Mazhapolima' initiative could teach cities like Bengaluru and Chennai a thing or two about protecting their groundwater. #WaterActionDecade #ActOnClimateChange #Kerala #Inspiration

The best part? Vinayak Parkhi's economical model needs no electricity or any kind of pump, and can be fitted by any plumber easily! #SaveWater #GreenIndia #Innovation

Thrissur Mosque Muezzin Sharafudheen Musliyar took personal effort in routing the wastewater from the mosque to an adjacent two-acre patch of barren land for farming.

A ‘Water Atlas’ which has just concluded mapping the physical and economic productivity of water available in India, is underway by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations.

MR Ajayakumar’s water project incorporates a simple concept—the pump house of a well in the village will be controlled by a mobile phone-based software!

Groundwater is a vital resource, being mined faster than it is recharged.

Residents of water-scarce village of indigenous people in Mokhada have collectively built a concrete embankment on a dry rivulet to harvest rainwater and become water-sufficient. Nidhi Jamwal takes a closer look.

As part of the Satyameva Jayate Water Cup 2017, over 1,300 villages in drought-prone areas of Maharashtra are creating water-harvesting structures to overcome chronic water scarcity, particularly during the hot season. Nidhi Jamwal takes a closer look.

The Better India, along with the Environmentalist Foundation of India, is fighting the severe drought in Tamil Nadu by restoring ponds in Nagapattinam, one of the worst-hit districts in the state.

As the government and NGOs across India work to find a solution for the crippling water shortage that grips the country every summer, there’s a lot that you can do in your everyday life to conserve water.