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Water Supply

Urban water supply, the city agencies and other stakeholders, policy and schemes.

Governance

What is bothering voters in the cities as Karnataka election draws closer?

March 26, 2018 Seema Prasad

With all those comparisons between Cape Town and Bengaluru, water is perhaps predictably on top. But what are the other issues that urban voters are talking about? Recent ADR-Daksh survey has some pointers.

Environment

Let World Water Day remind us how we can avoid the Cape Town fate

March 22, 2018 Odette Katrak

Wherever we are, most of use far more water than needed. And then we wait for someone else to solve the city’s water problems. Let’s change that today, and it’s really easy with these tips.

Environment

Five water-friendly alternatives to prevent your city from becoming another Cape Town

March 16, 2018 Bhavani Prabhakar

Products we use every day affect our water footprint to a large extent. As summer approaches, and the fear of water shortage rises in our cities, here are a few switches that can help save the precious resource and avert crisis.

Environment

In Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai or Bengaluru, what will it take to green our marathons?

February 28, 2018 Revathi Siva Kumar

Running events in our major cities bring together 11000 to 45000 runners annually. In most races, they are given single-use plastic water bottles, or packaged food and drinks. That’s a lot of waste! Now, a Bengaluru runner has started a campaign to change that.

Civic

In Pune, citizens take on responsibility for mitigating water crisis

June 7, 2017 Aarti Kelkar Khambete

At a time when the city is struggling in the face of unplanned growth, Pune citizens come together to save water resources and set examples for sustainable use of water.

Environment

Where does Hyderabad’s Wonderla get its water from?

May 16, 2017 Anshika John

All those water parks and rain dances that the urban citizen enjoys, where do they source their water from? The answers may be disquieting, as this Hyderabad research project shows.

Environment

This World Water Day, here’s an SOS call for you!

March 22, 2017 Odette Katrak

With a spiralling demand-supply gap, the water problems of every Indian city are set to assume nightmarish proportions unless immediate action is taken. We must each do our bit on a daily basis and it is so simple if you know how!

Civic

Bengaluru looks underground in attempt to avoid water Doomsday

February 25, 2017 Patralekha Chatterjee, Citiscope

Innovative Participatory Aquifer Mapping project seeks to educate residents about precious groundwater and also involve them in sharing information about borewells in their communities.

Environment

Dining out? Bengaluru school girls tell you how you can save water!

December 19, 2016 Sara Borasio

16-year-old Garvita Gulhati and 17-year-old Pooja Tanawade from Bengaluru have launched “Why Waste,” focussing on saving water in restaurants and waste segregation at source.

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