Water & Waste

India is facing a severe water crisis that is becoming a critical issue. The country is home to about 17 per cent of the world’s human population and 20 per cent livestock population. However, it has access […]

As a fast developing and the second most populous country in the world, India is facing a severe water crisis. India receives 3,000 billion cubic metres (bcm) of water every year through rainfall or other […]

The Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) has been included in the central government’s Smart Cities Mission statement and guidelines as a model city for greenfield development. It has deployed several advanced technologies across different […]

Amongst the many challenges posed by the increasing urbanisation in India, one of the biggest is the massive increase in wastewater generation. The Central Pollution Control Board estimates that about 80 per cent of the […]

Solar pumps have emerged as a viable, non-polluting source of power for agricultural consumers. With the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme, the Ministry of New and Renewable […]

India is currently witnessing challenging times with regard to the quality of water in its waterbodies. Most of the rivers have been polluted, some to the extent of having water that is unfit even for […]

The increasing demand for water and sanitation services due to the growing population has put pressure on urban local bodies (ULBs). In order to efficiently operate and manage their water and wastewater infrastructure, these civic […]

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the need to address the country’s looming water crisis. It has become a pressing issue for the government given the fixed supply of freshwater coupled with the […]

Increasing population and urbanisation has put great pressure on existing resources, including water. The distribution of water still remains highly uneven across the country. This can be blamed partly on the overexploitation of water along […]

The outbreak of Covid-19 has highlighted the need to have robust infrastructure in place, particularly good quality water and sanitation services. The operations of urban local bodies (ULBs) have largely been unaffected during the lockdown […]

Metering is an important aspect of water management. The absence of meters has been a root cause of several issues such as high non-revenue water, unchecked leakages and overflows, and unauthorised and reckless water consumption. […]

One of the major consequences of rapid urbanisation has been the water crisis looming over major cities of the country. Owing to the increased dependency of these cities on groundwater, their water resources have depleted, […]

India is facing one of the worst water crises in its history, with almost 600 million people under high to extreme water stress, as per a recent report published by NITI Aayog. As per the […]