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Water markets thriving on groundwater has become a lucrative business for all those ranging from the private suppliers selling water, water tankers and the big bottled water companies. This over extraction has found rapid depletion of water tables as well as deterioration of water quality in most of the cities.


A study conducted by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and Central Pollution Control Board in Delhi revealed that groundwater in most parts of Delhi are contaminated with flouride a… Continue

Table of water position in India

State-wise details of contamination of ground water in some areas of the
districts due to various contaminants
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Ground Water Quality Problems due to Industrial Activities
Source : Central Pollution Control Board… Continue

Inhumanly Mismanaged

In India, from the 19th century onward, the paradigm of managing water has followed two interconnected routes.

One, the state took upon itself the role of sole provider of water. (It was the colonial state that centralized control over water resources. The post-independent state inherited this role, and continued with it.) Among other things, this led to communities and households being no longer the primary agents of water provision and management.

Two, the earlie… Continue

the Gomukh glacier, which sustains it, is the newest addition to the tourism circuit, but the sheer number of people is threatening its very existence and, in turn, their own.

Photo:WWF

WHEN one starts to trek from Gangotri to reach Gomukh, it is also a time when one can appreciate the instructions in the Hindu scriptures. They say one should undertake this pilgrimage only aft… Continue