Water

Exploring India's surfactant crisis: How everyday cleaning products are poisoning our waters, overwhelming treatment plants, and threatening aquatic ecosystems, while solutions remain elusive.

Neglect due to untreated garbage, sewage, and a lack of maintenance led to the lake's severe degradation, even causing fish deaths. Now, efforts are underway to restore the lake's health and revive its ecosystem.

To encourage greater water reuse, India must prioritise infrastructure development, implement sound policies and allow private sector participation.

Samaspur villagers in Haryana challenge election candidates to drink their contaminated water before seeking votes, highlighting years of neglect of their water crisis.

In DEWATS decentralized wastewater treatment systems, wastewater can be treated and recycled on-site using aerobic and anaerobic methods. Many panchayats in India are opting for this method.

Almost every other major city, a representation of urbanization and brutalist infrastructure, struggles to conserve its natural resources, particularly water bodies.

The Atal Bhujal Yojana, launched in 2019, addresses India's groundwater crisis by encouraging community-driven water management and sustainable farming practices.

Kashmir grapples with a severe water crisis and agricultural challenges due to a prolonged dry spell and heatwave. The situation prompts public protests and a reevaluation of water management and farming practices amid escalating climate change impacts.

For the last three months, Kharghahna village of Bajag block of Dindori district has been waiting for water supply. Rainwater might help to ease the water crisis but villagers worry about water-borne diseases.

India has lost 30% of its wetlands in 30 years due to urbanization, pollution, & agriculture. Urban areas like Chennai and Mumbai saw massive declines. Wetlands support biodiversity & ecosystem services, prompting calls for stronger conservation efforts.