India's plans ... challenge. Water-induced seismicity: The injection of fracking fluids can trigger earthquakes. Drawing parallels with the US shale industry, the study maps these four FSW issues ...

holds an opportunity to ease India’s urban water crisis,” the report said. “The problem is clearly identified. It’s not invisible,” says Pankaj Vir Gupta, an architecture professor at ...

The Global Drought Risk and Water Stress map (2019) shows that major parts of India, particularly west ... a note of caution about the worst water crisis in the country, with more than 600 ...

Vignettes of the unattended crisis are ... have drinking water delivered home. The persistence of the water woes is a combination of poor availability and patchy management. India has around ...

Without strong government involvement, known solutions to India’s water crisis won’t be implemented at a large enough scale to affect the bigger picture. Chennai is a case in point.

States in southern India are battling over water rights in areas where rampant urban development has drained thousands of lakes. The government is not blind to the crisis. But with a national ...

India’s water crisis is typically discussed in the context of scarcity — declining groundwater tables, dried-up reservoirs, and erratic monsoons. But what often slips through the cracks is ...

On Independence Day in 2019, PM Modi set the goal to provide tap water to every rural household by 2024, and the country has made tremendous progress on this since. Over 11.4 crore of India’s 19 ...

India already pumps up more underground water than any other country ... in research projects that use satellite-mounted sensors to map agricultural practices at the level of individual fields.

An curved arrow pointing right. Delhi, India, hit a record 127 degrees Fahrenheit amid a water shortage. At least 11 people have died, and hospitals are seeing spikes in patients. More from News ...

The situation could escalate the crisis in central and southern cities which face extreme heatwaves in April and May. India's water resources get replenished only around June with pre-monsoon and ...