Additional informationAuthor informationNeeraj VedwanNeeraj Vedwan is associate professor of anthropology at Montclair State University. He does research in environmental anthropology, specifically the human dimensions of climate change, consumerism and water resources management. His writing appears in ...
Significant groundwater depletion in regions where grains are procured for public distribution is a primary sustainability challenge in India. We identify specific changes in the Indian Government’s Procurement & Distribution System as a primary sol
In 2009, NASA studies reported that the Indus Basin was the second most overstressed aquifer in the world. This basin includes the states of Punjab and Haryana, which constitute India’s granaries. This study also noted that the rate of depletion of groundwater levels in North India is ...
Severe water shortages in India could hurt the country's sovereign credit strength, according to Moody's Ratings, warning that the water crisis could lead to social unrest if the agriculture and industrial sectors are disrupted. People seen filling water from Delhi Jal Board Tankers amid a water ...
Ancient stepwells, wells or ponds for water storage carved in the earth, where people can reach the water going down a set of steps – sometimes multiple storeys – were built to cope with seasonal variations in water availability in western and northern India. An article in B...
NEW DELHI, June 19 (Xinhua) -- India's southern state of Tamil Nadu is facing an acute water crisis this year and the worst hit area is India's fourth biggest city of Chennai, officials said Wednesday. The situation, according to experts, has worsened in the wake of soaring temperature,...
MUMBAI, Jun 30 (Xinhua) -- Water scarcity in India is turning into a grave crisis leading to a possible halting of residential construction in some cities and rising migration in rural areas due to farm distress. In the country's southern city of Bengaluru -- capital of Karnataka state, th...
New Delhi, Mar 18: Food supply in India and across the globe will go down by at least 6 per cent by 2050 as water crisis and heat stress caused by climate change will hit productivity, the Global Commission on Economics of Water (GCEW) has warned. ...
B. Application of system thinking causal loop modelling in understanding water crisis in India: a case for sustainable Integrated Water resources management across sectors. HydroResearch 4, 1–10 (2021). Article Google Scholar Wang, H. et al. Development course and prospect of key technologies ...
As large swathes of drought-devastated India desperately wait for the monsoon rains to arrive, one village in the dry, hot north is flush with water.