Scarce and unnatural Today, water is an increasingly scarce resource. And the scarcity is very real. There is cause for alarm, but not for alarm-mongering. Freshwater: a scarce resourc... |
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Crisis Pollution n Rivers n Groundwater n Lakes AT A GLANCE Scarcity n Urban n Rural Water Speak SEE ALSO Water war Look up! How to harvest n In rural areas n In urban areas Jal... |
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CHENNAI: Endangered Urban Tanks Water has always been a scarce commodity in Chennai. The situation today is so appalling that water supply has been restricted to every alternate day. It s... |
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What the Harappans Also Did The Harappan civilisation (2500-1900 BC) comprised a number of urban centres. Dholavira, in the great Rann of Kutch (in present-day Gujarat, western India), is o... |
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Bhuj Bhuj, a town in the Kutch district, was a walled city in the past. But today only remnants of the city wall can be seen. There were once three large tanks in the town - Hamirsar, t... |
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Bangalore: A Parched Future Tanks and lakes have played an important role in the water history of Karnataka. As a major part of Karnataka is in the rainshadow region of the Deccan Plateau, ... |
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Rajasthan's Water Fort Chittor fort nestles in the Aravalli Hills at the eastern border of the Thar desert. It is perched on the top of a huge oval hill about 152 m high. It is a water for... |
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Water scenario in rural areas Dependence on the state has meant that with the cost of water supply being high and cost recovery being poor, the financial sustainability of water schemes ha... |
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Hyderabad: Tradition botched Hyderabad was founded in 1591 by Mohd Quli Qutub Shah on the banks of Musi river. The city has a glorious tradition of tanks built by the rulers. The first s... |
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Jamnagar goes thirsty for the third year in a row JAMNAGAR: The city is in the grip of water scarcity for the consecutive third year with four reservoirs going dry. Ranjitsagar, Aji-3, ... |
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