K.A.S. Mani

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To Clean the Yamuna, the Govt Should First Forget Sewage Treatment Plants

The Lockdown Cleaned the Ganga More Than ‘Namami Gange’ Ever Did

A boy crosses a drain on the banks of the river Ganges in Kanpur, India, April 4, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

Namami Gange Won’t Work Unless it Shifts Its Focus Away from Treating Sewage

All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee members and farmers at the rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 29, 2018. Credit: PTI/Ravi Choudhary

Politicians Must Recognise That Groundwater Has a Big Role in Farmers’ Crisis

Ken-Betwa river interlinking, Central Water Commission, National Water Policy, sewage treatment, Smart Cities programme, waste segregation, catchment areas, Mullaperiyar dam, Chennai water crisis, National Rivers Commission, Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, top news, headlines, big dams, groundwater, groundwater contamination,

Why It’s Time to Reengineer Our Dams

Travellers with Indian Army personnel on a road damaged by water flooding out of the Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand, June 2013. Credit: diariocriticove/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Fighting Floods Is Hard but There Are Two Ways to Make It More Democratic

All four gates of the Hemavathi Reservoir, Hassan, open in 2014. Credit: darshansphotos/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Why the Sight of an Overflowing Reservoir Is Not Always Good News