This is the other side of migration. Bihar has long sent its labour to wealthier states because work at home is scarce. Makhana cultivation creates local employment, but the industry remains limited.

India’s water crisis is usually told as a story of scarcity. Dry wells, shrinking rivers, and desperate searches for new ...

The world has always gravitated towards the sea. Ports built trade, rivers carried fertile soil to the coast, and cities rose where land met water. Today nearly ...

India’s great river deltas have long been seen as landscapes of abundance. A river delta is a triangular lobular landform created when rivers empty their water ...

Water scarcity has long been discussed as a crisis waiting to arrive. The latest global scientific assessment suggests that moment may already have passed. In J ...

India’s Union Budget 2026 has put rivers at the centre of its growth story by focusing on strengthening ports, inland waterways, domestic shipbuilding capacities, reducing logistic costs, cutting ...

Declining groundwater levels and growing neglect of traditional water sources in rural Uttar Pradesh have deepened water scarcity. Their disappearance has also reshaped village life, weakening social ...

Satellite and field evidence shows how extraction is altering river health, floods, and groundwater systems. A new study reveals lasting impacts on river flow, sediments, and ecosystems. Rivers, in ...