Mihir Shah

River rejuvenation and other innovations

The fourth in a series of weekly articles on the new National Water Policy

Focus on water quality & demand management

The third in a series of weekly articles on the new National Water Policy

A new water policy for India

It marks a shift from the command-and-control approach to nature

Covid-19 calls for a new agriculture

The pandemic underscores the need to redefine our relationship with nature

The forgotten case for bank nationalisation

In the recent clamour for their re-privatisation, we seem to have forgotten the rationale for bank nationalisation and the crucial role public sector banks continue to play in war against poverty

Problems of urban water: India's most formidable challenge so far

The number of people living in urban India is expected to grow to around 800 million by 2050. But access to safe drinking water has already become a fearsome challenge for the vast majority

Flood policy needs complete overhaul

India must learn from the ecological pioneers and carefully adapt the learnings to our own conditions

Interlinking of rivers: A dangerous idea

If completed, the project could endanger the integrity of India's monsoon cycle

Saving India's groundwater

Tubewells, which were once seen as the solution to India's water problem, have tragically ended up becoming the main cause of water crisis

Making dam water reach the farmer

Till the time you don't give water to a farmer's fields, you can't save him from suicide

Water reform must begin at the farm

Building a more resilient, diverse and less water-consuming farm system has multiple collateral win-wins