Interviews

October 5, 2018
Five metropolises in India are racing towards ‘Day Zero’, a phenomenon where taps start running dry, on the lines of Cape Town, one of the richest cities of Africa.… Read More

October 4, 2018
At least, six Indian major cities will run out of water by 2030. Poor policies have left India in one of the worst positions in the world when it comes to water stress.… Read More

I can forecast with 99% confidence that within the next 5–10 years 10 Indian cities will face water problems like nothing we have seen before.… Read More

June 25, 2018
For Singapore, water has always been an existential problem. Malaysia supplies 50% of Singapore’s water demand, under the terms of the 1962 Water Agreement.… Read More

June 25, 2018
Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s latest remarks on the water issue show that the matter which was a source of conflict between Singapore and Malaysia during his first stint as Malaysia’s prime minister, continue to be foremost on his mind.… Read More

April 27, 2018
On the latest Policy Forum Pod, one of the world’s leading water and environment experts provides his short answer to a very big question: how can we create a world without hunger?… Read More

February 6, 2018
The Ganga will be more polluted in 2030 than it is now. What they are trying to do now is clean the Ganga without understanding how to do so.… Read More

August 18, 2017
In conversation with Prof. Asit K. Biswas.… Read More

March 13, 2017
Companies are increasingly recognising that water is essential to the survival of their businesses and the private sector will come to play a bigger part in water management and provision in the future, says Asit Biswas, co-founder of the Third World Centre for Water Management.… Read More

March 11, 2017
50 per cent of Singapore’s water still comes from outside, PUB has been highly efficient, everything they have been able to do, they have done it, and so it’s now time for the population to play an active part, that is to use less water.… Read More