Published in the Guardian on December 27th, 2017 – LINK HERE

Rapid urbanisation, dwindling groundwater reserves and changing rain patterns are driving a water crisis in the lower Himalayas of India and Nepal.  Photojournalist Toby Smith took part in a research project charting the shifting demands on this fragile landscape

Photographs by Toby Smith/University of Cambridge

Text by Professor Bhaskar Vira and Eszter Kovacs