Water

With half a million new farm ponds, should farmers be worried about deficit monsoon?

In the last 12 years, the MGNREGA has created at least 46 new water harvesting structures in every village

 
By Richard Mahapatra
Published: Friday 29 June 2018
Majority of the incomplete works are in the states that have witnessed drought in the last three years or are currently reporting drought-like situation in many districts. Credit: Moyna

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