Village of woe
The water woes of Patti Pachgai village in Uttar Pradesh are being compounded by the incompetent responses of the state government and local NGOs.…
A lesson not learnt
Sourcing water from fog
Humans usually source water from rivers, wells, ponds or underground aquifers. All these sources are ultimately fed by rain (scientists prefer …
A watershed plan
Recurrent droughts and floods coupled with mass poverty, chronic unemployment and pervasive malnutrition are the major challenges before India. …
Villagers march to revive the Meghal river
Even as citypeople all over India were finalising their Christmas party-hopping plans, a celebration of a very different kind galvanised Junagadh …
All the water they need
Rainwater harvesting is catching on in a big way in Kochi
Coping with drought
Rainfall is scarce, groundwater levels have fallen; what exactly is happening in Rajasthan?
Shallow pledges
The country's new water policy is nothing more than noble intentions
Beating the drought
How some villages stayed afloat even as neighbouring lands parched
Open letter to Prime Minister Vajpayee
Fast-forward to the past
Only a few villages stand testimony to the success of traditional water harvesting methods in tribal areas of Singhbhum. A report by Binayak …
Reining it in
Chennai shores up its laws to curb groundwater depletion, with renewed emphasis on rainwater harvesting