Heating pools

Tanking up on history

AAJ BHI KHARE HAIN TALAB Anupam Mishra Publisher: Gandhi Peace Foundation Price: Rs. 120

Resurrecting a tradition

The tank system in India needs to be revived to maintain water reserves. This can be achieved through a central body such as the National Tank …

A water harvest

Catch rain where it falls. No one knew it better than the people living in Mandu, a hill-fort town in Madhya Pradesh, 1,400 years ago

No water where the oceans meet

The revival of an ancient waterway could solve the water scarcity of this pilgrim town

Forewarning

Will another social activist in Bihar meet a gory end?

Temples of irrigation and land management

From the 9th century to the 16th century, south Indian kingdoms did not have irrigation or public works departments. Temples were given the job …

Gunchidharu

Kandikere's village body manages scarce water

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 Das

Wordplay

Bid to dilute definition of radioactive wastes in the US

Traditional irrigation fails themoney test

USER-FRIENDLY IRRIGATION DESIGNS Nirmal Sengupta Publisher: Sage Publications, New Delhi Price: Rs 185

A success story

The 2003 monsoon could herald a great change in the socio-economic landscape of village Birora Kheth in the Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh. …

Restoring the past

A civil engineer revives an age-old system of farmers managing irrigation tanks in Tamil Nadu

Where are the panchayats?

Of the three farm water conservation programmes currently under way in Karnataka, the Jal Samvardhene Yojana (jsy) has completed a year of …

When lakes were tanks

Bengaluru's lakes were actually tanks created in the absence of a big river

Dangerous

Farmers oppose Tamil Nadu government's new project

A plan to fortify Orissa's tanks

Back to basics

Integrating indigenous knowledge in joint forest management projects is an essential prerequisite for the success of such programmes, but years …

Ground reality

As the water crisis surfaces yet again, illegal borewells spring up in and around Delhi. Binayak Das and Suresh Babu on a plummeting water table …

Rise and fall of water managers

Book>> Waternama, A Collection of Traditional Practices for Water Conservation and Management in Karnataka Sandhya Iyengar publisher …

Tamil Nadu's tank rehab scheme does not hold water

Government approach to restoring traditional waterbodies of Tamil Nadu doesn't hold water

Ponds for strongmen

Village heavyweights use natural farming methods

The relation between tanks and trees

For survival of the traditional water management structures, one must understand the linkages between the tanks and trees

Pitching in for a pond

The government and people of Madhya Pradesh have joined hands in their fight against drought through various jan sahyog programmes

Coimbatore attempts to save waterbodies