MGNREGA: 15 years of moving from crisis to solutions
How the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme been used by India
World Water Day: How Indian villages used 15 years of MGNREGA
A look at how the world’s largest public wage programme has helped fight water shortage and revive India’s agrarian economy
This green oasis is a drought-proof village in Rajasthan
The miracle was brought about mostly through the revival of traditional water-harvesting structures
Stepwells in Gujarat are a lesson on community-based water harvesting
Gujarat can find solace in its traditional water monuments. For that, it first needs to restore them
India’s new hydro map
The blue represents the spread of the 30 million water-related structures built under MGNREGA. The darker the shade, the higher the number of …
A model to emulate
Involve all stakeholders and train worksite supervisors and labourers to make MGNREGA benefit everyone
This indigenous tribe of Kenya needs the world’s attention
The Sengwer hunter-gatherer people of the Embobut forest are being criminalised and dispossessed of their ancestral lands by the Kenyan State
Water level in reservoirs now at 25% of live storage capacity; southern, central regions worst affected
Reservoirs in central India saw the biggest drop in water levels to 29 per cent from 43 per cent in 2017
How DTE covered World Water Day 2023
A national workshop held in Lucknow by CSE on ‘Sustainable and Inclusive Sanitation and Water for All’ highlighted the steps Uttar …
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
Oxygen parks, protected grasslands: A small Maharashtra village’s efforts in environmental conservation
The efforts of the villagers are driven by a common goal of leaving behind a healthy home for posterity
Lessons from Tauktae: Can extreme weather help with rainwater harvesting?
Cyclone Tauktae that crossed Gujarat as an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’, caused heavy rainfall in semi-arid places
Widespread non-compliance as thermal power plants don’t meet water use norms
An excerpt from an ongoing study by non-profit Manthan Adhyayan Kendra brings out widespread non-compliance by thermal power plants with legally …
75 years of people’s power: Tamil Nadu’s Nattathi village shows the way to grey water management
Over 35% of the households had kitchen gardens in their backyards and they began to use grey water to irrigate the gardens
Removing alien plants can save water: We measured how much
Positive effect of clearing alien trees higher in dry years compared to wet years, study predicts
Healthy rivers: How DNA tool can help keep tabs on freshwater quality
DNA technologies have revolutionised the amount of data generated from a single river sample
Conserving groundwater: Role of women crucial in bringing about significant change
Women who have no decision-making role in building wells, bear the brunt of the ensuing water crisis
Revival story: How Mookaneri lake became a welcome green patch for Salem
A group of concerned citizens revived a British-era lake in Salem that had turned into a garbage dump
Chennai’s water crisis: A lesson for Indian cities
As India’s urban population is set to increase, the need is to consider water resource availability and carrying capacity of cities in …
'The mining lobby tried to suppress our voice'
Chairperson of Tarun Bharat Sangh writes about their fight against illegal mining that started in the 1980s
India enters summer with 20% of live water storage in its reservoirs
The water level in 85 per cent of the reservoirs has dipped to 40 per cent or less height
The real climate warriors
Communities in the desert of Rajasthan this year made full use of the very heavy rain that the region saw; there are many lessons we must draw …
CSE and NEMC release roadmap on how to clean Lake Victoria
Comes out with analysis on environmental problems of lake after joint meeting with stakeholders
CSE alumnus helps Dhaka garment units harvest rainwater. Here’s how
Md Zahid Hossain’s success in mainstreaming rainwater harvesting for industrial production is something south Asia can look up to
Kattas and Madakas: Decline of traditional water conservation methods
Advent of modern water conservation systems and unequal distribution of labour work in Karnataka, Kerala districts have pushed them into decline &…
