Bapu's homecoming

Practical Spiritualism

Maharashtra gets Rs 1,207 crore aid to tackle drought

Quarter of state budget allocated to manage water; drip irrigation on 100,000 hectares

To ensure food for tomorrow

Rice and wheat yields are falling. To check it a new initiative has been taken

Water-stressed in India: Why Jal Shakti Abhiyan has only cosmetic effect in Palakkad

Palakkad ranked 219th in Jal Shakti Abhiyan despite more than 2,300 mm rain annually

Subverting a basic human right

A draft water policy proposes to make water an economic good

Programme plugged

Drought spreads its tentacles

UP government caught napping as state comes under dry spell

Controlling water

People in Andhra Pradesh now need official consent to sink new wells

Drought hit

Jharkhand’s water table falls three metres in one year

Crisis in West Asia

Unless drastic steps are taken, West Asian countries will soon face severe water crisis

Spreading message

MGNREGA inefficiently managed, finds CAG

Government spent Rs. 1,26,961 crore but hardly 30 per cent works are completed

Singapore taps its water

The Southeast Asian city-state strives to end its dependence on Malaysia for water

Bytes

Ace swimmer Lewis Pugh swims seven seas to raise awareness

The initiative is to campaign for dedicated Marine Protected Areas across the world

Blind to rain

India

Bundelkhand's dalit women join hands to drought-proof their villages

96 women-led pani panchayats take over water resource management

Making sense of green building rating

Pee, poop and paani

Bharat Lal Seth recounts his experience of drinking water reclaimed from sewage

R Devendra

Kedar, Tamil Nadu

Ram Karan Bhadana

Laporia, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Laxmi Narayan Joshi

Saipura, Rajasthan

Manna Singh

Sahdol, Madhya Pradesh