The much talked about Shirpur Model in Maharashtra

“Shirpur model”, is being projected as a “miracle cure” for drought. What is this much talked about Shirpur model all about?

Secrets of the water fort

Planners in the ancient city of Dholavira had conceptualised an amazing system of drains, dams and tanks to manage water. To conserve every drop …

Reform begins at home

Large promises

Prime Minister Vajpayee is terribly interested in rural development these days. On his birthday he inaugurated Swajaldhara, a nation-wide water …

Oasis underneath

Local people in the arid Churu district of Rajasthan know how to store sweet rainwater for the scorching, parched summers

Platter of joy

People in Mendha-Lekha village in Maharashtra fashion plates out of locally available leaves. avilash roul learns lessons in sustainable forest …

Carving oases in drought-prone Kutch

The Shree Vivekananda Research and Training Institute has made a name for itself, helping villagers in Kutch district. Among its innumerable …

Effective water management by a Kenyan farmer

In Kenya, where sixty per cent of all agriculturists are small farmers with less than 5 hectares (ha) of land, Peter Saku is an interesting case. …

Rain check

The column width dedicated to rain in the mainstream print media has hit an all-time high. A few days ago, television news reporters with that …

Ritual ease

Greening young minds

A school near Kodaikanal nurtures children for an ecofriendly future

Urban water management in Singapore

Singapore may just have discovered a remedy to reduce water wastage at the household level. The city is known for its long-standing efforts at …

Angioplasty of streams

Politician-scientist duo turns an arid region in Maharashtra lush green

Not a drop to waste

A couple of decades from now, the West may have to combat an unprecedented water crisis. Contamination and wastage will only hasten the process

A dream come true

The people of several villages in Pune were a helpless lot, until Vilasrao B Salunke stepped in

The water bearer

ANNA HAZARE bids a heavy-hearted farewell to the late Vilasrao Salunkhe, better known as 'pani baba'. Salunkhe's revolutionary concept of '…

Rice does not need water

The system of rice intensification method shows how

All in a day's work

Grand Hyatt leads by example on wastewater recycling

Lone warrior

One man's battle to save a village economy

The future's Orange

Lake in transition

Is the Pushkar conservation project off the mark?

Catching water where it falls

A movement to recharge the depleted groundwater aquifers in a parched district of Madhya Pradesh gathers momentum

Sydney takes water scarcity seriously

Common sense delivers

Murli Mohan Sharma opted out.

Biodiversity exhibition on wheels