Community enterprise unlimited

A fighting chance

One man's dedication transformed the degraded, deforested land of his village

Water crisis: a case study of Jabalpur

Jabalpur's shrinking lakes needs sincere planning and community participation

A way out of drought

Despite the government sinking crores, plight of the drought-affected people remains unchanged

What monsoon means

This tribal district has become 'immune to drought' with people's participation

Jhabua continues to flourish and maintain its status as a model district while many others fail

Orchards in desert

A simple technology assures continuous moisture supply to plants, helps grow orchards in water-scarce areas

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 …

Truth or dare

By publicly disclosing the environmental status report and commissioning an ngo for its preparation, Pune Municipal Corporation has grabbed …

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.…

Why is rain a tragedy for cities?

Catching rain

Mizos turn to rainwater harvesting as alternative option

Desperate for rains

Tamil Nadu readies pond plan

Repeat and step it up

What COVID-19 means for watershed management in India

Non-implementation of watershed activities may lead to poor availability and accessibility of water for domestic, agricultural needs 

Water stress

With about 4 per cent of the water resources of the world, India should have been a water-adequate nation. However, in 2011 India turned into a …

Manna from heaven

Delhi is at the mercy of its riparian neighbours for water. Experts now say, water harvesting might be a step in the right direction towards …

More shocks

The Gujarat government turns a blind eye to the quake-ravaged water storage facilities. More bad news for a state facing its second drought

Tapping wastewater

Put into effect in earnest, the law on wastewater recycling can provide lasting relief to a parched Delhi. samreen farooqui delves into the issue

Charting a new course

A unique drinking water project meets a long-standing demand

South Asia

Water conservation fee: improving or increasing the crisis?

We need to find newer ways to reduce and regulate over-extraction and usage, than promoting further extraction and overuse of this already …

India's double challenge

Traditional system of flood management through lakes and connected water channels has been forgotten

Parched no more: MGNREGA enables multi-cropping in Bundelkhand’s Himmatpura

A check dam has allowed a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Jalaun district to grow crops in two cycles