River Parliament

There is never enough water

PACT POLITICS

Ecoharvesting

Home remedies

Indigenous is the byword in the water harvesting techniques followed in India's northeast. In Meghalaya, an intricate network of bamboo pipes is …

Legacy of an empire

Encouraged by their ninth century benevolent rulers, Gond landlords and villagers had set up an intricate and immensely useful network of …

The State's non-bureaucratic role of encouraging the people

Indian rulers rarely built water harvesting structures themselves. They, however, encouraged their subjects to build them through fiscal …

Diverse technologies: a treasure trove

Our traditional water harvesting structures demonstrate the people's ingenuity at its best. Using unique modes and basic engineering skills, …

Crossing the rainbow

With the coming of the Rajiv Gandhi Mission on Watershed Development, a major change took place in the degraded wasteland that was Jhabua

India’s water crisis: The seen and unseen

As many as 256 of 700 districts reported critical or over-exploited groundwater levels as of 2017

Taking cue from Melbourne water management

High quality drinking water supply and careful treatment of storm water and waste water make a rare combination

How current drought is adding to India’s water crisis

The agriculture sector has the biggest demand for water, followed by industries, the power sector and domestic consumption

Microclimates unattended

Weather scientists must develop a better understanding of microclimates to protect agricultural ecosystems against climate change

'Traditional water management systems key to water security'

Yogesh Jadeja is the director of Arid Communities and Technologies, an organisation that has been active in Bhuj and Kachchh areas of Gujarat …

Catching water where it falls

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

Changing lives

A development project, which has got patronage from the panchayat, is changing the face of many villages in North Bengal

The politics of inefficient irrigation technology

Moses of Longleng

How the efforts of an individual brought prosperity to a remote town in the Northeast

Rajasthan's fight against drought is showing positive results

The state has launched an ambitious programme to become drought-free in four years

In Short

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Catching raindrops

Neemi's water conference

Jal biradari launches movement to drought-proof villages

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Fixing the drought

To uplift the poor it is important to understand the root cause of poverty