Desert under siege

The Thar of Pakistan is an arid region troubled by long spells of drought, rapidly falling groundwater levels, abysmally low literacy levels and …

Catching water where it falls

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

Dying for a river

In Raigarh district of Madhya Pradesh, tribals are fighting to save their only source of water from an industrial house. A woman has already died …

Poor pay for ecological neglect

Droughts seem to be here to stay. Wrong development policies, governmental indifference and relief schemes which don't work have led to …

Charting a new course

A unique drinking water project meets a long-standing demand

Pitching in for a pond

The government and people of Madhya Pradesh have joined hands in their fight against drought through various jan sahyog programmes

Standing the test of drought

After the 1999 monsoon failed in several areas of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, there is a serious drought. Summer is a good four months away, and …

Economy of slippage

Rainwater harvesting aids tsunami-hit Sri Lankan villages

Power trickles down

Successful cooperatives compel Maharashtra government to hand over control of irrigation facilities to farmers

REVIVING WISDOM

Rainwater is abundant in India. So is its mismanagement. This has led to a human-made water scarcity. The only way to solve modern India's water …

The idea of corruption

Injustice gets nastier

The need of the hour

Experts all over agree that rainwater harvesting is the best way to improve the lot of villages

Ghelhar Choti (Jhabua) Participatory success

Mandlikpur (Rajkot) Life with Recharged Wells

Gandhigram (Kachchh) Taking Loans to harvest Water

Raj-samadhiyala (Rajkot) leading by example

THUNTHI KANKASIYA (DAHOD) a turnaround

Holding their own

Villages which have harvested rainwater are faring quite well in the face of drought

URBAN WATER HARVESTING SINGAPORE

Rain in a concrete jungle Short of water, Singapore harvests the rain that falls on most of its land despite industrialisation. The city has …

Holding water

The EK Panch Ek Talaab movement has ushered in a new era for the people of Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol and Mandsaur districts

RURAL WATER HARVESTING MADHYA PRADESH

1 + 1 = 11 People have responded overwhelmingly with money and voluntary labour to a government call to renovate water harvesting structures. …

Healing Afghanistan

The karez system could solve the country's water problems

United by water in Bangalore