Water of life
Watershed management emerges as an effective ecological conservation method
Pouring prosperity
The micro-watershed development project in Maharashtra has put a stop to what was earlier an annual ritual of deserting the drought-prone …
The miracle of the hills and the humans
Hoarding the rain
Check dams have marked a watershed in the chronically parched village of Hivare in Maharashtra
Tall promises
The benefits of a watershed develqpment programme in Anantapur fail to trickle down to poor farmers
It holds no water
Shoddy planning and poor execution mar many watershed revival projects
Watershed deals
Indo-Bangladesh water talks seem to have taken a positive turn while critics still consider the issue a washed out case
Grafting ziziphus
Tapping potential
Sonia in Jhabua
Sonia Gandhi visits Jhabua and bears witness to a green revolution
Website Review: http://www.wotr.org
The concept of water harvesting is catching like wild fire across the length and breadth of the nation. For those interested in knowing more …
The fruits of water
Orchards in Vansda transform distant dream into reality as people unite to store and use the water that would usually run off
From bonded labourers to green crusaders
Impoverished tribals living in the shadow of the Sahyadri hills show how degraded land can be revived by simply working unitedly
Water out of stone
A lift irrigation system helps tribals in Gujarat fight the tyranny of the seasons
300 dead, and counting
Andhra Pradesh is a watershed for agriculture in post-independent India. For the government
Human touch in credit
The growth of a women's group that moved from being a savings unit to a social voice
Going places
Madhya Pradesh chief minister will speak on watershed management at a world forum
Drought Action
The economics of empowerment
New initiative
LEARNING THE VALUE OF T R E E S
NAME - Mangilal Rawat AGE - 45 CASTE - Bhil FATHER'S NAME - Sur Singh VILLAGE - Ojhad BLOCK - Sondwa DISTRICT - Jhabua
A sweet solution
CYBERBABU OF HYDERABAD
Chandrababu Naidu ia known more for his obsession with technology and computers. Little is known about his watershed mission
THE KING OF SMALL THINGS
A civil engineer and a farmer, he knows the importance of the relationship between land and water. Small dams are his forte.
Lone warrior
One man's battle to save a village economy