Sunday, April 20, 2008 Get Ready for EARTH DAY Earth Day celebration is on Tuesday! Check your local library and environmental chapters to see what local events you can join in on. Our library is having family story night wit ... |
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What is drought? Droughts can be of three kinds:- (i) Meteorological drought: This happens when the actual rainfall in an area is significantly less than the climatological mean of that area... |
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13th Pani Yatra - Gujarat Book your seats now! Earlier Yatras Paani yatra 1 Paani yatra 2 Paani yatra 3 Paani yatra 4 Paani yatra 5 Paani yatra 6 Paani yatra 7 Paani yatra ... |
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Anil Agarwal It was a meeting with an amazing lesson. The subject was rainwater harvesting. But the message was one on governance. And a truly stark one. If only India could learn from it... |
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Search The Potential The total amount of water that is received in the form of rainfall over an area is called the rainwater endowment of that area. Out of this, the amount that can be effe... |
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More of Contemporary Practices A look at some of the common practices adopted to harvest rain... Check dams A check dam is generally constructed on small streams and long gullies formed by the erosive... |
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Artificial Glaciers A great example of how decentralised approaches to water harvesting boost innovation comes from Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir. Chewang Norphel , retired engineer of the department of ... |
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Raj Samadhiyala, Rajkot District, Gujarat Population: 2,000 Initiation of water harvesting: 1986 Water is a major agent of change in this village. Hardevsingh Jadeja , the former sarpanch and th... |
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Jhabua Government Works Two kinds of peop le live In the villages of Jhabua. a poor tribal district of Madhya Pradesh (MP). Those that saw the forest, and those that worked as migrant labour a few ... |
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Rozam village, Dahod district A small village with an area of 68 acres is situated on the Rozam rivulet. In this village the community in association with N M Sadguru Water and Development Foundation, Da... |
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