Mismanaging water can create a crisis and lead to panic. This is exactly what led to a water riot near Jamnagar in Gujarat (This article appeared in Down To Earth , Jan 15, 2000) At l... |
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Ajay Rawat Ajay S Rawat is a rare mix of an academician of international repute and an activist. Since 1984, he took up the responsibility of protecting and reviving the lakes of Nainital, h... |
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Set Store by Them At Sringaverapura near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, India, there exists an extraordinary example of hydraulic engineering dating back to the end of the 1st century BC. It ... |
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Bangalore: A Parched Future Tanks and lakes have played an important role in the water history of Karnataka. As a major part of Karnataka is in the rainshadow region of the Deccan Plateau, ... |
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CHENNAI: Endangered Urban Tanks Water has always been a scarce commodity in Chennai. The situation today is so appalling that water supply has been restricted to every alternate day. It s... |
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Bhuj Bhuj, a town in the Kutch district, was a walled city in the past. But today only remnants of the city wall can be seen. There were once three large tanks in the town - Hamirsar, t... |
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Hyderabad: Tradition botched Hyderabad was founded in 1591 by Mohd Quli Qutub Shah on the banks of Musi river. The city has a glorious tradition of tanks built by the rulers. The first s... |
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Rajasthan's Water Fort Chittor fort nestles in the Aravalli Hills at the eastern border of the Thar desert. It is perched on the top of a huge oval hill about 152 m high. It is a water for... |
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Water scenario in rural areas Dependence on the state has meant that with the cost of water supply being high and cost recovery being poor, the financial sustainability of water schemes ha... |
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Crisis Pollution n Rivers n Groundwater n Lakes AT A GLANCE Scarcity n Urban n Rural Water Speak SEE ALSO Water war Look up! How to harvest n In rural areas n In urban areas Jal... |
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