THAR DESERT Kunds / Kundis A kund or kundi looks like an upturned cup nestling in a saucer. These structures harvest rainwater for drinking, and dot the sandier tracts of the Thar Desert in w... |
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EASTERN HIGHLANDS Katas / Mundas / Bandhas The katas, mundas and bandhas were the main irrigation sources in the ancient tribal kingdom of the Gonds (now in Orissa and Madhya Pradesh). Most... |
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CENTRAL HIGHLANDS Harnath Jagawat Jagawat heads an NGO working in the field of natural resource management. He and his team work on the development and regeneration of local natu... |
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Anil Agarwal Anil Kumar Agarwal, the founder of the Centre for Science and Environment, spearheaded the Jal Swaraj campaign. His thoughts, ideas and opinions remain the driving force behind the m... |
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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 8 Paani yatra 9 Paani yatra 1... |
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Climate & Rainfall Technology Urban AT A GLANCE People The Potential Harvesting System n Components n Design n Construction n Maintenance n Cost Initiative n Practices n Projects n Legislation n... |
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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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Kolleru Lake is going! Crisis Pollution n Rivers n Groundwater Lakes Current Status Kolleru Farming Fishing Degradation Remedies Future Other lakes AT A GLANCE Scarcity n Urban n... |
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First visit (This article appeared in Down To Earth , January 15, 2000) With the failure of the 1999 monsoon in several areas of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, there is a serious drought.... |
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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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