| A Political Drought During one of the meetings of the World Water Commission, which recently submitted its report in The Hague to a bevy of water ministers, a member had strongly emphasis... |
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| Water and Society A comparison to show the difference that social organisation makes to the state of rivers and the environment About 400 years ago, there was a city in Japan called Edo. Most o... |
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| Top view of a Kui Paar system: Paar is a common water harvesting practice in the western Rajasthan region. It is a common place where the rainwater flows from the agar (catchment) and in the proce... |
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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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| EASTERN COASTAL PLAINS Eri Approximately one-third of the irrigated area of Tamil Nadu is watered by eris (tanks). Eris have played several important roles in maintaining ecological harmony ... |
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| ... Farming Fishing Degradation Remedies Future Other lakes AT A GLANCE Scarcity n Urban n ... |
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| ... COASTAL PLAINS Hardevsingh B Jadeja Jadeja, the former head (sarpanch) of the village council of Raj-Samadhiyala village in Rajkot, transformed the socio-economic status of his ... |
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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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| NORTH EASTERN HIGHLANDS Obensao Kikon Wokha district, Nagaland Obensao Kikon comes from Wokha district in Nagaland. An ardent jungle burner at one time, his stint as the chairpers... |
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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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