Moti Marsal, Surendra Nagar District, Gujarat The village spread over 200 hectares supports a population of 600. Groundwater being saline, there was a major drinking water problem in this village. ... |
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MANDLIKPUR: Rajkot, Gujarat Population: 3,000 Initiation of water harvesting: 1993 Villagers of Mandlikpur have benefited from well water recharging and check dams. In 1993, this village began rec... |
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TISDS and CSE revives Paar Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) through its small grant programme assisted Thar Integrated Social Development Society (TISDS) in reviving the paar - a traditional rai... |
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INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS Ahar Pynes This traditional floodwater harvesting system is indigenous to south Bihar. In south Bihar, the terrain has a marked slope -- 1 m per km -- from south to nort... |
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Dighis Emperor Shahjahan (1627-58 AD) first shifted the city from the Aravalli hills towards the plains of the Yamuna. But he made sufficient arrangements to meet the water needs of the new palace, the a... |
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DECCAN PLATEAU Cheruvu Cheruvu are found in Chitoor and Cuddapah districts in Andhra Pradesh. They are reservoirs to store runoff. Cheruvu embankments are fitted with thoomu (sluices), alugu or... |
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Darewadi village, Ahmed Nagar District, Maharashtra Darewadi, is a drought prone village in the rain shadow region of Nagar taluka, was a picture of despair. A remote village, without any assurance... |
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... Population 566 Number of water harvesting structures 15 Number of wells 25 Dhanna Baba, on ... |
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Balisana Village, Patan District, Gujarat Balisana means laden with sand. The village in the dry Patan district of Gujarat has been under the acute grip of fluoride pollution amidst drought. Almost... |
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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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