The article focusses on the development of lakes that impound rainwater, store it for future use and ensure ground water recharge. They are the live ecological systems.
This set of maps of Indian towns and cities between 1893 and 1924, give an idea of historical water bodies in each town/city, and can be compared with present day maps.
An interesting set of maps about Paddy and System of Rice Intensification (SRI) from the SRI India website gives a bird's eye view of the districts under SRI.
The presentation emphasises the important role that the tank system has played in the development of the city of Bangalore along with its working and evolution.
The documents from the KSPCB website, provide monthly water quality status data, for the rivers Tungabhadra, Cauvery and Kabini, monitored between January to June 2007.
Sachidanand Bharti is known as the treeman in Uttarakhand, where he has been dedicatedly planting trees since the last 25 years. This is a video of his work.
This paper refers to the recent plans by the Government of India to undertake artificial recharge of groundwater in over-exploited areas of the country to meet the demands for water.
The paper discusses the evolution of Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) in India and the need for better irrigation management to prevent water scarcity in many regions in the country.
The paper takes a critical look at the recent official assessments of groundwater exploitation in India following the current debate on the water crisis.
Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) is an approach to the cultivation of sugarcane, that can reduce inputs while improving sugarcane production significantly.
This field report describes the work of WaterHealth India (WHI), in organising safe drinking water using low-cost water purification units, in several villages of AP.
The article is about millions of women in rural India who are ready to conquer new horizon in water management with the support and encouragement, provided by Jalswarajya .
The press release is about the Union Cabinet's approval for the proposal of the Ministry of Water Resources' The Dam Safety Bill, enacted on May 13 2010.
Prof Jayanta Bandyopadhyay, Head, Centre for Development and Environment Policy, IIM Calcutta, speaks on the consequences of global warming and climate change.