Gwalior District

Water not for profit
Water privatisation has a history of failure in India. Why are we still engaging private operators to manage our waters?
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 16 Oct, 2016 08:58 PM

In August 2016, the Karnataka government gave Abu Dhabi-based businessman B.R. Shetty permission to privatise the iconic Jog Falls to make it a perennial waterfall and to develop it into a tourism hotspot.
NMC employees union and residents of Nagpur protest water privatisation.
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra - Jhansi ki Rani, Gwalior Fort and an autumn evening
In this article, the author describes her visit to the Gwalior fort and the story of the Rani of Jhansi
Urmila Chanam
Posted on 27 Oct, 2012 09:33 PM

fort
Irrigation in India - Management phases and its sustainability - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
The paper discusses ancient and modern irrigation practices in India.
Syed Turabul Hassan
Posted on 13 Feb, 2011 10:52 PM

Since time immemorial water has been a common property and in many Indian communities there is deep reverence for flowing water. Using the flow of water for community benefit  is considered an act of great merit and  its misuse and contamination, a sin. In temples, tanks were constructed for rituals and also as a way to earn money for the temple.
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