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Tare Ganga Par'
The Government of India has commissioned a consortium of IITs to clean up the Ganga. How are they going about it? Dr. Tare, head of this consortium, speaks exclusively to the India Water Portal. chicu posted 9 years 9 months ago
Sunset on the Ganga at Garhmukteshwar
Rainwater harvesting rescues Bangalore residential community
Declining groundwater levels and increasing maintenance costs are the norm for most people these days, but residents of Rainbow Drive are exceptions. chicu posted 9 years 9 months ago
K.P. Singh shows one of the recharge wells
Uttar Pradesh gears up to tackle climate change
Adequate budget, staff, capacity; a monitoring framework; interdepartmental cooperation - all need to be in place for effective climate change mainstreaming, according to UP officials. chicu posted 9 years 9 months ago
Floods in cities will be increasingly common
A non-violent anti-dam protest wins!
Unity, persistence, and non-violence are but a few lessons that we can learn from the successful Koel Karo anti-dam protest in Jharkhand. chicu posted 9 years 10 months ago
The Karo dam site at Lohajimi (Jeevan Kuruvilla)
How will the Ramganga flow?
Since the 1970s, the Ramganga has been governed by dam releases. Now an ambitious project seeks to restore environmental flows in the river. chicu posted 9 years 10 months ago
Life along the Ramganga
Tribals in Jharkhand plan for water security
To let people make their own decisions and to understand that the best solution doesn't always work are two big lessons that have come from meetings with Jharkhand's tribals. chicu posted 10 years ago
A planning meeting in Bhawani Chowki
A miracle in Mahewa
Residents of one ward in Gorakhpur, UP, did a few things to reduce their vulnerability against climate change, which is causing crises in many areas. chicu posted 10 years ago
The impact of the Waste Management Committee
Sleight of hand in the Sabarmati
The Sabarmati is being widely touted as a revived river but is the Sabarmati project truly a 'restoration' project or is it just a way to enable real estate developers to earn big money? chicu posted 10 years ago
A view of the concrete-bound Sabarmati
The benevolence of a flood
Floods are generally considered damaging but this story is one where the farmers of Bihar willingly invited a flood to bless their fields! chicu posted 10 years ago
People of Laksena watch over their temporary dam
The eight-fold path to gender inclusion
Development workers often do not have the tools to better integrate gender issues into water planning. Here are tips to help from two women who have created gender-inclusive water management systems. chicu posted 10 years ago
Meetings as usual: Men talk, while women watch
Uttarakhandi women 1, Ultra Tech Cement 0
Four Gram Panchayats in Uttarakhand joined forces to oppose a cement plant. They won this battle, but will India's villagers win the war? chicu posted 10 years 1 month ago
Uttarakhandi women are a force to be reckoned with
Ponds of Darbhanga deconstructed!
Darbhanga's many ponds which are centuries-old, are disappearing thanks to land sharks. While local groups are working to protect them, they aren't getting the required help from the authorities. chicu posted 10 years 2 months ago
Harahi talaab, Darbhanga
A bridge on the river Kosi
To reduce the cost of building a bridge on the Kosi, the Bihar govt. set aside the recommendations of its committee. The decision may not have saved money, but the shortcut has destroyed 57 villages. chicu posted 10 years 2 months ago
A boy stands outside his home on a spur
Genocide by indifference
The people of Chaubari, Uttar Pradesh have lived alongside and have depended on the Ramganga river for generations. Now, an upcoming barrage is poised to wipe them out. chicu posted 10 years 3 months ago
Bareilly barrage across the Ramganga in UP
A water supply system that even Delhi would envy
Indwalgaon in Uttarakhand harnessed available government resources to move from a water-deficit to a water-adequate state, thanks to its Pradhan Madanlal. chicu posted 10 years 3 months ago
Madan Lal gazes at a water supply scheme
In-house experts: the barefoot hydrogeologists of the Himalayan regions
A nation-wide effort to create a cadre of people with a sound understanding of their local geology and groundwater is resulting in people who know the rocks beneath as well as they know their fields! chicu posted 10 years 4 months ago
Pan Singh explains the use of a clinometer
Women water managers of Chopriali
Galvanised by the formation of a Mahila Mangal Dal and by some training, these women in a small village in Uttarakhand design, construct and manage their own water sources and structures. chicu posted 10 years 4 months ago
The tanks and canals that form the supply system
The hundredth farmer
In a situation where 99 out of 100 farmers would've been stumped, Soban Singh waters his fields and inspires his fellow farmers using a tiny bit of seepage and a massive amount of perseverance. chicu posted 10 years 4 months ago
Carefully mulched and fed by drip irrigation
Open Happiness' or open a can of worms?
Nandlal Master has been waging a decade-long struggle against the many injustices carried out by the Coca Cola factory in Mehdiganj, Uttar Pradesh. Listen to his story. chicu posted 10 years 4 months ago
Nandlal Master - fighting Coca Cola since 2002
Prevention is better than rehabilitation
Commonly understood steps in disaster management are response, relief and rehabilitation but there is no mention of prevention. Awareness and education is the key to bringing about this change. chicu posted 10 years 6 months ago
A room overlooking the Gori Ganga, Uttarakhand
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