Water Harvesting
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A Naga village’s unique water management system can be a lesson for the rest of India
Kikruma’s irrigation and agricultural practice has been yielding good harvests for nearly a century.
Barasha Das
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In Thar desert, indigenous systems that help preserve water are fast vanishing
Many water management systems are in disrepair due to encroachment in their catchment areas or a lack of knowledge on how to run them.
Rohit Jindal
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In MP’s Burhanpur, Mughal era water structures are offering a model to combat climate change
A unique 400-year-old underground system is now ensuring water security for the city.
Manish Chandra Mishra
Trending
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What did Vinayak Damodar Savarkar think about Dalits praying in temples and eating with Brahmins?
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View from the Margins: A Miya poet on how Hindutva's rise has scarred his community
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‘No educated person will vote for the BJP. What is the point of studying if we do not get jobs?’
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The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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Meghalaya Cabinet approves draft water policy, to focus on rainwater harvesting
The new policy outlines quality check procedures and measures to control the use of groundwater.
Scroll Staff
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Centre launches water conservation campaign ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan’ to focus on 256 districts
The campaign will run from July 1 to September 15 and the second phase will run between October 1 and November 30.
Scroll Staff
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How Chennai used rainwater to quench its thirst and avoid a Cape Town-like water crisis
When water shortages loomed in Tamil Nadu’s capital, one man’s campaign to conserve rainwater saved the day
Yasaswini Sampathkumar
Video
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Drought in water-rich Kerala compels the state to start taking conservation seriously
Kerala is extending a rainwater harvesting programme to all parts of the state.
S Gopikrishna Warrier
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In east Rajasthan, a river comes to the people
Nanduwali started flowing again when the villagers of Ghewar decided to work with nature and not against it.
Manu Moudgil
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For more than 20 years, a slim book has helped Indian farmers become self-reliant in water
'The Lakes Are Still Alive' by Anupam Mishra is helping villagers rediscover ancient water-conservation methods.
Nivedita Khandekar
The Reel
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories