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

· Oct 19, 2022 · 01:30 pm

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

· Dec 26, 2021 · 07:30 pm

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

· Jul 13, 2019 · 01:14 pm

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

· Jul 02, 2019 · 10:10 am

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

· Jul 16, 2018 · 01:30 pm

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

· Dec 28, 2016 · 05:30 am

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

· Jun 15, 2016 · 06:30 pm

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

· Oct 07, 2014 · 12:30 am