Amita Bhaduri

Porous pavements to save concrete jungles!

Cities may not be able to lessen their 'concrete footprint', which prevents groundwater from entering the soil but maybe more city spaces can use porous surfacing to deal with this problem. Amita Bhaduri posted 10 years 5 months ago

Porous tiles act as flood absorbers in the city

The Chalakudy river system wins

Latha Anantha was awarded the Bhagirath Prayas Samman for spearheading the campaign to save the Chalakudy river in Kerala, at the recently concluded India Rivers Week. Amita Bhaduri posted 10 years 6 months ago

To link or not to link: A debate

An open debate on interlinking of rivers moderated by Ramaswamy Iyer with Himanshu Thakkar and Brij Gopal as panelists was held as a part of the India Rivers Week at New Delhi. Amita Bhaduri posted 10 years 6 months ago

Simen - a 'surplus' river in Brahmaputra basin

Local weather stations greatly improve local crop production

Area- and crop-customised agro-advisories in Sangamner taluka of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, have helped farmers deal with weather-based events and minimise their related losses. Amita Bhaduri posted 10 years 7 months ago

Well revival effort sees many other benefits

A community drive to revive wells in Mokhla talab near Udaipur results in water security for longer periods of time as well as making leaders out of women. Amita Bhaduri posted 10 years 9 months ago

Well lining has improved water availability

People of a semi-arid Rajasthan village battle Coca Cola

The story isn't new. It is about Coca Cola exploiting groundwater resources at its bottling plant in Kaladera. What will hopefully be new is how the story finally ends. Amita Bhaduri posted 10 years 11 months ago

Borewells go deep in Kaladera, Rajasthan

Tribals of Tawa reservoir left leader-less

Sunil Bhai, who fought for the rights of the tribals and other displaced people of the Tawa reservoir in Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, is no more but the initiative he kick started remains. Amita Bhaduri posted 11 years 1 month ago

"The Earth has enough to fulfill your needs, but not your greed"

Face painting, poster making and debating, among other events, were held at Gargi Girls School in Meerut to mark and celebrate Earth Day 2014. Amita Bhaduri posted 11 years 2 months ago

Companies finally disclose their water-related risks

Will climate change cause greater water-related risks to companies? 29 Indian companies and hundreds of global companies find out. Amita Bhaduri posted 11 years 2 months ago

Industrial pollution, Image: Ganesh Dhamodkar

Alternative farming method in Karnal

No-till agriculture, an alternative farming method, which helps prevent soil depletion as well as uses water efficiently, is being used successfully by farmers in Haryana. Amita Bhaduri posted 11 years 2 months ago

Seed-fertilizer drill in use at Kalwaheri village

Fishing for shrimp in Haryana’s farmlands

Saline waters left Rohtak's farmlands fallow. After some research by local organisations, the farmers who were into agriculture, could soon move into aquaculture! Amita Bhaduri posted 11 years 2 months ago

Tiger shrimp production at Rohtak; Source: CIFE

The water-energy nexus

Meerut celebrated World Water Day with speakers talking about the connection between the two topics. Amita Bhaduri posted 11 years 3 months ago

Rise of tubewells in western UP (Source: DTE)

Fatehabad - Another Fukushima?

Nuclear plants are usually located near oceans or rivers in order to have access to ample water for cooling but not the plant at Fatehabad. It is India's largest and could be its most dangerous too. Amita Bhaduri posted 11 years 3 months ago

Floods despite dams

In his bi-lingual booklet titled 'Floods despite dams' ('Barh to phir bhi aayegi'), Dinesh Mishra explodes the myth of embankments and hopes that the issue of floods will be widely debated. Amita Bhaduri posted 11 years 3 months ago

A village becomes water secure

Implementing rooftop rainwater harvesting, treating the catchment and building a community water tank are some reasons why Patkhori village is starting to sail through its water crisis. Amita Bhaduri posted 11 years 3 months ago

A multi-pronged approach to improve livelihoods in MP

Out-migration of residents and inefficient agricultural practices in Baldeogarh, MP have been partially resolved by an NGO's intervention, which focused on conserving water. Amita Bhaduri posted 11 years 3 months ago

Farmer looks at the water conservation efforts

Technology and public awareness to combat climate change

Using community radio, messages about adapting to climate change and methods to do it were communicated to farmers in Bundelkhand. Amita Bhaduri posted 11 years 3 months ago

Crops appropriate to deal with climate change

Krishi Vigyan Kendra to the rescue!

To combat the water shortage caused by irregular rainfall as well as crop rotation patterns, the village of Nidhan in Madhya Pradesh implemented options suggested by the local Krishi Vigyan Kendra. Amita Bhaduri posted 11 years 3 months ago

The farmer got bumper crop of pigeon pea

Princely' private ponds

The 'Apna Talab Abhiyaan' programme promotes the building of private talabs on peoples' lands to help improve groundwater recharge in Bundelkhand. Amita Bhaduri posted 11 years 3 months ago

Farm like the rishis!

Raju and Shalini Titus have been engaged in no-till farming for over 23 years. Contrary to pop wisdom, their net income has gone up because of increased yields and a reduction in input costs. Amita Bhaduri posted 11 years 4 months ago

Results of no till farming; Image: Titus