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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 10 months ago

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 months ago

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 1 month ago

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 1 month 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 1 month ago

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 2 months 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 2 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago

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 3 months ago

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 4 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 4 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 5 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 5 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 6 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 6 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 7 months ago

A room overlooking the Gori Ganga, Uttarakhand