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Khadkipada, Maharashtra - A tale of development, an account of transformation - A film by WOTR on the Water Channel

This is the story of the journey of a tribal village, from darkness towards the light. Distress migration, indebtedness to money-lenders, ill health and illiteracy was a way of life. content-team posted 13 years ago

Inclusion of a component relating to rural drinking water in the special package for drought mitigation strategies in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh - PIB release

The Union Cabinet approved an Additional Central Assistance of Rs.200 crore to provide drinking water in Bundelkhand during 2011-12. content-team posted 13 years ago

Monsoon 2011 - Get ready - Article by Vishwanath Srikantaiah

It is time to get prepared for the 100 hours of rain which is what will need to be stored to last the whole of the year till the next arrival. content-team posted 13 years ago

Monsoon blues - Don't take the Met Department's "almost normal" monsoon prediction for 2011 for granted - Article by Devinder Sharma

In 2009 when India was faced with one of its worst droughts, the monsoon forecast was for an 'almost normal' rainfall season. content-team posted 13 years ago

Bellandur lake, Bangalore - Landfill activity and hinterland development - Updates from Praja

Massive land fill operation seems to be on in the Bellandur Lake bed area. content-team posted 13 years ago

Water scarcity in adivasi villages in Dungarpur, Rajasthan - Audio updates from CGNet Swara

Abu Taleb Khan and Aneesh Ahmed are working in Srishti Sewa Samiti in Dungarpur. They are visiting some adivasi villages in this district in South Rajasthan and are reporting from a village. content-team posted 13 years ago

Kelo dam, Raipur, Chattisgarh oustees agitation - Hunger strike called off after meeting with Chief Minister - Audio updates from CGNet Swara

Audio updates on the Kelo dam protests in Chattisgarh content-team posted 13 years ago

My experiment with SRI

My journey of experiments with nature started seriously 2 years back. content-team posted 13 years ago

The rape of Goa - A photo documentary by Rajan Parrikar (2008)

This 30-minute photo documentary lays bare the criminal assault on Goa’s land by real estate sharks and mining mafias in collusion with corrupt politicians. content-team posted 13 years ago

Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) produces more sugarcane with less water and chemical inputs - Videos by AgSRI

These videos produced by AgSRI, provide an insight into farmers' experiences in cultivating sugarcane through the Sustainable Sugarcase Initiative (SSI) approach. content-team posted 13 years ago

Uses of a farm pond - A film by Digital Green

This film demonstrates uses of farm pond in the farmers lands. content-team posted 13 years ago

Sekhar Raghavan speaks about saving our water

Talk by Sekhar Raghavan, Rain Centre, at the Rotary Club of Madras South weekly meeting on 26 April 2011 on rainwater harvesting and ecological sanitation content-team posted 13 years ago

Water quality in Penukonda region of Anantapur district - A field report by Arghyam

A team from Arghyam recently visited an NGO called SEDS - Social Education and Development Society in the district of Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh. content-team posted 13 years ago

Honeysuckers - How Bangalore's sewage is managed - A film by Gautam Vishwanath and Celine Thizy

Bangalore generates 720 million liters of sewage everyday. How is it managed? This is a story of the honeysuckers. content-team posted 13 years ago

Hydrology and quality of groundwater in and around Bangalore city - Review and excerpts from the report released in March 2011, by the Department of Mines and Geology (Govt of Karnataka)

The Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Karnataka recently released a report on the hydrology and quality of groundwater in and around Bangalore city. content-team posted 13 years ago

Enabling dry land farmers to cope with climate change in Karnataka - An article by R Dwarakinath, AME Foundation

The next option after the green revolution is development of dry farming, associating resource poor, middle level farmers. content-team posted 13 years ago

Gender-sensitive sustainable sanitation - Women s groups in Chhattisgarh take initiative to bring toilets into their households and sustainable sanitation into their communities - ADB case study

Women’s groups took the initiative of bringing toilets into their households and sustainable sanitation in their communities. content-team posted 13 years ago

Polavaram fraud - The Polavaram dam on the Godavari could displace 400,000 people and submerge nearly 4,000 hectares of forest land - Article from Down To Earth

The Polavaram dam on the Godavari could displace 400,000 people and submerge nearly 4,000 hectares of forestland. content-team posted 13 years ago

Fluid verve - Nowhere but in Mandu, does one find so many structures conceived with water as an integral part of design - Article from Terrascape magazine

There is so much water in Mandu also because of the large number of water bodies, lakes, ponds, stepwells, cisterns that survive, unlike their contemporary cousins in Delhi. content-team posted 13 years 1 month ago

Sugarcane cultivation - Videos in Tamil from Makkal Television

Watch Mr.Thirunarasu, General Manager of Thiru Arooran Sugar Mills speak about sugarcane cultivation in this edition of 'Malarum Bhoomi', on Makkal Television. content-team posted 13 years 1 month ago