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Stories of changeCreating artificial glaciers
The melting of natural glaciers due to climate change is a matter of global concern. But in Ladakh, a technique to create artificial glaciers that are designed to melt has rejuvenated agriculture More... Water from the sunThe inhabitants of four villages in Jharkhand have turned their lives around by installing a system that uses solar energy to draw out groundwater. Villagers are now assured of clean drinking water and have added vegetable cultivation to their source of income More... Bamboo pipes to transport waterWhen all attempts at alerting government to the water scarcity in Orissa’s Malkangiri district failed, a group of tribal women turned to an ingenious traditional solution – using bamboo poles to transfer water from a stream to their village More... Water as a catalyst of changeThe N M Sadguru Water and Development Foundation has helped villages in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh set up irrigation cooperatives to manage and distribute water More... Making the desert bloomThe nomadic life of the Jat tribe in Hazira, in the Rann of Kutch, has been transformed by the discovery and use of water in the desert More... Putting technology to work for India's poorA water purifier that requires no electricity, can be set up in 10 minutes in the remotest areas, and that filters out even viruses, has been developed by the polymer division of the National Chemical Laboratory. The filter has immense potential in rural and disaster-prone areas More... Water management in Pimpalnare: The people succeed where government failedTwo hundred farmers in Nashik district of Maharashtra have formed a cooperative to harness water and irrigate their fields More... Taking projects out of the lab and onto the landThe ICRISAT-developed Adarsha watershed management project near the village of Kothapally has yielded dramatic results. Groundwater levels have risen, green cover increased, and productivity and incomes in this semi-arid tropic region radically improved More... Taj Air Caterers turns the focus from megalitres to negalitresRainwater harvesting makes news every day. But conservation and recycling of water is equally important. Taj Air Caterers in Chennai shows the way More... |
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