Self-help brings two drought-prone UP villages to life
By digging canals themselves, villagers in drought-prone Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh, have begun raising two crops a year and have doubled their income
Jharkhand's water table drops by 3 metres in one year: study
Local efforts to conserve rainwater have made some villages in Jharkhand self-sufficient. But many districts in the state have only enough water to last them till March
In Vijayawada, every household has a water connection
A concerted effort to use water rationally, cut waste, and provide connections at moderate rates at the consumer’s doorstep has made Vijayawada the first city in the country to provide water to all its inhabitants
Orissa's man-made water crisis
How is it that a state with an average rainfall of 1,502 mm experiences acute water shortages in summer? Perhaps because the approach to the problem has been a ‘one-size-fits-all’ one, with no assessment of the ground realities and no implementation of area-specific technologies
Simple solutions to big water problems in Balangir
Balangir in Orissa, known as one of India’s poorest regions, is facing an acute water scarcity, thanks to the administration’s neglect of the natural waterbodies and tanks that once took care of all the citizens’ water needs
Jala Nirmala scheme in 11 districts of Karnataka
The state government will take up the Jala Nirmala scheme, at a cost of Rs 1,100 crore, in 11 districts of north Karnataka including Bagalkot, Bidar, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Haveri, Koppal, Raichur and Uttara Kannada
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/31918/, October 23, 2009
Rainwater harvesting to be made compulsory in Bihar's urban areas
To promote water conservation in Bihar, the state government is expected to enact a law making rainwater harvesting mandatory in urban areas
http://dailypioneer.com/199204/, September 2009
Not poor rainfall but over-use of water behind drought, say NASA scientists
Amounts of rainfall have not changed, but water use has. Four north Indian states -- Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi -- are using up 30% more of their groundwater resources than has been estimated by the Indian government, says a new NASA report
India's reservoirs are emptying out
23 reservoirs which together have a capacity of 106 billion cubic metres now contain only 9.59 BCM, according to the Central Water Commission’s weekly report released on June 25
Water shortages spark violence, water and power cuts
In Bhopal, three members of a family were killed in a dispute over water; in Delhi, people took to the streets to protest against water shortages and power cuts in the city. A delayed monsoon shows up the country’s inability to deal with the situation
