Artificial water recharge raises water table and reduces farming costs in UP
The Uttar Pradesh government's experiment to recharge excess river water, via earthen canals, has succeeded in raising the water table and bringing down cultivation costs
Making water common property
Under the Pani Panchayat, water is treated as a common property resource that is allocated on the basis of the size of family rather than the size of the land holding.
No resettlement, no project
For over two decades, nearly 150,000 people threatened with displacement by the Koel Karo project have stalled work until their demands for total resettlement are met.
One man makes a difference in Saurashtra
Diamond merchant Mathurabhai Savani has helped villages in Saurashtra launch water harvesting schemes.
The Arvari flows again
A major people's movement in rural Rajasthan has revived the river Arvari and its tributaries. Water management techniques have completely changed the landscape and lives in this once-denuded region.
Water management brings prosperity to Adgaon
A watershed development project that changed the economic situation of Adgaon Khurd village in Marathwada.