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Authored By : Makarand Purohiit A water supply scheme based on solar power solves the lack of availability of water in a village. The Makhala village is located in the Amravati district in the...

Authored By : Chicu Lokgariwar Posted By : chicu Massive floods have made a comeback this year. What can we do to be better prepared for this new normal? It was supposed to be a normal monsoon as...

The economic condition of farmers is getting progressively worse resulting in increasing number of farmer suicides. Here's a look at possible solutions. The year 2009 was an exceptionally dry year...

Authored by Safeena Wani Wetlands play a major role in the sustenance of lives and livelihoods in Kashmir. Urbanisation, however, spells doom for the "paradise on earth". When torrential downpour...

Anand Sharma is probably the most famous weatherman of India today. As the director of the Dehradun centre of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in 2013, he had predicted the Uttarakhand...

By Aarti Kelkar-Khambete An analysis by IMD proves that rainwater harvesting is the best way to overcome the continuous dry spells the country witnesses. A recent analysis by the Indian...

Authored By : Aarti Kelkar-Khambete Farm women are often overworked and have several health issues. With no claim on their land or decision-making power, this gender-based discrimination needs...

Authored By: Bhartiya Jan Utthan Parishad The flood in Bihar is getting worse by day. A grassroot organisation in Bihar, BJUP that rushed to the affected areas with relief, shares some pictures of...

CHENNAI: Chennaiites as young as a toddler and as old as 85, the differently abled, the educated, the uneducated, the high, middle, lower classes, from areas far and wide, all gathered at Valluvar...

The once pristine island of Munroe Thuruth in Kerala is sinking. As some villagers leave the island for greener pastures, the others wait for the government help to rehabilitate them. By Neelima...

Ranked fourth in toilet coverage, the state starts stressing on behaviour change through incentives. Ramkaran Sharma built a new house three years back. From one room and kitchen on a terrace, his...

The flagship scheme of Maharashtra’s water conservation department, Jalyukt Shivar, is worrying for its myopic vision and faulty implementation, say experts The summer of 2015 saw Maharashtra reeling...

Kathleen O’Reilly According to the recent figures by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF [1], India continues to have the highest number of people defecating in the open. Census 2011 had...

A new study pins climate change as one of the reasons for the decline of Indus Valley Civilisation By Manu Moudgil Summers get hotter, rains decline and crops fail. The conflict between people...

Vikram Patel, a 71-year-old farmer in Chidavad village of Dewas district in Madhya Pradesh is one of the first farmers to have embraced the idea of farm ponds to increase the groundwater level in his...

Authored By : Amita Bhaduri Simon Oraon, leading a people’s movement to save water and forests in Ranchi, Jharkhand It was 1961. Simon Oraon, a Class IV school drop-out began his journey against...

Authored By: Aarti Kelkar-Khambete Harshavardhan Dhavan Three different methods using PGWM that resulted in better water management demonstrate that hydrogeology can become a catalyst for villages to...

From driving tractors, to driving cars--Laxman has come a long way from being a farmer in Beed, Maharashtra to now driving cars in Pune. "We always have a problem with water. However, this year is...

A report says that many locals in Bhopal are dealing with “high rates of birth defects, rapidly rising cancer rates, neurological damage, chaotic menstrual cycles and mental illness". “When cool air...

Authored By: Seetha Gopalakrishnan Yet to recover from the torrential lashing, the low-lying city of Chennai is slowly piecing its life back together. How ironic for a state that was a pioneer in...