India

 Holding water

A village that has kept its date with history

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
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Starvation, Tanks, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water Scarcity, Deforestation, Drought, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, Orissa (Odisha), Bolangir (D), Kalahandi, Koraput (D), Environment Management, Rainfall
Environment

 Tanked!

What led to the decline of tanks

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Starvation, Tanks, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water Scarcity, Deforestation, Drought, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, Orissa (Odisha), Bolangir (D), Kalahandi, Koraput (D), Environment Management, Rainfall
Environment

 Pitching in for a pond

The government and people of Madhya Pradesh have joined hands in their fight against drought through various jan sahyog programmes

Publication Date: 
14/01/2001
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Tanks, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water Scarcity, Drought, Environment Training, Public Participation, Governance, Madhya Pradesh, Dewas (D), Dhar (D), Mandsaur (D), Rainfall
Health

 Catching rainwater

the book is truly an international effort, both in terms of contributors as well as the content. With articles autho

Publication Date: 
30/12/2000
Indira Khurana
Down to Earth
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Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Africa, Asia, Europe, United States Of America (US), Australia, Rainfall
India

 Tryst with rain

Following the monsoon failure of 1999 2000, two states Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh launched crash programmes to encourage water harvesting. An appreciable shift, because governments in India have always gone in for high cost, high technology solutions

Publication Date: 
30/10/2000
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Environment Politics, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Narmada Valley Project, Watershed Development, Traditional Knowledge, Subsidies, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, CSE, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rainfall, Rural Development
Climate Change

 The last lesson

There is a need to learn from the rainwater harvesting drive that has been carried out in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat

Publication Date: 
30/10/2000
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Water Harvesting, Gujarat, Rainfall
Industry

 Learning the mantra

Report card: The government realised its failures and learned from the civil society. Despite cases of corruption and some errors in planning, the government programme is an achievement
Success level: Good

Publication Date: 
30/10/2000
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Environment Politics, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Narmada Valley Project, Watershed Development, Traditional Knowledge, Subsidies, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, CSE, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rainfall, Rural Development
Industry

 Political harvest

Report card: A scheme that can help solve the water crisis has become a tool to promote political interests of the ruling party
Success level: Poor

Publication Date: 
30/10/2000
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Environment Politics, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Narmada Valley Project, Watershed Development, Traditional Knowledge, Subsidies, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, CSE, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rainfall, Rural Development
India

 Drought is in the mind

GOOD NEWS: There is more evidence to show that water harvesting can go a long way in dealing with drought and solving the water crisis, and even governments in India are learning
BAD NEWS: Crash programmes are not the answers by themsel

Publication Date: 
30/10/2000
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Environment Politics, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Narmada Valley Project, Watershed Development, Traditional Knowledge, Subsidies, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, CSE, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rainfall, Rural Development
India

 A decentralised system will lead to sustainable water use

S Vishwanath, a Bangalore based engineer and planner, started the Rainwater Club to help people manage rainwater efficiently. He spoke to Binayak Das about his work and the viability of rainwater harvesting

Publication Date: 
14/10/2000
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Water Management, Water Harvesting, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Community Groups, Bangalore (D), Sustainable Development, Rainfall

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