Encouraged by their ninth century benevolent rulers, Gond landlords and villagers had set up an intricate and immensely useful network of katas , traditional water harvesting structu res. But modern disinterest and apathy have served to decimate

Orissa s katas, bandhs and mundas have played a stellar role in reducing severity of famines and droughts

How have these testimonials to Gond foresight fallen to the present sorry state?

Chittor occupies a significant position in Rajasthan's history

Chittor's age old water harvesting systerns are looked at with disdain today

Ranthambhore has five large water bodies - Jangali talab, Suksagar talab, Kalasagar, Padmala talab and Renee haud. There is also one perennial spring known as Gupt Ganga. All the talabs have a

The desert city of Jodhpur in Rajasthan is an excellent example of how Thoughtless processes of modernisation and urbanisation have destroyed an extraordinary water management system

Forgetting the lessons of a drought, Jodhpur's residents neglect the Tapi baori

Heavy sedimentation, high evaporative and seepage losses and water pollution are some of the problems afflicting nadis