The saffron clad sadhus and former dacoits now find a ritual for social restructuring and acceptance: water harvesting. They are building "temples of water" instead of temples of stone. Water harvesting has brought the new age Valmikis dignity and res

Modesty could very well be his second name. Seventy-one check dams, 55 percolation tanks, 33 ponds, 22 nullahs and 60 gully plugging - 241 rainwater harvesting projects in just nine months. But

"I took the responsibility of spreading water harvesting because of two reasons. One, it would have ensured water in the scarce areas," he says. For equally important for him was the "opportunity it

west Bengal is all set to pass a bill

Urban rainwater harvesting will require a strategy that has different components. We have to recognise that just passing a law is not enough

The recent starvation deaths in Orissa have thrown up a more fundamental question that of local food security.

The Magsaysay award for Rajendra Singh has meant volte face by critics of community based water harvesting

Monsoon means celebrations for the people of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat who script success stories of rainwater harvesting. But in Rajasthan they are questioned: who own the raindrop?

There is euphoria in the villages which have harvested rain. Overcoming hurdles, village communities learn the first lesson in water management

Only a strong political commitment for water conservation will ensure the survival of these structures

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