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

Jodhpur's gargantuan thirst is telling on the groundwater tables of its neighbouring villages

There is much in favour of reinvigorating Jodhpur's traditional water sources

The zabo is the chosen water harvesting system of the Chakhesang tribals of Nagaland's Kikruma village. Placed by fate in the rain shadow of a mountain receives 1,613 mm of average annual rainfall. The Chakhesangs have found a way out of their water shor

• FOREST LAND: A catchment area of about 1.5 ha or more is kept under natural vegetation upstream of the ponds to serve as a water source during monsoons. The slope of the catchment area is