Desilting water woes

Pandurang Devkar, a resident of Mavadi village, District Pune, reveals how they have been facing water scarcity since 2013. Even the water provided by the Govt. schemes was impure and…

“It’s time to put water first”

While rain-water harvesting has gained currency in the past few years, becoming a hot topic of eco-conservation, Indians have been indulging in water harvesting since time immemorial. The ponds, the…

Making every drop count

Few years back, the picturesque city of Auraganbad hit national headlines for all the wrong reasons, and caused a small tremor in a many a boardrooms. The city renowned as…

Averting the climate change catastrophe

— Arvind Kumar The recently released reports by UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warn about severe negative effects of climate change, especially on food security, water supplies and…