Deep Aquifers
Need for demand-side management: From the lens of participatory groundwater management
Posted on 16 Mar, 2022 07:27 AMThe word Kachch is derived from the Gujarati word ‘Kachha’, meaning tortoise, from which the drought-prone district of Kutch gets i

Demystifying groundwater for collective action
Posted on 29 Jul, 2021 03:06 PMIndia is the largest user of groundwater in the world. Agriculture, rural and urban domestic water supply and increasingly industries are shaping the dependency on groundwater.

Scientific closure of abandoned bore wells
Posted on 22 Jul, 2021 01:58 PMWhy de-commission defunct or failed bore wells?

Digital tool to monitor groundwater
Posted on 28 Feb, 2021 09:41 AMAccording to a 2006 report by the Inter-Agency Task Force, titled ‘Gender, Water and Sanitation’

Groundwater recharge needs grassroots solutions: A study of two techniques in Kerala
Posted on 09 Oct, 2020 12:42 PMIn Kerala, around half the urban population and 80% of the rural population depend on open wells on their domestic water needs. But in the last decade, the majority of observatory wells recorded an average annual decline of half a meter.

Water wisdom of the Gonds of Garha Mandla
Posted on 03 Oct, 2020 05:11 PMThe Gond dynasties mainly flourished in the Central highlands of India. This region includes Sagar, Bhopal, and nearly half of Narmada valley, including the flanks of Vindhya and the Satpuda mountain ranges of southern Madhya Pradesh. The principal states of the Gonds were Garha-Mandla (1300 to 1789), Devgarh, Kherla and Chanda.

Where does the water in a well come from?
Posted on 29 Sep, 2020 12:58 PMThe environment versus development debate has increasingly become more polarised, with discussions in the public domain revealing a stark contrast of views. Development has increasingly come to symbolise ‘doing something’ and ensuring ‘visible outputs’, largely in the form of infrastructure.

Uttarakhand: Reaching the unreached
Posted on 11 Sep, 2020 07:48 PMPeople in remote hamlets left out by previous schemes like Swajal and Sector Wide Approach Program of the Uttarakhand Jal Nigam and Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan longed for household-level piped water supply for drinking and domestic purposes.

Drying veins of Ganga: Can we have ‘Nirmal Ganga’ with dying tributaries?
Posted on 27 Aug, 2020 05:22 PMIndia’s Himalayan rivers have been a cradle of civilisational development and a centre for faith and culture for ages. Ganga being a fertile basin has been a significant contributor to our agricultural economy as well as our river-based agrarian development.

Understanding Atal Bhujal Yojana through the program guidelines
Posted on 10 Aug, 2020 03:59 PMGroundwater fulfills the drinking water requirements of nearly 85% and 50% of the rural and urban Indian population, respectively. 65% of the total irrigated area utilizes groundwater. It also caters to the water needs of the industrial sector in India.
