Rain water harvesting for residential buildings
May 20, 2013
Drought spurs debts, delays weddings in this village
Apr 5, 2013
Private school students join govt school
Nov 13, 2012
India Matters: The value of water
Jul 20, 2012
Why rain water harvesting may be the only solution to Mumbai's water woes
Written by Miloni Bhatt | Friday May 17, 2013
In Mumbai's iconic Shivaji Park, considered the nesting ground for icons like Sachin Tendulkar, cricket pitches are watered with clean treated drinking water every single day.
Water for the Gods now being conserved in temples
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 1, 2013
An astrologer and social activist has turned the religious practice of offering water and milk in temples into a unique way of water conservation. Pandit Purushotam Gaur, known as Guruji, has developed water harvesting infrastructure in more than 300...
Here's how a village in Maharashtra made itself drought-proof
Written by Tejas Mehta, edited by Samira Shaikh | Thursday February 21, 2013
Lush green vineyards, tons of luscious grapes, acres of maize and jowar, and most importantly, millions of litres of water- images that are in stark contrast to the despair visible across Marathawada's eight districts. This isn't Maharashtra's greene...
The disappearing water of Delhi. More serious than you think
Reported by Radhika Bordia, Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Friday July 27, 2012
In a country where a woman's 'suhaag', her husband, is seen as central to her existence, imagine a song where a woman, driven to desperation, says it's easier to lose him than her precious pitcher of water. This was a song we filmed in Banda, Bundelk...
Written by Sanjay Pinto | Saturday July 21, 2012
As a little boy, I remember carrying plastic pots of water from tankers in Madras, as the city was called in the eighties. The tag line was: 'Think Madras, think water scarcity'. For this very reason, few families ever had relatives visiting them dur...
Harvesting the rain drop in Brazil
Ketki Angre | Thursday June 21, 2012
Can 1 mm of rain on the roof help wash away the water problems of a community? If the Rio example is anything to go by, it certainly looks like a promising proposition.
Bill making rainwater harvesting mandatory tabled in Karnataka
Press Trust of India | Friday February 3, 2012
The Karnataka Municipalities and Certain Other Law (Amendment) Bill, 2011, was today tabled in the Legislative Assembly making mandatory to build rainwater harvesting structure by households subject to certain conditions in municipal corporation area...
Prachi Wagh | Friday May 28, 2010
It was a radical idea for a water-starved city like Mumbai, a city whose construction boom never seems to end.
Water starved Bangalore to harvest rain
Vasanthi Hariprakash | Saturday May 1, 2010
While Bangalore battles water shortage, there are positive stories too. In this ongoing special series on Bangalore's great water challenge, NDTV reports on how the administration is trying to enthuse residents and empower the city's huge water work...
Sam Daniel | Thursday September 24, 2009
When it comes to rain water harvesting, Tamil Nadu leads by example. The ground water table in the state has shown a phenomenal rise.
Mumbai's homegrown solution to water crisis
Shai Venkatraman | Friday July 10, 2009
A 30 per cent water cut? But this is hardly a problem for residents of the Sealine Housing Society in suburban Khar in Mumbai.
