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How various states in India are tackling their groundwater woes to ensure a year-round supply of water for consumption and irrigation. To the fields, Dewas farmers load pipes, used to transfer water from the farm ponds to the fields, on a cart. Photo by Yasir Iqbal Parched earth India is undergoing the worst water crisis…

The 458-km-long Narmada canal snakes its way through south and central Gujarat like a green highway. Not far from Gandhinagar, the state capital, a branch of the canal takes water to Dhanki, a massive pumping station, located in the dusty plains of the region. From there, the first of an incredible series of water-lifting operations…

Madurai-based Dhan Foundation’s work proves that defunct water bodies can be revived to benefit the farmlands. Three-year effort: The Kadhiyanur irrigation tank has clear water now The Kad­hiyanur irr­i­g­a­tion tank in Iravadhanallur stands out for its clean water amid the dry or dirty ponds and water bodies dott­ing Madurai city. “Three years back, you would…

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IN the water-starved, drought-prone Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, Jakhani village stands out as an oasis of prosperity. Wheat, rice, mustard, gram, pigeon pea and other crops flourish in this village of 2,000 people, located 20-odd km from the district headquarters of Banda. The six ponds and 33 wells in the village are full to…

Till last year, Fateh Ali, 40, a resident of the Gwaltoli locality of Kanpur, was selling vegetables. He has now switched to selling fish, like many other families in the Gwaltoli, Khalasline, Shoetarganj neighbourhoods. His income is now twice what it used to be. A member of the river-cleaning crew drinks water from the sacred…

NO other river in India evokes as much awe or is surrounded with as much religious fervour as the mighty Ganga. The river begins its 2,525 km journey from the mouth of the Gangotri and ends up at the Gangasagar in West Bengal. The river covers 26 per cent of the country’s landmass, straddling a…

The state is overhauling its sewerage network system so that the wastewater its cities send out to the Ganga is rid of all the impurities. Stream of consciousness: Beur STP in-charge Kumar Saurabh Every day, Kumar Saurabh reaches his office, the sewage treatment plant (STP) at Beur in Patna at 9 am, and begins his…

Geeta Ben still recalls with a shudder her daily struggle to get water when she married Hasmukh Bhai and shifted to his village Motipura Veda in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district 22 years ago. She had to make several trips to a tube-well three kilometres away to fetch enough water for her daily needs. Her life and…

The Har Ghar Nal Se Jal scheme is empowering thousands of women in Rajasthan by bringing potable water to their doorstep DIRECT TO HOME: Tap water supply at a house in Sindrath village Sindrath village, near Rajasthan’s Sirohi town, 410 km from Jaipur, is buzzing with excitement. Homes have started getting tap supply of potable…