<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Abdul Kalam Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 20/03/2024.</p> <p>The issue raised in the application is
Employment Guarantee Scheme, first of its kind drought relief scheme has had no impact on the drought-prone areas of Maharashtra in almost 30 years because it has failed to involve people in managing rural assets
Revisits by Down To Earth reporters to villages that undertook water harvesting offer some valuable lessons in drought management
The need of the hour is to decentralise drought management and think long term
Deforestation, corruption or politics? The killing of four tribals in Madhya Pradesh s Dewas district leaves many questions unanswered
People pump out water as if it rains underground. There is no shortage of water but a dearth of application of mind
A great example of how decentralised approaches to water harvesting boost innovation comes from Ladakh in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Chewang Norphel, retired engineer of the department of
The Institute for Rural Development of the Bharatiya Agro-Industries Foundation ( baif ) has undertaken the excavation of 330 farm ponds in Adihalli watershed, spread over an area of 700 hectares in
Everybody uses water for irrigating farmlands. But Gram Vikas Navyuvak Mandal, a voluntary organisation of Laporiya village in Dudu block of Jaipur district, Rajasthan, has evolved an innovative
In Kachchh district of Gujarat , the Vivekanand Research and Training Institute of Mandvi has designed a number of innovative water recharging structures to capture the meagre and erratic rainfall
In Dihra, a small village 28 km southwest of Bihar 's capital Patna, was facing water shortage. The canal that brings water from Sone canal river failed to meet their irrigation demands. Led by
