State of the Climate in Asia 2024

The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …

Isotope techniques to identify recharge areas of springs for rainwater harvesting in the mountainous region of Gaucher area

Environmental isotope techniques have been employed to identify the recharge areas of springs in India, in order to construct artificial recharge structures for rainwater harvesting and groundwater augmentation for their rejuvenation. A model project was taken up in the mountainous region of Gaucher

Rainwater harvesting to solve our water woes

With the city continuing to reel under acute water shortage, the time has come for us to look at other alternative sources to get around this problem and make intelligent use of available water. "With tons of rainwater going waste, we should try and make optimum use of it and …

Saving water is top priority: Raghavji

State Finance Minister Raghavji presiding over a block level conference under Jalabhishek Abhiyan at village Raipur under Funda Block dedicated an additional room in government high school. The in charge Minister of Bhopal, Raghavji, MP, Kailash Joshi and MLA, Bhaktpal Singh performed Bhoomi Poojan of pond's deepening under Rashtriya Gramin …

National Water Award & Bhoomijal Samvardhana Puraskar-2007, an important step in encouraging rainwater harvesting in rural India

The National Water Award and the Bhoomijal Samvardhan Puraskar-2007 were awarded by the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India in September 2007 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The award is given to those who have achieved significant success in rain-water harvesting over all zones of India.

Rajasthan`s <i>kund</i>s get undesirable makeover

People in Rajasthan's Churu district have to make do with an annual rainfall of 350 mm. The area's high evaporation rate

Villagers march to revive the Meghal river

Even as citypeople all over India were finalising their Christmas party-hopping plans, a celebration of a very different kind galvanised Junagadh district, Gujarat. From December 23 to 26, 2002, thousands of villagers from villages in Keshod, Maliya, Memdarda and Mangrol talukas went on a padayatra (footmarch). Their mission? Sensitising and …

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