Rain Water Harvesting

5,000 and more farm ponds have been built, to catch rain where it falls has stood in good stead when half of India is reeling under drought.

While the entire nation is struggling because of water shortage, there are many across the country who are going out of their way to do their best and conserve water. Meet five water warriors of India who are inspiring the country to quit wasting water.

Being the largest consumer of electricity and energy in the country, the Indian Railways has begun harnessing renewable energy to reduce its impact on the environment.

From harvesting rain water in a traditional way to practicing agriculture without irrigation and promoting responsible tourism, Jethu Singh Bhati is reviving the old ways that worked well in Rajasthan. The traditional methods not only use less water but also increase the harvest.

Read how a small village in Uttarakhand stands testimony to the fact that rooftop rainwater harvesting is a reliable, economical and logical way of ensuring self-sufficiency and dignity.

Yenepoya Medical College in Mangalore, which has implemented rainwater harvesting (RWH) within its campus, has drastically reduced its dependence on water tankers, thus saving lakhs of Rupees every year. Learn how they went about this.

This is a story of fighting huge odds stacked against you. This is a story of sheer grit and perseverance. This is a story of putting Science and Technology to good use. This is a story of overcoming obstacles like corruption and red tape without compromising on your ethics. This is a story of transforming 95 acres of the 'worst land in Rajasthan' into a green campus of an educational institute. Read on.

This story of the untiring efforts of a commerce ex-lecturer to convert twenty five acres of a barren piece of land into a self sustainable green farm, provides an ideal example of a model for rainwater harvesting and demonstrates how persistence and the sheer determination to go on till the end, can yield miraculous results.

In concluding our Water Week, we couldn't think of a more apt story than one that fills our hearts with gladness, and an old, defunct lake with water! Read how the efforts of an Environmental outfit, together with the co-operation and willingness of the villagers, revived a lake thought to be dead, and turned around the fortunes of a small region.