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Ex-IAS Kahan Singh Pannu developed the SRB technique that enables Punjab farmers to grow paddy using just 25 percent of water traditionally used, saving costs and conserving groundwater.

In the second part of this two-part series, we take a look at some of the actionable modern and traditional solutions that are available to revive Leh's rapidly declining groundwater including regulating extraction, improving sewage treatment and needing more data.

In the first part of this 2-part series, we explore why Leh's groundwater has suffered a serious decline in quality and quantity. Experts explain the reasons behind this decline and hint at how we can fix it.

Mumbai resident Chetan Soorenji shares a simple and effective method to help harvest rainwater and recharge groundwater levels at home.

Onkar Gauridhar, Amit Deshmukh and Shishir Thakur launched Cranberry Analytics in Pune to streamline the municipal corporation’s water supply metering system and cut water loss by 35%

Colonel Nandu Kumar’s rainwater harvesting technique uses pipes, a drum, sand, pebbles and a 8-foot deep pit.

At just 13, Assam's Nikhilesh Das from Assam came up with an ingenious way of using human hair to clean polluting oil spills. Check out four other innovations that are just as brilliant! #WaterActionDecade #Innovation

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. And so, Dr Sekhar Raghavan is visiting housing complexes every day, hoping to use the upcoming monsoons to recharge the groundwater levels of Tamil Nadu's capital.

From solar-powered freezers for farmers to zero-electricity water purifiers, these inventions have the potential to dramatically impact the way people live in villages. #Innovation #RuralIndia #ImpactThatMatters

Three years ago the Nagpur Municipal Corporation began treating and reusing 130 million litres per day (MLD). Today, it is on the cusp of treating 480 out of the total 525 MLD the city generates.