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Sand is being mined faster than nature can replace it. Meet Sumaira Abdulali, the woman who fought illegal sand mining for 20 years to protect India’s rivers and beaches.

Once reduced to a toxic drain, Maharashtra’s Kham River has been restored through community action. Here’s how 54 acres were revived, floods were prevented, and 25,000 people were impacted.

As water from the Kallanai Dam begins its journey through Tamil Nadu’s delta, locals mark the moment with flowers, rituals, and reverence.

Girish Bharadwaj, a mechanical engineer from Karnataka has gone on to earn the title of Bridgeman on India after building 147 suspension bridges across the country. Find out more about this ingenious India here.

On World Water Day, Gazala Paul, founder of Ahmedabad-based NGO Samerth, talks about how she helped 97 villages in Kutch fight a massive water crisis through a community-led initiative.

In Maharashtra's Panegao village, a stunning story of community action was scripted when people banded together to fight a 20-year-long battle against illegal mining by the sand mafia.

Shalmali Nalawade was 11 when she decided to take up the mammoth cause of cleaning a river in Pune

Devang Jani struggled for years to help revive 17 natural springs buried in concrete during development works in the River Godavari for the Kumbh Mela.

“Besides putting up posters everywhere detailing the need to prioritise the environment, we also encouraged residents to do away with plastic and other toxic material decorations

“Cleanliness is not rocket science. All it requires is the coming together of various civic bodies and the citizens,” states Dinesh.