Water conservation

Built by King Chanda and dedicated to Hashat Mata, the Chand Baori in Rajasthan is an architectural and engineering marvel, despite its role in history being little known.

In 2007, Jayashree Rao from Bengaluru sold her company for Rs 25,000 to start Grampari, an NGO that has improved governance across 200 villages in Maharashtra and benefited 1.22 lakh people

Pradeep Krishnamurthy from Bengaluru built a sustainable house from natural materials like mud and reclaimed wood with breathing walls. It uses biogas three hours a day and also has a terrace garden.

Neha Bagoria from Mumbai has founded Tapu Sustainable Solutions and launched a device named EcoTrapIn that converts urinals into odourless and waterless ones.

Bhaktaraj Garje came to Kulalwadi village of Sangli district in Maharashtra as a primary school teacher but he became a hero helping to double villagers' income and amplifying water conservation

Tired of walking miles for a pot of water, Kadwanchi village in Maharashtra's drought-prone Marathwada turned it around with a stunning example of water conservation. Today, its residents are earning crores from grape farming

In the water-stressed district of Puducherry, IAS officer Dr T Arun developed Neer Padhivu, a mobile app through which he launched a water conservation project to revive lakes, ponds and canals.

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.

Villagers of Vadner Bhairav, located near Nashik, banded together to save their village from a water shortage by building ponds and barrages, growing grapes, and incorporating sustainable methods of farming to mitigate the crisis

Babita Rajput from Agrotha village in Madhya Pradesh convinced the villagers to dig a 12-feet wide trench to divert the rainwater to the village. Here’s how she went about it