water scarcity

Gurleen Chawla (23), a resident of Jhansi, Bundelkhand started to grow strawberries in her terrace garden during the lockdown. Now, she cultivates on a seven acre property, and has collaborated with supermarkets, restaurants and home bakers to supply her produce.

Experts say the huge infrastructure projects can affect the water flow in Khandepar rivers that supplies drinking water to 50 per cent of Goa population

Harbant Singh from Punjab switched to organic farming to cultivate dragon fruit and sandalwood as they require less water than conventional crops.

Bengaluru was listed as one among the 11 cities in the world to run of groundwater. Did we change that?

Simple yet innovative methods help Haresh Thacker recover investment costs in two years. He is now earning in lakhs from his indigenous varieties of dragon fruit

“I found solace in my forest and even today when people ask me how I managed to do it, I simply tell them that it was purely out of happiness.”

In October, a 2-year-old lost his life after he fell into an unused borewell. The tragic incident was a wake-up call for villagers. The borewells are now rainwater harvesting structures!

With filtration layers of river pebbles, charcoal and fine sand, N Arunachalam conserves thousands of litres of water that meets the drinking and cooking demands of his family every year

As per Central Water Commission, 50 per cent of the country is facing a water shortage in three major rivers—Godavari, Krishna and Kavery. We need to act now, and that's just what these 10 awesome citizen initiatives are doing!

Today, Saravanan Thiyagarajan is working in tandem with 20 districts spread across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh where every district has at least 5-6 people actively engaged in lake rejuvenation.