Water management

Villagers mocked Varghese Tharakan when he destroyed his 12-year-old rubber plantations to grow jackfruit organically. What happened next will surprise you

"It is imperative that people understand that the water they are getting to use in abundance is at the cost of someone who is struggling to get access to it,” says the founder.

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

Despite farming in a drought-affected region like Nashikh district in Maharashtra, Bapu Bhausaheb Salunke manages to grow 200 tonnes of grapes every year!

Called bavkhals, these age-old ponds once nurtured coastal wadis (orchards and farms) but had become filled with waste over the years. Until one man decided to breathe life into them.

And that’s not all. From boosting the food output of unirrigated farms to providing sanitation in rural homes, Avni Singh put his heart and soul into making villages in 4 Indian states self-sufficient.

Nestled in and around the ruins of a 1400-year-old ‘floating palace’, Mandu’s sophisticated rain harvesting system could teach us a thing or two about water conservation! #Heritage #History #WaterActionDecade

In 1977, 17-year-old Laxman Singh was mocked by his fellow villagers who advised him to help his farmer father instead of wasting his time on the ‘frivolous idea’ of reviving ponds. Today, the village is probably the only one in Rajasthan that is self-sufficient in water!

Additionally, because of the salinity and hardness of the water, annual expenditure on cooking fuel had increased to Rs 4,000, which is now being saved.

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