The myth of Drought EVEN: As this story goes to the press, Gujarat may be witnessing many more clashes over water. From as early as December 1999, when three farmers lost their lives in t... |
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CSE's DESIGNS Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based NGO is providing technical expertise ...... |
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NORTH-EASTERN HIMALAYA Zabo The zabo (the word means 'impounding run-off') system is practiced in Nagaland in north-eastern India. Also known as the ruza system, it combines water conservatio... |
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A forest in trust Krushak Charcha Mandal, Sayagata village, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra Total area 514 ha Forest area 272.38 ha Population 430 Suryabhan Khorbade (... |
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Chronicle of a Journey Water trains arent a strange sight anymore. Not the least in the parched areas of Gujarat. But while many villages await their erratic supply, residents of village... |
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CENTRAL HIGHLANDS Harnath Jagawat Jagawat heads an NGO working in the field of natural resource management. He and his team work on the development and regeneration of local natu... |
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Mostly muck Urban lakes in India are dirty and dying Udaipur Udaipur city, Rajasthan, is surrounded by the Aravalli hills and five lakes Pichola, Fatehsagar, Rangsagar, Swaroopsag... |
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BPCL HOUSING COMPLEX RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM RAINWATER AVAILABLE FOR HARVESTING Total rooftop and surface area: 13,910 square metres (sq m) Average annual rainfall in Noida: 792.4 millim... |
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River Yamuna India consumes about 86,311 tonnes (t) of technical-grade insecticides annually to cover 182.5 million hectare of its land. Most Indian rivers pass through agricultural ar... |
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Darewadi village, Ahmed Nagar District, Maharashtra Darewadi, is a drought prone village in the rain shadow region of Nagar taluka, was a picture of despair. A remote village, without any assurance... |
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More results for 'plant science'.
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