Rajendra Singh goes to a community in a desert state of India. He wants to help alleviate their poverty by providing medicine but is told the real problem is lack of water. All that the promises of modern technology can provide is the emptiness of...
Climate Change Adaptation and Water Conservation BACKGROUND: India faces a tumultuous water future. There are a host of realities which make the situation far worse. Already 15% of aquifers are in critical condition, a number which is projected to increase to a frightening 60% by the year...
Sariska is situated in the lap of Aravallis, one of the oldest mountain ranges in India. It lies on the edge of the mighty Thar Desert and is perhaps the western limit of the tiger’s distribution in Northern India. In 1985, Sariska was having only...
The ever-larger stretches of rivers in India are becoming so polluted that their water can be used for fewer and fewer uses and the quality of water in an increasing number of aquifers is being similarly degraded by human use and saline invasion. Making the...