Water Stewardship and Water Budgeting: A Pathway to manage the water available in a time of growing water scarcity in rainfed Maharashtra
Author: WOTR
The state is facing repeated droughts in many regions, resulting in crop loss and failure, despite substantial water harvesting interventions (supply side). The drastic depletion of groundwater is resulting in…
Tag: Water Water security Water stewardship
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Gaalmukt Dharan, Gaalyukt Shivar (Desiltation of Tanks) Scheme: A Drought Proofing Intervention
Author: WOTR
A large number of small reservoirs (tanks) to harvest rainwater have been constructed in Maharashtra over the years, to increase water availability in semi-arid drought prone regions. With me, the…
Tag: Water Water management practices Water security
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Avoiding the Tragedy of the Water Commons: Promoting Sustainable Groundwater Management in Maharashtra
Author: Ankita Yadav, Eshwer Kale
Groundwater is an invisible common pool resource. However, competitive individual extraction of groundwater through dug wells and bore holes has led to a decline in groundwater levels creating a ‘tragedy…
Tag: Water Water security
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Socio-Economic Implications: Conversion of Farm Ponds into Surface Storage Tanks in Semi-Arid Maharashtra
Author: Ankita Yadav
Farm ponds have been promoted through the central and state government programmes in India as a drought mitigation measure to secure agrarian livelihoods. While farm ponds were initially developed to…
Tag: Farmer response Farmponds Water Water security
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World Water Day 2020-A Presentation
Author: Dr. Marcella D’Souza
On the occasion of World Water Day, WOTR made a presentation showcasing the work we have done in the area of water resources and the challenges facing this sector in…
Tag: Groundwater Water Water security
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Bhugbhartheel Jalsampattichya Purnabharanchi Khari Vel (Recharging groundwater: The need of the hour)
Author: Atul Pagar
This article emphasizes the need to recharge groundwater and conserve precious groundwater resources, in times of drought.
Tag: Agriculture Groundwater Maharashtra Water Water security
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Dushkal Nivaranasathi Shashwat Upayanchi Akhni (Planning sustainable measures to tackle drought)
Author: Crispino Lobo
This article written by Crispino Lobo, Managing Trustee, WOTR published in Vanrai Magazine talks about community driven intergrated watershed development and efficient water use management Download Article
Tag: Water Watershed Development
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Community Well to Solve Water Woes by a Tribe in Partala
Author: Neha Gupta
The case study is depicting how 12 families of Partala village in Madhya Pradesh came together under the WOTR initiative, and used their traditional knowledge to develop efficient drainage patterns.…
Tag: Drudgery Water Water security
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From water to agriculture, well-being and beyond
Author: Arjuna Srinidhi, Crispino Lobo, Marcella D'Souza
In this special feature published in the India Water Portal, WOTR’s Arjuna Srinidhi (Senior Researcher, Climate policy), Marcella D’Souza (Director, WOTR Centre for Resilience Studies) and Crispino Lobo (Managing Trustee)…
Tag: Agriculture SDGs Water
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Two and a Half Drops: How Village Level Committees in Bhojdari Tackled the Issue of Drinking Water in Times of Drought
When the Indo-German Watershed Development Programme (IGWDP) was initiated in 1989 and operationalized in 1992, the overall goal of the programme was poverty reduction through people-managed environmental regeneration and resource mobilization along watershed lines.
Tag: Agriculture Maharashtra Water Watershed Development
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