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Rainwater Harvesting Helps Bengaluru School Save 50 Lakh Litres of Water/Year!
India’s demand for water is also expected to be twice that of the supply by 2030. While the government is taking measures to overcome the water crisis, hundreds of citizens and communities across the...
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Couple Returns From US to Tackle India’s Water Woes With AI & Robotics!
When Asim Bhalerao visited his parents in Mumbai in 2014, he saw a notice stuck on the notice board of the building which he had rarely seen before. The notice read, ‘No Water from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm”....
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This Device Will Save Upto 80% Water In Your Home For Just Rs 50!
We all have taps that waste a lot of water whenever we use it. For example, every time you turn on the tap to wash something like a plate, a large amount of excess water just flows away. But what if...
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Agra Govt School Harvests Over 1 Lakh Litres of Rain/Year, Improves Health of...
Shital Kumari is a student at the Tedi Bagia Government Middle School in Ambedkar Nagar, Agra. But a couple of years ago when the 14-year-old was in Class 5, she almost dropped out, following a bad...
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School Dropout Invents ‘Chauka System’, Makes His Village Self-sufficient in...
The year was 1977. Laporiya, a remote village in Rajasthan, was experiencing its worst drought, leaving its farmers unemployed. Eventually, the situation worsened to the extent that it started to...
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Ancient Mandu’s Brilliant Way of Water Conservation Will Blow Your Mind!
Mandu’s tryst with history is old. The parched little hilltop town in Madhya Pradesh, traces its roots to the Paramara dynasty in the 8th century CE. Though, not much is known about the history of the...
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Working Tirelessly For 25 Years, This Hero Solved Water Woes in 500 Villages!
W hen Ram Kumar, a resident of the Bijawar block in MP’s Chhatarpur district, was a child, his summers were marked by water problems and the departure of male members to urban areas. The recurring...
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Mumbai Man Revives 8 Traditional Ponds in 8 Years, Raises the Water Table!
Back in 2010, when Sachin Marti returned to his native village of Bhuigaon in Nala Sopara, Maharashtra, during his vacation from TISS, he saw some children walking back with huge containers filled with...
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Nashik Grape Farmer Saves 2 Crore Litres of Water Despite Droughts. Here’s How!
Last year, 10,000 farmers from Maharashtra’s Nashik district staged a protest demanding government intervention to mitigate their woes. The scanty and unseasonal rainfall coupled with depleting natural...
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Wetlands, Human Hair & More: 5 Innovations By Indians That Curb Water Pollution!
This article is part of a series in support of the ATL Tinkering Innovation Marathon – organised by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog and The Better India. Read more about the marathon here. India...
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This Startup’s Tech Has Helped 20+ Industrial Units Save 1 Billion Litres of...
This article is part of a series on innovations in support of the ATL Tinkering Innovation Marathon – organised by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog and The Better India. Read more about the...
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45-YO Kerala Farmer Conserves 6 Crore Litres of Water/Year, Revives 35 Wells!
Armed with axes, a few men in Veloor Panchayat in Thrissur district, Kerala marched toward ‘Ayurjack Farm’—a flourishing rubber plantation along with earth excavators in the wee hours of the morning....
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Farmer’s Co-Op Rallies After Tragic Death, Turns Open Borewells Safe For Free
In October this year, 2-year-old Sujith Wilson lost his life after accidentally falling into an abandoned borewell in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli district. The rescue operation ran for nearly 82...
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How a Couple Installed 798 Self-Cleaning ‘Smart’ Toilets Across India
Used a public toilet recently? What was the experience like? One of the biggest issues that one faces while using public facilities is that more often than not, they are extremely dirty. But what if...
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In Just 2 Months, Bihar IAS Officer Breathes New Life Into Dying River
The mighty Lakhandei river descends from the mountains of Sarlahi in Nepal, winds its way for 50 km before it enters India through Sitamarhi district in Bihar. The river waters the entire region of...
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Woman Scientist Revives 100-Acre Bengaluru Lake, Now Teaches Others How to Do It
No fencing, tall weeds, huge mounds of garbage, people defecating in the open and sewage flowing in from surrounding areas. This was the state of the 100 acre-Rachenahalli Lake that can be found right...
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Kerala Man Digs 1000+ Cave Wells in 50 Years, Builds Rare ‘Suranga’ Water System
Digging through the ‘suranga’ cave wells, one of the oldest water harvesting systems found in the regions of north Kerala and Karnataka, 67-year old Kunjambu has singlehandedly provided water to the...
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Bengaluru Man Saves 1 Lakh Litres of Water Every Year, Offers His Services...
Centuries ago, when the city of Bengaluru was founded by Kempegowda, it was a crown jewel of the state of Karnataka, endowed with beautiful lakes and gardens. But, the present reality cannot be farther...
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Grow a Garden With Greywater From Your Kitchen, Bathroom. Expert Shares How
Indukanth Ragade stops me mid-sentence when I ask about greywater treatment for garden plants. “There is no such concept,” he asserts, “The greywater from your household need not be treated for...
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1.5 Billion Litres of Water Saved, Thanks to This Jharkhand Duo’s Systems!
It is inconceivable to imagine the blue planet without blue. Earth without water is earth with no life. Thus, it is ironic that the ones who need it are the ones who are polluting it to the extent that...
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This Vizag Colony Has Not Paid For a Single Drop of Water in 27 Years. Here’s...
“We have not purchased a single drop of drinking water in the last 27 years. Our 15 pits of roadside and individual rainwater harvesting cater to the water needs of 1,500 residents of Jagannadharaju...
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Gurugram Students Design DIY Hack, Save 1000+ Litres of Waste RO Water in a Day
Five billion people could be facing water shortage by 2050, warns a recent UN report of increased demand. We do not have to wrack our brains too much to come up with the reasons — pollution, climate...
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Delhi Man Turns Wasteland Into Model Lake in a Year, For Half The Usual Cost
Only a year ago, images of snow-white toxic foam floating over the Yamuna river in Delhi had shocked the world, waking it up to the reality of the water population in the country’s capital. According...
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3 Friends Launch Analytics Start-up, Help Save 10,000 Million Litres of Water...
In November 2009, Onkar Gauridhar, then 28 years old, went to pay his monthly water bill, issued by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) in Pune, Maharashtra. To clear an amount of just Rs...
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IRS Officer Saves 102 Cr Litres of Water, Makes 16 Villages Drought-Free in 3...
In 2016, a debt-ridden farmer from Maharashtra’s Dhamangaon village died by suicide, after he failed to generate any income from his 40-acre farm. The local river had dried up, and this, coupled with...
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Gujarat Woman Revives 675 Water Bodies; Helps 5000 Families Solve Water...
Every morning at 7 am, Ravji Tarsi Koli, a resident of Rapar taluka of Kutch, monitors the one-and-half acre pond situated a few metres from his house. His commitment may seem borderline obsessive, but...
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Scientist Helps 50000 Farmers Switch To ‘Madagascar Method’, Increase Yield...
In Madhya Pradesh’s Shahpur Khurd village, Kavita Singh is busy cutting her freshly harvested sikiya variety of rice, which stands tall at 1.5 metres on her three-acre field. Judging from the...
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Bengaluru Couple Build Eco-friendly Home, Earn Rs 70,000 From Surplus Energy
Manju Nath distinctly remembers the house he saw decades ago in Bangalore (now Bengaluru). The red brick house had an earthy appeal, large windows and was surrounded by trees that looked a hundred...
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Can an App Save 198 Lakes & Ponds? Meet the IAS Officer Showing How It’s Done
From booking vaccine slots to finding the right food for your mood, tracking court case schedules, sending gifts, and shopping online — the mobile application industry has taken the world by storm and...
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NIT Students Build Low-Maintenance, Automated Rainwater Harvesting System
We hear about the importance of harvesting rainwater, but when it comes to implementation, the rhetoric often fails because of the effort required to maintain this system. However, students of the...
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Teacher Inspires Planting of 25,000 Trees, Community Saves 23 Crore Litres of...
In 2010, Bhaktaraj Garje, a native of Ahmednagar in Maharashtra, moved to Kulalwadi in Sangli district to take up a job as a primary school teacher. But his enthusiasm for his first job and motive to...
View ArticleIIT-BHU Team Finds Bacteria That Can Remove Cancer Causing Toxins From...
According to a WHO report, 144 million people across the world are dependent on contaminated surface water for drinking. Meanwhile, in India, less than 50 per cent of the population has access to safe...
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5 Farmers Band To Revive Dying Water Body, Now Irrigate 50 Acres Of Farmland
On the receiving end of the climate crisis and urban infrastructural issues, five Madurai farmers approached DHAN (Development of Humane Action) Foundation as their last resort in 2016. M Seedhuramu,...
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Unsung Woman Helps Parched Village Build Over 1000 Water Saving Structures
The undulating landmass of Jhargram in West Bengal provided its inhabitants with the opportunity to grow only one crop i.e. paddy, during the monsoons. For the rest of the year, the locals derive...
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Startup’s Unique Iot Tech Helps 30000 Homes Save Up to 50% Water
One of the posh residential complexes in Chennai, was facing the wrath of the city’s looming water crisis. Worried about the growing consumption needs of residents and declining water supply, the...
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Meet Gujarat’s ‘Water Champion’ Whose Innovations Help 230 Villages Conserve...
Conservation and efficient water management initiatives in the tribal hinterlands of Dang, Narmada and Bharuch— considered among the six economically distressed districts of Gujarat—has led to scores...
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Bhopal Scientists Develop Powder That Removes Pesticides From Water in 30...
In a significant development, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISERB), Bhopal, have developed organic polymers, which they claim can remove toxic micropollutants...
View ArticleWatch How Two Engineers Clean Up Tonnes Of Waste & Earn Rs 10 Lakh/Month
Two engineers hailing from Tirupati, Chandan Kagganapalli and Dharsan Challuru, are converting waste into ‘wealth’. Their startup Ecofinix converts organic waste from the temple town into fertile and...
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How a Developer Is Helping Make Bengaluru Water Secure One Well at a Time
This article is in partnership with the Puravankara Group. “Is living here going to be sustainable?” When the leaders of the Puravankara Group began hearing this question from not one but several...
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This Unique Sewage Treatment Plant Doesn’t Smell, Recycles 3 Million Litres...
JS Water Energy Life, a Delhi-based venture, has recently set up a unique Bio Sewage Treatment Plant (Bio-STP) at the Delhi Golf Club, which costs just one-third of a conventional STP. As per the...
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Mumbai Man’s Rainwater Harvesting System Recharges His Neighbours’ Borewells Too
Mumbai- native Chetan Soorenji lives in an area where there was one borewell for three houses. With the passage of time, the number of houses increased, and so did the number of borewells. Initially,...
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How a Simple Setup for RO Discharge Helped Me Save Over 40 Tankers of Water
Bengaluru resident Prabhat Vijayan has made a simple system to reuse the discharge water from his RO water purifier at home. With this, he collects and reuses the water for several household purposes,...
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IIT Startup Wins Rs 3 Crore Funding for Game-Changing Device in Groundwater...
To adequately manage groundwater, on 25 December 2019, PM Modi launched the Atal Bhujal Yojana (Atal Jal), which the World Bank describes as “the world’s largest community-led groundwater management...
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Startup’s Filtration System Makes Water From Sewage Treatment Plants Fit For...
Vikas Brahmavar, a native of Bengaluru, remembers his days working in London before moving back to his hometown in 2008. On office days in London, during his lunch break, Vikas would take a walk on...
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Tired of Drinking Dirty Well Water, Kerala Man Built No-Electricity Filter to...
“If a major war were to happen in the world in the next 50 years, it would be for clean water and air,” says Stanley Jacob, a resident of Kothad, Ernakulam. In a region that was an island until a few...
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Architect Crafted a 17th Century Stepwell’s Stunning Transformation with an...
The Bansilalpet stepwell, which lay covered in debris and ruins for more than four decades, has been given a fresh lease of life. The stepwell has been revived and renovated thanks to the efforts of...
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Ujjain IAS Officer Restores Historical Pond With 125 Volunteers & No Govt Funds
Anshul Gupta, a 2016-batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) became commissioner of the Ujjain Municipal Corporation, Madhya Pradesh in late 2021. One of the first tasks he undertook...
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4 Water Warriors Who Transformed Lakes & Rivers Across India With Their Ideas...
This article has been sponsored by IDBI Bank. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2023: Partnerships and Cooperation for Water revealed grim statistics suggesting that 80 percent of the...
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The Heroes Using Ancient Knowledge to Revive Chennai’s Water Ecosystem &...
Sekhar Raghavan’s story starts in the 1990s as a resident of Besant Nagar, Chennai. As developers paved driveways and compounds in this neighbourhood close to the seashore, Sekhar noticed that the...
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This Incredible Innovation Changed How Women Fetch Water in a Village — 8...
The day-to-day life of Lakshmibai Neel from Porgaon village in Aurangabad was full of tedious household chores. The homemaker of a family of six, she’d get to work right from daybreak and would only...
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