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  1. A watchmaker becomes a river rescuer

    As a former wrist watch assembler, Nagraj Gangolli ensured that time pieces ran perfectly on time. And in good time, Nagraj found his true calling to revive the dying Vedavathi- an act that would change the fate of lakhs of people in the Indian state of K ...
  2. Reviving rivers, rekindling hope

    A mission to restore, regenerate, revive! India is facing its worst water crisis in four decades. At least 54 percent of the sub-continent has turned into a water-stressed dust bowl with many rivers rapidly drying up. Experts opine that by 2025, the count ...
  3. Water Conservation: Reviving Rivers, Rebuilding India

    Reeling   under extreme water crisis for the last several years now, India has been facing the consequences of neglecting the practice of water conservation. A significant number of its over 1 billion population has been severely affected by depleting wat ...
  4. Sri Sri Natural Farming: Reviving ancient method for a healthy tomorrow

    The Sri Sri Institute of Agriculture (SSIAST), which has spearheaded the Sri Sri Natural Farming project borrows from the ancient technologies when India was primarily agrarian. Natural farming methods weave farming into pre-existing symbiotic relationshi ...
  5. A new armor for water table rejuvenation

    Vedavathi river, which emerges in the Chikamagalur Taluk of Karnataka, was a strong river, nurturing thousands of people. A few years ago, pockets of the river started disappearing, drawing the attention of Nagraj Gangolli. A groundwater expert and presen ...
  6. One man’s determination bringing dying rivers back to life

    Dr. Yale is hopeful even though the long-term results will come trickling in Dr. Lingaraju Yale looks up from his laptop with some trace of weariness and yet with some sign of hope. The summer ahead is the cause for first and initial results from his work ...
  7. Yamuna and the World Culture Festival

    The Art of Living is an organisation that has been at the forefront of rejuvenating and cleaning rivers. Over the last few years, our volunteers have been working on reviving 16 rivers across India. Before the Commonwealth Games over 5000 volunteers worke ...
  8. Rich Land, Rich Crops, Rich Hands

      Click to enlarge infographic Farmers in India, who feed the whole country, don't have much for themselves. India is losing more than 2,000 farmers every single day, as villagers migrate to cities in search of better jobs. Nearly a quarter of a mill ...
  9. Jal Jagruti Abhiyan breathes life into 22 rivers of Maharashtra

    Villagers in parts of the Indian state of Maharashtra, who have been under severe water crisis for years, heaved a sigh of relief at the sight of water in river basins. From struggling to find enough water for consumption and agriculture to seeing overflo ...
  10. Women of Naganadhi unite for river’s life

    Sometimes pain can be turned into a powerful symbol of strength and revival. It can change the lives of everyone around. Ask the women of Kammavanpettai village in Tamil Nadu. Women were in despair at seeing the depleting levels of river Naganadhi, family ...