Asia · Southern Asia
31 projects · 31 organizations
A community-driven initiative restoring centuries-old stepwells across Rajasthan so monsoon rain can once again recharge village aquifers.
A rural Odisha NGO refuses to install a single tap or toilet in a village until every household, rich or poor, agrees to join in and build them together.
India's 'Waterman' Rajendra Singh turned a dying craft of earthen check dams into a movement that brought dried-up Rajasthan rivers back to life.
A Delhi-based network of river researchers scrutinizes every major dam in South Asia to expose the flooding, displacement and biodiversity loss they cause.
In the cold desert of Ladakh, engineers and villagers freeze winter meltwater into towering "ice stupas" that release irrigation water just when spring-sown crops need it most.
Kolkata's sewage is cleaned for free by fishponds its own fisherfolk built — and the only reason those ponds still exist is a public interest case filed in 1992.