The Jal Yukt Shivar Yojana touted to be most important programme for drought proofing Maharashtra by the earlier government has been sidelined and eventually closed by the current government. This blog post looks in the context of emergence of JYS and its design as per the government resolution. This is first part of the 2 Continue reading

To begin with, I had shot this picture way back in 2015 while we were working in a village in Western Maharashtra’s Pune district. The photo depicts a routine work for a woman from a village wherein she is carrying water from a spring source (not in the picture) and her family member, a man, Continue reading

A collection of terms/words linked with groundwater and groundwater management. This is a work in progress and will be updated. *If you are aware of any such words that are not given here, please do share. Will be updated. And if there are any discrepancies here, please comment and report. Will be corrected. बरेच वेळी Continue reading

गेल्या वर्षी भारत सरकारने एक महत्वाकांशी असा कार्यक्रम आखला ज्याला ‘स्मार्ट सिटी’ कार्यक्रम म्हणून संबोधले जाते. भारतातील वाढत्या शहरीकरणाचा वेग आणि त्याचबरोबर शहरांवरील नियोजन, पुरवठा आणि व्यवस्थापनाचे वाढते प्रश्न यांच्यावरील एक उपायकारक (अपायकारक नव्हे 😉 ) कार्यक्रम म्हणून सरकारने स्मार्ट सिटी हा कार्यक्रम आखला (असावा?). प्रारंभिक तत्वावर भारतातील ९८ शहरांचा (महापालिका हे एकक धरून) समावेश या Continue reading