“From dump sites to groundwater, cookware to wastewater, these persistent chemicals have infiltrated every facet of the surroundings,” an IIT Madras study stated.

Individual and collective actions by Punekars to save the city’s ecological heritage demonstrate people’s power to make significant environmental and social interventions.

Telangana sits on a treasure trove of thousands of old irrigation tanks which if revived can support cultivation

Women of Himachal's villages - no longer trudging miles to fetch safe drinking water

Getting citizens to be vigilant, contribute data and having students as data producers and messengers are excellent learnings

"One of the reasons for opting for this approach is the relatively low cost of these community ponds - it cost a 10th of one under NREGA."

Traditional Water Ponds were used only for irrigation and for recharging groundwater.

It is the Bhovi community that is helping dig, clean and maintain all these wells across Bengaluru.

Deeper wells do not just hurt the environment but can also increase the cost borne by farmers.