Farm ponds can lead to privatization of water by a few, and when dug on a large scale, these schemes ignore the carrying capacity of the watershed.

“They realise that groundwater is a common resource, not private property, and hence requires collective action,”

In dryland areas, falling groundwater levels may be causing working handpumps and borewells to go dry, requiring large capital expenditure.

“This kind of art can make people come to the river, not take it to be just a dirty river but something that you would want to come and see. "

"In areas where several borewells tap the aquifer, ... we try to convince the whole community to opt for recharge."

Pune citizens come together to save their water resources, show ways to use water sustainably.

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

Merely imposing a cost to curb the growing extraction is not enough.

For the country’s food security and for alleviating poverty, Water Conservation Fee is definitely the much-awaited reform.