Monika Koul, Shruti Samanta and Inderdeep Kaur

Water is nature's gift to humanity. However, today the distribution of this resource is highly skewed. The per capita water available in different countries depends on various factors: population, physiography, vegetation, climate, and biodiversity. There is a need today for judicious utilisation of the water resources.

Perhaps there is also a need to look at traditional systems of managing water resources that have stood the test of time. In India, traditional techniques such as johads, jhalars, kuls…read more on NOPR