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THIRSTING FOR WATER – WELLS FOR INDIA
‘Thirsting for Water’ tells the story of a 30 Year Search for Water in one of the most demanding regions of the world.
The story is set in three main regions of the desert state of Rajasthan, North West India:- first, the Thar Desert where 26 million people live, where the projects are focused in the ancient kingdom of Marwar, (which is the local language word for ‘Land of Death’). The second area is the saline desert area around the Great Sambhar Lake. The third area is the Aravali Hills and mountains where 3 million people live. The Aravali Hills were once thickly forested but these trees were cut down to leave barren hills and denuded valleys. The tribal peoples could no longer hunt and gather the forest products but have had to develop agricultural skills.
In each of the three areas Wells for India, working with its 25 partners has been able to demonstrate that by harvesting rain water the land can be transformed, sustainable supplies of drinking water given to 1.5 million people, rivers regenerated and whole valleys becoming once again green.
Ghost towns have transformed themselves into vibrant communities.
Mary and Nicholas Grey
The Gallery shows photos by Jon Willis of the Wells for India project
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- Nicholas and Mary Grey, Khanpa School
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- Ramsahai Purohit
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- Laxmi Chand Tyagi
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- Shashiji Tyagi and Dr Prakash Tyagi
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- Pandit Jeevat Ram Sharma
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- Community Well, Dudu 1974
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- Irrigating the desert land by building wells at Gokulpura
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- AFPRO Office, Udaipur
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- Aravali Hills stripped of trees
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- Women of Rajasthan
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- Women of Rajasthan
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- Women of Rajasthan
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- Jodhpur City water system in earlier times
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- Nilgai – half deer, half cow, sacred,wild, powerful and destructive of crops
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- 1986-89 severe drought – a lonely child in the desert
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- Sambhar Salt Lake – dry in the summer months
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- Wowen’s Group
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- Development of water sources by deepening ponds with wells nearby
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- Village crafts
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- Water pots being filled
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- The Bakra Nagal Dam – a new temple of resurgent India
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- Harrapappa achaeological site
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- A simulation of Harapappa as it was 5000 years ago
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- Ramnaghar anicut with irrigated crops
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- Ramnaghar anicut with irrigated crops
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- Villagers placing water pipes into the trenches
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- Villagers digging trench for water pipeline
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- Taanka
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- Beries in base of pond at Akhadana, Bap Block
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- Uncovering a berie in base of pond
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- Drawing water out of the berie
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- Ranakpur Temple in the distance surrounded by forest
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- Rivers are flowing in Alwar – due to harvesting by TBS
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- Rawara Pond after deepening – Water is Life !
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- Water is Life ! So cranes from Siberia and every creature gather at the pond
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- Children at the Asha Home – morning prayer
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- The Thar Desert – the most populated desert in the world
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- Mary Grey and Shashiji Tyagi discuss the dry Sangari pond
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- The long walk for water across the desert sand
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- The search for water – the burden for women and children
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- Khejri tree -able to survive in drought
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- Bhalu village – at the top of a sand dune
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- Dwellings at Bhalu village
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- Taanka – a family storage tank
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- Children being taught on a sand dune
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- Mr Sharma gets SHG’s agreement to enclose pastureland in Chaperiya village
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- Trenches and earth banks along the contours of the hills
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- Apna Sansthan’s leader shows us the newly-constrcuted gully plugs down the hillside
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- Apna Sansthan’s leader shows us the newly-constrcuted gully plugs down the hillside
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- Woman walking through field; showing how Water harvesting check dams gives abundant wheat crops
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- Water,Women and Well-being
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- Self Help groups
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- Mother and Baby projects
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- Parched earth
