	*NETWORKING*
	Strengthening the water bond Continuing wisdom Meet some of them... Their impressions Water warrior speak out
	*FUNDING AGENCY*
	Danida watershed development programme (DANWADEP ) India
	*INITIATIVE*
	Little Wonders
	*REMEMBERING*
	The magician without a wand
	*TRADITION*
	Legacies of the past Venishing Madakasr
	*RESEARCH PAPER*
	Cholistan's story
	*WATER HARVESTING IN NEWS*

	*BOOKS/DOCUMENTS*

	*SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT*

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Vol. 2 No. 2 April 2001

Meet some of them.....

Arjun Gujjar Kolyala, Alwar, Rajasthan	S K Munivel Mudaliar Vengal, Tiruvalluvar, Tamil Nadu
Subhita Sigad Badhvasi, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan	Prem Singh Deora Nayakheda, Rajsamand, Rajasthan
Jakalben Dihora Mithi Virdi, Bhavnagar, Gujarat	Mana Singh Sitapur, Shadol, Madhya Pradesh
Nagendra Yadav Bakaho, Shadol, Madhya Pradesh	Reshamben Sanghada Pau,Dahod, Gujarat

Their impressions...

"This conference is a good way of spreading the messege of self-help to other parts of the country."

— Mansukhbhai Suvagia
Shapar, Rajkot Gujarat

"I have not found a better place to take pride in my work (water conservation and forest regeneration."

— Jakalbehn Dihora
Mithi Virdi, Bhavnagar Gujarat

"I am poor so I was chosen as the president of our village watershed development committee. Now, watershed development has given us social respect"

— Babu Singh
Dongariya Tola, Shahdol Madhya Pradesh

"The work (water harvesting and conservation) we are doing is not new. Our ancestors used to do the same with greater efficiency and without any outside funds or government support."

— P Kishnasamy
Dindugal Tamil Nadu

"Involve women for success of a programme, they are even more laborious than men"

— Jawanlal Rebari
Barawa, Rajsamand Rajasthan

"There were no tractors in my village before we began harvesting rain but now we have one tractor and many motorcycles. Instead of one transistor we have many televisions in our homes ."

— Ram Karan Bhadana
Lapodiya,Dudu Rajasthan

"Generations have gone asking the government to revive the old structures. But nothing happened, so we decided to do it on our own. We have revitalised the traditional structures by community participation and shramdan."

— Jagdish Narayan Meena
Neemi, Jaipur Rajasthan