The Cholistan desert in Pakistan. Arid, with no surface water and poor quality groundwater. The inhabitants have no choice but to harvest rainwater in natural or artificial depressions called tobas. Making Water Everybody's Business looks at traditional water harvesting systems in India and elsewhere. The communities of the villages of Bhaonta-Kolyala and Hamirpura, inhabitants of an utterly degraded region in Alwar district of Rajasthan, mobilise themselves to harvest water.
Rivers revive and turn perennial.
Travel across the world to China, Sri Lanka or Thailand, where communities are harvesting the rain to meet their water needs. The harvesting of a global resource where no negotiations are needed. Making Water Everybody's Business looks at water harvesting practices across the world. Aizawl is an overpopulated town in the hills of Mizoram. The water source is a river.