In the Himalayan foothills, water is getting harder to come by. Villagers in one region of northern India are learning how to recharge the groundwater-fed springs they depend on.
The Kumaon Hills, foothills that are situated in the central Himalayas. There are roughly 3 million springs emanating from the Indian Himalayan Region, but an Indian government has said nearly half have run dry or are becoming seasonal.
Women are often tasked with fetching water for their families in these mountain regions, and they tend to be the most directly affected by water scarcity. Many of their husbands, meanwhile, have left these villages for bigger citiesthat are often more than 100 years old. For generations, these spring-fed naulas have been revered for their importance to the community — with villagers placing small religious statues inside or building Hindu temples nearby.
Approximately three years ago, this community's search for solutions led them to a development organization called the Central Himalayan Rural Action Group . With time, CHIRAG members formed close working relationships with Joshi and others and offered technical support to help revive the springs in their region.
"Earlier I did not know how to identify a type of stone or which stones are obstructing water," Joshi says."But through my training and my committee, I learned about this. My working knowledge improved."Bachuli Devi and Janaki Sammal, members of Raushil village's water committee, dig a percolation pit, where rainwater can collect and seep into the soil and reach a spring rather than gushing over the surface.
So far, according to CHIRAG, the organization has helped revive more than 600 springs in the Indian Himalayan region. That has allowed women there to access water far more easily — in their own neighborhoods rather than miles away.By making tangible changes to the mountain landscapes — through planting, digging and building — villagers in the Himalayas have reshaped their environments to bring water back to their communities.
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