The village of Laporiya in Jaipur district, Rajasthan, gets just 300 mm of rainfall in a year, but it is not deficient in water. How does that work out? It is thanks to conservation and controlled community-based consumption.
It wouldn't have been possible if Laxman Singh, more than two decades ago, hadn't decided to save his village through water harvesting, growing appropriate crops and stopping the use of pesticides.
He saw survival in restoring nature's balance. In bringing back the water cycle. Trees were needed. So too animals and birds. . . .