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Issue No: 299-300, June-July 2014

Tackling the drought 

Transporting HDPE water pipes“Kodaimazhai”, says the Tamil lady. “That’s how we call those rare showers that suddenly pour down in the midst of the hot season. When I was young, they were normal. But in the past decades they have almost disappeared.” Almost, indeed. But in May, we saw a comeback. For four consecutive days, intense rains brought a welcome freshener in a season otherwise known for its excessively hot temperatures, which sometimes exceed 41 degrees C.But the showers, though much welcomed, were a mere wetting of the earth. Auroville’s water situation, warns L’Avenir d’Auroville, Auroville’s town development authority, is in dire straits. Many wells have less output than before; some are drying up; others need deepening. After two years of drought and countless years of over-extraction of the aquifers, the consequences are showing.In fact, water levels are dropping all over Tamil Nadu. A recent article in The Times of India stated that water tables across the state hav...
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Issue No. 299-300, June-July 2014

  • Editorial
  • Auroville Today goes digital
  • A New Way to Select the Working Committee and Council
  • The General Meeting of May 28th
  • Photography has to do with compassion
  • Tackling the drought 
  • Creating a protected water and nature reserve
  • The 'eat local food' movement
  • The Indian Coffee House Restored
  • Conducting for harmony
  • Auroville Organization in decline
  • Acres for Auroville - a fundraising campaign

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