Watershed and Me

Description

Watershed & Me is a thoughtful blend of lived experience, scientific inquiry, and community insight into the complex and often fragile relationship between people, land, and water. Born out of decades of fieldwork across rural India, this book traces the practical and philosophical contours of watershed development as both a technical discipline and a human journey.
From the red dust plains of Jharkhand to the rain-fed hills of Manipur, the author, Kallol Saha, brings together stories of small springs revived, check dams built, and lives quietly transformed—not by grand interventions, but by consistent effort, community participation, and a deep respect for ecological balance. Through structured chapters on hydrology, traditional and modern water conservation methods, PRA tools, land use, government schemes, and GIS applications, the book offers both a guide and a narrative.
Designed to serve practitioners, students, local institutions, and curious citizens, Watershed & Me encourages readers to see watershed planning not just as a technical solution, but as an ethical commitment to sustainability, equity, and local ownership. It brings science to the field and the field to the reader—one small basin, one shared resource, and one humble step at a time.