Awareness
Awareness and sensitization are key to Aarangar’s mission. Through workshops, campaigns, and interactive sessions, we engage diverse communities—rural and urban populations, students, and donors—to promote sustainable water practices and traditional conservation methods. This empowers individuals to take informed action and fosters a collective movement for water conservation. Our student volunteers and interns become changemakers, driving impactful environmental initiatives.
CReation of traditional water bodies
Reviving the legacy of traditional water conservation, we support communities to revive the culture of terrain specific traditional water holding structures. These structures not only address water scarcity but also recharge groundwater, recharges wells & handpumps, support agriculture, and improve overall water availability for households and livestock, transforming the livelihoods of rural communities
Research aND Publications
Systematic research forms the backbone of our work. We conduct extensive household surveys and area assessments to understand water-related challenges and measure the impact of our initiatives. This data-driven approach helps us design effective solutions, monitor progress, and share insights with students, volunteers, and researchers to further the cause of sustainable water management.
Knowledge resources
degreecentigrade.in and degreecentigrade.com are our initiatives to bring forth the consolidated science backed knowledge related to climate change, biodiversity – loss and conservation and environment conservation and make it available to all. The platform also covers activities and interventions that bring climate change resilience, and create sustainable livelihood opportunities.
Working Across Regions
Project 1- RAJASTHAN
Revival of the SYALUTA WALI RIVER CATCHMENT
This is one of our most ambitious projects, focused on the revival of the Syaluta Wali Nadi catchment area in Alwar and Dausa, Rajasthan. Spanning 21 villages, our efforts aim to restore the natural water flow and rejuvenate ecosystems. By creating new traditional water-holding structures, reviving old ones, undertaking afforestation, and driving community-led interventions, we strive to restore the health of this water system. These actions recharge aquifers, support biodiversity, and contribute to climate resilience and disaster risk reduction, ensuring sustainable water availability for generations to come. The project’s uniqueness lies in its systematic interventions in the catchment, a strong focus on research, measurable impact of each activity and comprehensive documentation.
Project 2 - uttarakhand
Revival of the traditional water conservation
Uttarakhand, a western Himalayan state has rich culture of traditional water harvesting
and conservation. A few example are Dhara- Naulas (springs and reservoirs) and Chal & Khal systems. With time, the community based system that helped preserve ecology, watersheds and springs have diminished and so the state of these traditional systems. This is taking enormous toll on human life, prompted migration and forced people to rely on other sources of income rather than agriculture.
Our on the ground interventions in the state focuses on to revival of the catchment areas of the Naulas and promote traditional terrain-specific water harvesting systems through community participation.