This is the story of a neglected Kalyani or temple tank in the town of Mulbagal, Karnataka, where Arghyam is facilitating an Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) initiative. The people of Mulbagal have adopted the Kalyani that had been abandoned and neglected for the past 25 years and transformed it in a matter of days.

The Kalyani before the clean-up

The Centre for Sustainable Development (www.csdindia.in) and GTZ in association with BWSSB, IWWA, KUWSDB, IPHE, BDA, BBMP and IE organized a National Conference on Urban Water Ma