CMS Vatavaran 2006- 2nd Environment & Wildlife Traveling Film Festival

Title:Hunting Down Water
Language/ Duration/Year/ Format (VCD/DVD)/ Price: English/ 32 mins/ VCD Rs. 450/ DVD Rs. 700

Summary: "these things look good only on television….things about economy and saving water and all that" say Nidhi and Madhur looking fresh after a rollicking rain dance party. Or take the case of Somabhai Patel of Memna village in Gujarat who owns 14 borewells on his agricultural land. "The water used to be at 100 feet below the ground just a few years ago, now it has gone down to 500 feet". Quote reinforces the fact that the present water crisis is largely of our own making. It is not about failing monsoons or the fact that parts of India are naturally dry.

Water is diverted from the rural countryside to meet the unending needs of India's urban population- not just for drinking, but also, to wash cars, fill swimming pools to water amusement parks or simply to flush. The Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai reveals startling facts to bear this out. The facts are mind-boggling!

Hunting Down Water studies the dynamics of this man-made crisis.