How This IAS Officer Created 18,750 TCM Water Storage Through 5,876 Conservation Works in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli
How IAS officer Avishyant Panda transformed Gadchiroli through scientific water conservation, watershed management, and climate-resilient governance to prevent drought. Climate change rarely announces itself through a single disaster. More often, it appears in subtle but dangerous signals—erratic rainfall, rising temperatures, declining groundwater pockets, and shrinking water security. While many administrations respond only after a crisis …




