The Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council's (WSSCC) Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) calls for a country programme manager for a sanitation and hygiene programme in India
The Apr- May 2010 issue focusses on thhe state government policies, programmes and practices in water resources and the need to bring focus of water & agriculture policies onto rainfed farming.
Neel Ka Dhabba recounts how Gandhiji washed away the stain of cruel oppression of Champaran's Indigo farmers forcibly made to grow Indigo by processors-traders, using caution, non-violence, courage and humility. The essay is narrated by Gandhiji himself.
Climate change has been denied, labelled as a myth and a political manoeuvre or synergised with individual weather events. Many states have failed to come up with an Action Plan on Climate Change.
The article focusses on the development of lakes that impound rainwater, store it for future use and ensure ground water recharge. They are the live ecological systems.
This set of maps of Indian towns and cities between 1893 and 1924, give an idea of historical water bodies in each town/city, and can be compared with present day maps.
An interesting set of maps about Paddy and System of Rice Intensification (SRI) from the SRI India website gives a bird's eye view of the districts under SRI.
