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News roundup (16-22 November 2010)

India's water& sanitation status; floods in various regions disturb normal life, A glance into the week's most hard hitting and interesting stories Posted on 24 Nov, 2010 10:07 PM

Sanitation/Wastewater

India tops the list of nations lacking toilets
India hunts for a Rural Toilet Design, 1000 Euros up for grabs
82% of rural India deprived of three basic necessities of life — tapped drinking water, electricity connection and sanitation
There are 700 million cell phone connections in India, but only half this number of Indians have access to private toilets, says a UN study

News roundup (8-15 November 2010) :"India proposes a new emission check system" and News round-up on the floods

Cyclones and floods wreck havoc in the country, as it prepares to come out with climate change report. Posted on 17 Nov, 2010 06:08 PM

Climate Change

India to release climate change report on Tuesday

Environment

Floods, drinking water contamination, mining and waterbodies, water bills, water conflicts - News roundup (1-7 August 2010)

News concerning water and other issues from country's different regions

Melvyn Thomas

Manoj Misra

Jayashree Nandi & Senthalir S

Bhama Devi Ravi

Deccan Chronicle

PTI

Press Information Bureau

Posted on 07 Aug, 2010 04:51 PM

Floods: lessons to be learnt from the massive flooding in Surat city

A report by IIM criticises the way in which dams are managed in the country and calls for the need to apply Management Science / Operations Research techniques and information technology to improve dam management and prevention of floods

Flood fury: are we ready to face such an event?

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