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Invitation for Bio Sand Water Filter training, Sangam Charitable Trust and Aakanksha, Muzaffarpur, Bihar
Posted on 29 May, 2014 11:37 AMBioSand Water Filters can remove up to 99% of bacteria & viruses and also eliminate worms, parasites, amoebae, protozoa, metals and arsenic and provide safe drinking water for a family or community.
To know more about the training, download the attachment below.
Maharashtra reels under hail storms and unseasonal rainfall
Posted on 31 Mar, 2014 11:23 PMMaharashtra reels under hail storms
Fluid rivers but concrete mindsets
Posted on 25 Mar, 2014 08:42 PMThe twin sisters: Bihar is a land of fertile farms bearing sugarcane, wheat, rice, gram and pulses. Interspersed between the fields are venerable mango groves. Of Bihar's children, perhaps none is as universally loved as Sita. The village that she was born in -Sitamarhi- welcomed another daughter along with Sita.
Floods despite dams
Posted on 23 Mar, 2014 10:42 PMFloods in Bihar have acquired menacing proportions following the embanking of its rivers, which has led to severe dislocations in the society. Estimates suggest that 70% of the population in north Bihar lives under the recurring threat of flood devastation (1). The 2013 floods affected more than 5.9 million people in 3768 villages (2).
Applications invited for the post of 'State Coordinator Bihar', The World Bank, Water and Sanitation Program
Posted on 14 Mar, 2014 03:18 PMSupervisor: Joep Verhagen, India, WSP-SA, TWISA
Assignment Duration: 100 days
Location: India
Email ID to Receive Application: wspsa@worldbank.org
Know more about WSP approach on scaling up rural sanitation.
Protectors of the lost ponds of Darbhanga
Posted on 12 Mar, 2014 12:20 PMIn 1989, Bihar's Darbhanga town boasted 213 ponds. Today nearly 25% of them have been drained, leveled to the ground, filled up and built over. Hotels, houses and highrise buildings have bulldozed their way onto these water bodies. Do we not need these ponds any longer? Are they better of as bedrocks of development in these land-starved times?
Once upon a time
Series of Open Conference Calls on, 'A Market Led, Evidence Based, Approach to Rural Sanitation', Monitor Inclusive Markets
Posted on 13 Feb, 2014 07:49 AMThe conference calls will be held on March 13, 2014
Please RSVP to inmim@deloitte.com with the call you intend to join in order to receive dial-in information and materials.
Get more information on the conference.
Engineering witchcraft in Bihar
Posted on 09 Feb, 2014 07:46 PMIt's been years since Bhutahi Balan, a small tributary of the Kosi river in Madhubani, North Bihar, has been causing devastation on both its banks. Dinesh Mishra in his book 'Story of a ghost river and engineering witchcraft' objectively analyses the failure of embankments, which are raised banks to contain the river's flooding.
The profitable toilet
Posted on 27 Jan, 2014 12:29 PMWhen Panchamlal Mahto was a toddler, he would frequently squat and poop as the urge took him irrespective of where he was. His mother would take a handful of ash and sprinkle it over the 'gift'. The ash would absorb the liquid, enabling the whole mess to be easily swept away. Back then, Vinita was still not born.
