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Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in the Ganga-Padma-Meghna-Brahmaputra Plain of India and Bangladesh
This report from the Jadhavpur University highlights the intensity and magnitude of the arsenic contamination in the Ganga-Meghna-Bramhaputra plain
Jadhavpur University
West Bengal
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:20 PM

Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in the Ganga-Padma-Meghna-Brahmaputra Plain of India and Bangladesh.This report from the Jadhavpur University highlights the intensity and magnitude of the arsenic contamination in the Ganga-Meghna-Bramhaputra plain which includes states Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Assam covering an area of 569,749 sq km.
Bihar irrigation act (1997)
The act aims to provide for and consolidate the law relating to irrigation embankment, drainage, levy & assessment of water rates, better contribution and matters related therewith
Government of Bihar
Posted on 30 May, 2009 10:13 AM

As per the  Bihar irrigation act (1997) all irrigation works are to vest in the Government.

ITC Limited, Munger, Bihar makes water conservation efforts as a corporate initiative (2007)
Measures put into practice at ITC's Munger plant include recycling of back wash water, reduction in domestic water consumption, incorporation of RO plant and an approach to zero waste water discharge
ITC Limited
Bihar
Posted on 29 May, 2009 11:06 AM

This presentation describes the efforts undertaken by ITCs Munger plant at water conservation.
The Bihar groundwater (regulation and control of development and management) act (2006)
The act aims to regulate and control the development and management of groundwater in Bihar
Government of Bihar
Posted on 21 May, 2009 09:55 AM

This document from the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) site is divided into the following chapters:

Chapter 1: Preliminary

  • Short title, extent and commencement
  • Definitions
Groundwater markets in Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra basin: theory and evidence - a review
The paper reviews the role of groundwater market, its evolution, spread, mode of functioning and impact in Ganga-Meghna-Brahamputra basin and concludes that these markets have a beneficial impact
Aditi Mukherji
Posted on 18 May, 2009 04:37 PM

This paper published in Economic and Political Weekly reviews 13 papers (from 1974 to 2003) on groundwater markets in the region, in order to understand the role of groundwater
The living wisdom: using local well driller knowledge to construct digital groundwater data bases
The study analyses knowledge of well drillers about groundwater aquifers and verify it with scientific data
Sunderrajan Krishnan
Adlul Islam
Deepesh Machiwal
D R Sena
Karen Villholth
Posted on 14 May, 2009 12:39 PM

In the absence of groundwater instrumentation networks in India, the knowledge of local well drillers about the location, quality, etc of groundwater aquifers is invaluable. 

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Annual flood misery in north Bihar - presentations by Megh Pyne Abhiyaan
These presentations present an in-depth and thoughtful study of the annual flood misery in north Bihar - context, causes and where to look for solutions.
Eklavya Prasad
Posted on 12 May, 2009 04:30 PM

Khairi Dhuniya TolThese three sets of presentation by Eklavya Prasad, Practitioner, Natural and Social Resource Management have been summarized below -

Bihar’s flood survival mechanisms

Kosi Katha - The making of a famine': Video highlighting the growing famine in the wake of the floods in Bihar
This video from Janmadhyam highlights the plight of those regions badly hit by the recent floods in Bihar where the ugly threat of famine is looming large
Janmadhyam
Posted on 14 Apr, 2009 04:05 AM

The latest loss figures (24 Feb. 09 is five districts, 35 blocks, 33.29 lakh peopla, 9.97 lakh live stock., affected area 3.68 lakh hectares, 2.37 lakh houses, 527 human death a and 19,323 loss of cattle.
Kosi darshan: A deeper look at the lives of those pinned on the river
Dinesh Mishra paints a riveting picture of the state of the villages whose future remains closely intertwined with the Kosi, both in India and Nepal
Dinesh Kumar Mishra
Posted on 31 Mar, 2009 05:14 PM

"If it had not breached at Kusaha, it would have anyway breached at this point," points a villager towards the probable location on the eastern bank in village Rajabaas near Prakashpur in Sunsari district of Nepal, located 14 km upstream of Kusaha where the Eastern Afflux embankment of the Kosi had breached on the August 18, 2008.
Ecosan solutions for flood hit Bihar
Ecosan solutions for flood hit Bihar
Vishwanath Srikantaiah
Posted on 31 Mar, 2009 12:03 PM

"Megh Pyne Abhiyan" is a network of NGOS that has been working in flood affected areas in Bihar with Arghyam support for the past few years. MPA has been grappling with the idea of providing clean water and sanitation in Bihar.
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