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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.
Rights of adivasis over forest lands diminishes; their consent no longer mandatory for all development projects taken up on forest land - Roundup of the week’s news (February 11-17, 2013)
Posted on 18 Feb, 2013 11:18 PMAdivasis' rights over forest lands diminishes
Provision of safe drinking water in rural Bihar: Paper in the Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
Posted on 10 Feb, 2013 11:21 AMA practical paper that addresses vital gaps in water quality monitoring and institutional weakness, focuses on the role of access and interventions in severely contaminated areas and calls for a drastic shift in the monitoring and intervention strategy to address safe water provision for rural Bihar
The return of the earthworm: Association for India's Development's (AID-JHU) practicing organic farming in the Sunderbans
Posted on 08 Apr, 2012 10:51 PMArticle and Video Courtesy : Association for India's Development - Johns Hopkins University
Author : Nishikant
Qualitative and quantitative water scarcity issues in Bihar - A presentation
Posted on 21 Nov, 2011 11:49 AMThis presentation highlights the grave water situation in Bihar in the context of the emerging water quality and quantity issues that the world and especially developing countries will be facing in the near future.
The war over blue gold
Posted on 19 Sep, 2011 04:45 PMDiamonds are expensive as they are rare, yet have very little use for our daily needs. On the other hand, fresh water which is essential to human existence is often thought of as a free or low priced commodity, mostly due to its abundance.
Groundwater quality assessment of Jharia coalfield area in West Bengal - A case study in NISCAIR
Posted on 27 Aug, 2011 06:35 PMThis case study in National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) by the Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR), Dhanbad and the Geo-Environment Division (Environment Management Group) deals with groundwater quality assessment of Jharia coalfield area of West Bengal. The physiochemical characteristics of groundwater of the upper catchments of the coalfield were studied to evaluate the water quality.
Introducing a new farming technique (SRI) in the Gangetic plains,Bihar
Posted on 28 Jul, 2011 03:19 PMArticle and Image courtesy: BodhiCommons
Summer monsoon transforms northeastern Bangladesh - Updates from NASA Earth Observatory in 2011
Posted on 15 Jul, 2011 02:57 PMArticle and Image courtesy: NASA
Bangladesh typically experiences a mild winter from October to March; a hot, muggy summer from March to June; and a warm, rainy monsoon from June to October. By early July 2011, rains had already transformed northeastern Bangladesh.