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88% irrigation projects lying unused in Maharashtra
News this week Posted on 20 Apr, 2015 09:27 PM

Nearly 88% irrigation projects lying unused in Maharashtra

A water-deprived region
Odisha becomes Centre's focus state for small hydel projects
News this week Posted on 04 Nov, 2014 11:26 AM

Centre chooses Odisha as a focus state for small hydel projects

Small hydel project in Bilgaon
Ripples of Sukhomajri
Sukhomajri village, the model of watershed development, is today a witness to man's changing priorities which is separating him from his environment. The video tells the full story. Posted on 25 Jul, 2014 11:46 AM
Sukhomajri village has long been a reminder of people's participation in ecological preservation and in turn, greater economic good.
The main irrigation tank at Sukhomajri
Applications invited for Online Course in Corporate Social Responsibility, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Gurgaon
The programme is designed to impart knowledge about the Corporate Social Responsibility Act and aims to develop trained and certified CSR professionals in the country
Posted on 02 Jul, 2014 12:59 PM

The National Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility is launching the nine month intensive certificate course in order to meet the burgeoning demand for trained CSR professionals from the corporate, public and NGO sectors

Timeline for the Course

-Registration opens: 6th May 2014

Registration closes: 31st July 2014

Course in Corporate Social Responsibility
Compensate affected farmers: HC to Narmada Authority
Policy matters this week Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 09:07 AM

High Court raps Narmada Authority over incomplete canal work

State of an irrigation canal at Khargone district
Opening for "Director (Water and Sanitation)", TARU Leading Edge Private Limited, New Delhi
Opening for "Director (Water and Sanitation)", TARU Leading Edge Private Limited, New Delhi
Posted on 04 Jun, 2014 06:12 PM

The Position: The Director- Water and Sanitation- will be based in the company's Gurgaon office.

Goa-Karnataka dispute over Kalasa-Banduri project resolved
Policy matters this week: Tribunal resolves Goa-Karnataka dispute over water project; TN protests Karnataka's water scheme in Cauvery basin; Resolve Delhi-Haryana water dispute: HC to Centre. Posted on 22 Apr, 2014 11:07 PM

Tribunal's order over Kalasa-Banduri Project brings respite to Goa and Karnataka

Mahadayi River in Goa (Source: Wikipedia)
Alternative farming method in Karnal
No-till agriculture, an alternative farming method, which helps prevent soil depletion as well as uses water efficiently, is being used successfully by farmers in Haryana. Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 01:24 PM

Kalwaheri is a village of over thousand households comprising mostly of small farmers and landless people tucked away in Karnal, Haryana. The district, once the birth place of the Green Revolution, is now far from green.

 Seed-fertilizer drill in use at Kalwaheri village
Fishing for shrimp in Haryana’s farmlands
Saline waters left Rohtak's farmlands fallow. After some research by local organisations, the farmers who were into agriculture, could soon move into aquaculture! Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 01:08 PM

Mile after mile of saline lands line the Delhi-Rohtak-Bhiwani stretch of the highway. Here, the land wasn't always saline, it became that way thanks to canal irrigation. Farmers have used extensive surface water, which has led to an increase in groundwater levels. This leads to the twin problem of waterlogging and salinity.

Tiger shrimp production at Rohtak; Source: CIFE
Fatehabad - Another Fukushima?
Nuclear plants are usually located near oceans or rivers in order to have access to ample water for cooling but not the plant at Fatehabad. It is India's largest and could be its most dangerous too. Posted on 25 Mar, 2014 08:14 PM

National Highway 10 passes through Badophal, a village in Fatehabad district of Haryana. The highway is lined by a tiny market and a point where several jeeps start and terminate. These jeeps are headed to Gorakhpur village, some 15 kms away via Kajal Heri, another village en route.

Gorakhpur nuclear power plant site
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