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Direct cash transfer of subsidies through Aadhaar card across 15 States from January 1, 2013 - Roundup of the week's news (November 19 to 25, 2012)
The news this week includes reports of direct cash transfer of subsidies through the Adhaar card to be rolled out in 15 states from January 2013, protests against the dumping of uranium waste from Kudanakulum nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu to the Kolar Gold Fields in Karnataka, the depleting water tables in Bangalore, poor hospital waste management practices in Chennai, waste management issues in Bangalore and plastic bag use ban proposed in Delhi Posted on 26 Nov, 2012 09:43 AM

Direct cash transfer of subsidies through Aadhaar card

Bangalore’s garbage crisis grows in heaps and mounds - Roundup of news over the last three weeks (October 29 –November 18, 2012)
The newsroundup informs of the garbage crisis in Bangalore and Chennai, the land acquisition bill proposal in Maharashtra, and the top performance of Uttarakhand in terms of green rating Posted on 20 Nov, 2012 07:07 PM

Bangalore’s garbage crisis grows in heaps and mounds

The city is drowning in its own waste with garbage trucks regularly lined up for hours, their burdens putrefying in the afternoon sun. Some neighborhoods have not had trash pickups for nearly three weeks, and vast mounds of garbage are scattered through out the city.

Zen and the art of wise water management: Rainwater Club's youtube channel crosses 1 million views !
Chicu Lokgariwar from the India Water Portal introduces us to the rainwater harvesting and ecological sanitation evangelist that is zenrainman Posted on 15 Nov, 2012 02:24 PM

Those readers who got the insider joke in the title need no introduction to the rainwater harvesting and ecological sanitation evangelist that is zenrainman.

Maharashtra mulls new social forestry policy in non-forest areas to improve greenery-Roundup of the week's news (October 22 - 28, 2012)
The news this week informs of the new social forestry policy in Maharashtra, illegal mining in Goa and the use of sewerage water to grow vegetables in Bangalore Posted on 29 Oct, 2012 10:36 AM

Maharashtra mulls new social forestry policy in non-forest areas to improve greenery

Second Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC) and Expo, Bangalore, 9-12 December 2012
Posted on 28 Oct, 2012 07:18 PM

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NSSC Auditorium (J N Tata Auditorium), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

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Volunteering with the Data Project
We at the India Water Portal would be very grateful for your help on the data project on groundwater issues Posted on 25 Oct, 2012 03:07 PM

At India Water Portal’s data project, we are working on an initiative on which we need your help.

Rajasthan High Court orders strict action against those threatening Udaipur lakes -Roundup of the week's news (October 15 - 21, 2012)
The roundup this week includes news related to lakes in Udaipur, garbage problems in Bangalore and the formation of a tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu Posted on 22 Oct, 2012 05:39 PM

Rajasthan High Court orders strict action against those threatening Udaipur lakes

Training programme on design and implementation of decentralised wastewater treatment system (DEWATS), CDD Society, Kengeri, Bangalore, 3 - 8 December, 2012
Posted on 17 Oct, 2012 05:26 PM

 Training programme on design and implementation of decentralised wastewater treatment system (DEWATS), CDD Society, Kengeri,Bangalore.

Kerala and Karnataka's lesser known rainwater harvesting structures
Madakas are being replaced more and more by borewells. Efforts need to be made to restore these structures, create awareness, and preserve local knowledge. Posted on 16 Oct, 2012 03:09 PM

Madakas are one of the fast disappearing traditional rainwater harvesting structures found in the laterite belts of Karnataka and Kerala. They are naturally occuring depressions with high terrain on the three sides where water from the surrounding laterite slopes, mainly runoff from the rains, is accumulated.

Madakas: Water harvesting structures in Kerala and Karnataka
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