Mumbai District

Organizer: Chemtech Foundation

Venue: Bombay Exhibition Center, Goregaon, Mumbai

Forwarded to the portal by: Rohit Rellan

The India Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) seeks to recognize creative excellence in communicating sustainability.

These are the country’s first ‘green’ awards for communication.

Any communication that highlights the ‘green’ nature of a product, service or corporate philosophy is covered by this award. This would include communication about anything organic, eco-friendly, power-efficient, energy-saving, pollution-controlling, recyclable, reusable and generally something that offers a positioning as not just the custodian of a brand but also a custodian of Brand Earth.

Organizer:

• Amsterdam RAI B.V.
• Inter Ads-Brooks Exhibitions

Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai

Organizer: EA Water Private Limited

Organizer: Amsterdam RAI

Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, India

Description:

Aquatech India 2011 exhibition and conference will showcase a wide spectrum of latest technologies and developments in the field of water and wastewater management. This tradeshow will provide manufacturers and suppliers a secure, recognized and reliable means/approach to enter the water industry.

Content and Image Courtesy: Indian Water Works Association

Organizer: Indian Water Works Association

Venue: Conference hall of IWWA at –IWWA head quarters building

Sanitation - a big problem in India, as half the population of our country do not have access to this facility. Mumbai is one of the biggest cities in the world and advanced in terms of its commercialization. However, sanitation is one of the most common issues neglected. Our team of women from Jan Jagruti went into the lanes of 3 areas Azad Mohala, Bharatiya Kamla Nagar, Vijay Nagar and spoke to women to understand the severity of the sanitation issue prevailing. These areas have severe problems with public health, due to improper sanitation infrastructure and insufficiency of toilet facilities, compounded by numerous issues of flooding during the monsoon season. Khaaddi, a local area/dumping ground, is widely used by local residents for urination and defecation, leading to the spread of contagious diseases. Though women use paid toilets, the issue of cleanliness and waiting in long queues are the most common problem before them. It is very insecure for them when they use open spaces for defecation.

Papers may address one or more of the following areas:

Situation analysis

• Studies assessing current and future water situation in India
• Water – climate change nexus and implications for the future

Content and Image Courtesy: NASSCOM Foundation

This document by Collaborative for the Advancement of the Study of Urbanism through Mixed Media (CASUMM) provides details about the K-East Water Distribution Improvement Project (WDIP) started in Mumbai, in the form of FAQs.

It argues that the very way in which the project is being planned and implemented, indicates that the agenda of the donor organisations is to gradually push for the privatisation in the water sector.