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Training workshop on understanding and resolving water conflicts in India, Forum for policy dialogue on Water Conflicts in India, 18th – 22nd July, 2011, Satapada, Chilika Lake, Odisha
Posted on 24 May, 2011 03:11 PM

Forum for policy dialogue on Water Conflicts in India

Organizer: Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India in collaboration with Baitarani Initiative and Odisha State Resource Centre of the Forum, SaciWATERs-CapNet Network (SCaN) and Cap-Net

Venue: Satapada on Chilika Lake, Odisha

Topics:

  • Understanding water
  • Normative concerns around water
  • Legal and institutional issues related to water
Dhamra Port is looking for Environment Specialist, at Bhubaneswar/Dhamra, Orissa
Posted on 24 May, 2011 12:37 PM

The Dhamra Port Company Limited (DPCL)The Dhamra Port Company Limited (DPCL) is a 50:50 joint venture of L&T and Tata Steel. DPCL has been awarded a concession by Government of Orissa to build and operate a port north of the mouth of river Dhamra in Bhadrak district on BOOST (Build, Own, Operate, Share and Transfer) basis for a total period of 34 years including a period of 4 years for construction.

Urban development plans formulation and implementation (UDPFI) - Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment (1996)
This report has been formulated after taking into consideration the deficiencies of the Constitution 74th Amendment Act 1992, the Master Plan approach identified during the National Workshop at Delhi and the current policy of economic liberalisation. The report aims at providing guidelines to assist administrators, municipal town planners and consultants for Urban Development Plans Formulation and Implementation (UDPFI). Posted on 03 May, 2011 05:07 PM

The terms of reference of the study for formulation of guidelines included:

Hydrogeological investigations in and around JSPL plant area in Angul district, Orissa - A report by Green Systems
This report by Green Systems, provides an approach to recharge the groundwater consumed by the Jindal Steel and Power Plant (JSPL) in Angul, Orissa by harvesting rainwater. Posted on 22 Apr, 2011 11:55 AM

 The area's geological, hydrological and climatic facets are studied to arrive at a series of recommendations, which not only include the type of recharge structures and their design but also their location.

The report is divided into 9 chapters which are

Vedanta’s red mud pond leaks into Vamsadhara river, Lanjigarh, Orissa - A Down To Earth report
Reports from Lanjigarh say a crack in the western part of the red mud pond of Vedanta Alumina refinery has leaked into the Vamsadhara river. Posted on 18 Apr, 2011 05:23 PM

This happened following a thunder burst on April 5.

According to Mahammad Ashlam of KBK Samachar, the local news agency, the downpour lasted 45 minutes and resulted in a huge run-off of the toxic waste into nearby water bodies from a crack in the pond wall of the one-million-tone refinery. Red mud or bauxite residue is a waste product of the alumina manufacturing process.

SRI sammans for 2010-11 awarded to 35 farmers at symposium organised by Pragati in Koraput, Orissa - A report
The SRI sammans for the year -2011 were received by thirty five farmers in the symposium on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) organized by Pragati at Koraput on Tuesday. Posted on 16 Apr, 2011 03:37 PM

These farmers were rewarded for successfully increasing the production of paddy using SRI in different parts of Koraput district.

SRI sammans for 2010-11 awarded to 35 farmers at symposium organised by Pragati

A report on World Water Day 2011 celebrated by UDYAMA in Alanda,Orissa
Like every year, this year also UDYAMA celebrated World Water Day-2011 in Alanda G.P of Bongomunda Block in 22nd March 2011. Posted on 07 Apr, 2011 05:35 PM

UDYAMA For the first time it was organized in Alanda G.P of Bongmunda Block of Titlagada which is one of the most water shortage and drought prone areas, hi

Workshop on "Water Conflicts in Odisha: Issues and way forward", Baitarani Initiative, 28th - 29th March 2011, Bhubaneswar
Posted on 04 Mar, 2011 05:31 PM

Baitarani InitiativeOrganizer: Baitarani Initiative

Venue: Development Resource & Training Centre (DRTC), Centre for Youth & Social Development (CYSD), Bhubaneswar

Open letter to Jairam Ramesh on POSCO project approval from the Mining Zone People's Solidarity Group
We are writing to publicly challenge your shocking decision to grant a “conditional” and yet also “final” approval to the POSCO project.. Posted on 28 Feb, 2011 01:45 PM

 

Water management is necessary to harness India's monsoon - Need to relearn ancient methods too - Interview with Ranjan Panda, Water Initiatives Orissa
With considerable experience at the grassroots and at macro levels, Ranjan Panda drought-proofs perennially drought-prone areas in Orissa. Posted on 24 Feb, 2011 10:19 AM


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