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The water workshop for apartment communities, ApartmentADDA, Febuary 25 2012, Bangalore
Posted on 27 Feb, 2012 05:06 PMOrganizer: ApartmentADDA
Success of first participatory irrigation development & management programme and its further extension in Maharashtra
Posted on 27 Feb, 2012 11:33 AMAuthor : Ulhas Krishna Apte
Draft National Water Policy 2012 - Dialogue organised by NEER Foundation, Meerut on February 18, 2012
Posted on 27 Feb, 2012 10:07 AMGuest post by: Raman Kant Tyagi
Mayadantha Male (The miracle of rain) - All India Radio Karnataka programme on rainwater harvesting
Posted on 26 Feb, 2012 04:37 PM"The miracle of rain : Let the earth overflow"
Ignoring precaution, MoEF clears a project which has been categorically rejected by majority Standing Committee of the NBWL
Posted on 26 Feb, 2012 01:31 PMGuest Post : Parineeta Dandekar and Himanshu Thakkar
Water resource accounting as a tool for urban water management - An illustration in NCT- Delhi - Journal of Indian Water Works Association
Posted on 24 Feb, 2012 10:41 PMThe paper discusses the natural resources accounting in the context of national/regional policy first, and then places water resource accounting within it. Subsequently, the methodology as well as study framework adopted for resource accounting are discussed.
Living rivers, dying rivers - Ninth in the series of lectures at India International Centre, New Delhi, February 29, 2012
Posted on 24 Feb, 2012 10:28 PMDescription:
The ninth in the series of lectures titled "Living Rivers, Dying Rivers" that aims at understanding what has been happening to rivers across India and drawing appropriate lessons is scheduled to be held on February 29, 2012 at the India International Centre, New Delhi. The series is coordinated by Prof. Ramaswamy R. Iyer. The lecture will be delivered by Himanshu Thakkar. A number of different rivers, some sick or dying, some living and healthy, and some showing early signs of sickness, are being taken up for presentations and discussion, and it is attempted to understand what has gone wrong in many cases, what has gone right in some, and what needs to be done to revive and restore dying or sick rivers.
NIRD Annual Mela, NIRD RTP, February 25-28, 2012, Hyderabad
Posted on 24 Feb, 2012 09:41 PMOrganizer: National Institute Of Rural Development (NIRD)
Venue: National Institute Of Rural Development
Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad 500030
Description:
Keeping in line with the tradition of the NIRD in organizing Annual Melas, the Rural Technology Park (RTP), NIRD is organizing a “Rural Technology Mela” for four days from February 25 to 28, 2012. A large number of rural technologies, products developed by various technology developers will be displayed in the Mela. There will be about 200 stalls for displaying various rural technologies and rural products from all over the country. It is expected that a large number of technology developers, technology users, technology institutions, Universities, scientific and research organizations, Public Sector Undertakings, Departments, Self Help Groups (SHGs) from states, namely, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and many other parts of the country are expected to participate in the Mela.
Inducing vulnerabilities in a fragile landscape: The implications of hydropower development in a seismically active zone - An article in EPW
Posted on 24 Feb, 2012 08:25 PMClose to 30 hydroelectric projects are being planned on the Teesta and its tributaries. Not only is this river an essential part of Lepcha identity and life, but it also flows through a fragile zone. In this article first published in the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), Kanchi Kohli examines the ramifications of this policy.
Construction empties Kashmir's rice bowl: How unplanned 'development' has led to a shortage of this staple crop
Posted on 24 Feb, 2012 03:16 PMVideo courtesy: VideoVolunteers