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Training announcement on ‘Water supply distribution modelling’, July 9, 2011, Pune
Posted on 19 Jun, 2011 04:01 PM

The Community EngineerOrganizer: The Community Engineer

Venue: Pune

Description:

Training will include presentations, work out problems, step to step guide to modelling and hands on experience in using the software.

Training focus on students/graduates, consultant, contractor, municipal/department engineers.

“Schedule irrigation, Save water" campaign, The Sugarcane Breeding Institute, July 27 - 29, 2011, Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu
Posted on 19 Jun, 2011 03:54 PM

The Sugarcane Breeding InstituteOrganizer: The Sugarcane Breeding Institute

Venue: Dharmapuri district Co-op Sugar Mills, Palacode, Dharmapuri

Description:

The Sugarcane Breeding Institute (of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Coimbatore is organizing a "Schedule irrigation, Save water" campaign in Dharmapuri district. The event is being organized under 'Farmers' Participatory Action Research Programme (FPARP)'.

Letter of invitation for the membership of Water and Environmental Sanitation Network India
Posted on 19 Jun, 2011 03:52 PM

I would like to invite you to visit www.wesnetindia.org where we have provided the latest information about water and sanitation related vacancies, events, training courses, press releases etc.

The Water and Environmental Sanitation Network of India or WES-Net India is a learning alliance of stakeholders in the Water and Environmental Sanitation sector in India, was set up in 2004 by a group of like-minded sector professionals and registered in 2009 as a society under the Indian Societies Act, with a Governing Body, a General Body and a National Coordinator.

Livelihood augmentation in rainfed areas – A strategy handbook for practitioners by Development Support Centre
This strategy handbook deals with livelihood augmentation in rainfed areas. Posted on 19 Jun, 2011 10:33 AM

Cover Image It is a compilation of ongoing, successful strategies piloted and upscaled by a range of development agencies in different parts of the country. The handbook is presented in four volumes under a common framework and focus on initiatives related to: participatory natural resource management; rural entrepreneurship development; use of information communication technology and institution development.

About 400 million rural poor reside in about 200 poorest districts of the country that constitute rainfed areas. Scientific research has revealed a vast untapped potential in rainfed agriculture where crop yields are lower than their potential by two to five fold. A large number of innovative projects and ideas have been tried to address this issue, although documentation has been uneven and fragmented. Drawing upon such experiences, the handbook points towards new vistas and untapped opportunities in meeting the challenge of enhancing food security with limited water resources and improving the carrying capacities of rainfed areas to match the rapidly increasing populations in these regions and elsewhere.

Uttar Pradesh Urban Sanitation Policy - Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission - Government of India (2010)
A policy document on the International Environment Law Research Centre site that highlights the poor sanitation situation in the state of Uttar Pradesh in the context of the National Urban Sanitation Policy launched in November 2008. Posted on 18 Jun, 2011 10:41 PM

The factors that lead to this poor sanitation situation in the city include:

Capacity and investment in the water supply and sanitation sectors - Guidelines in respect of participation of cooperative institutions (2006) - Water Supply and Sanitation Department (Government of Maharashtra)
This circular by the Water Supply and Sanitation Department, Government of Maharashtra describes the need for participation of private institutions in operation and maintenance of the water supply schemes in case of 'A' class municipal councils. Posted on 18 Jun, 2011 10:20 PM

It argues that this is because civil bodies are facing many problems due to urbanisation and increasing demand from the residents. There is a need to increase efficiency in the water supply and sewage.

Rainwater harvesting in urban areas of Karnataka (Government of Karnataka) - Draft policy (2006)
A document for conserving rainwater and facilitating rainwater harvesting in urban areas of Karnataka with a view to conserve depleting groundwater resources. Posted on 18 Jun, 2011 10:16 PM

The Rainwater Harvesting Policy (2006) for Karnataka state has evolved out of the need for conserving rainwater and providing facilities for rainwater harvesting, in the context of the growing rate of urbanisation in the state and the rapid depletion of groundwater resources, leading to a water crisis.

The objective of the urban rainwater harvesting policy is to ensure that the available water is put to best possible use in the state by encouraging involvement of  multiple level of stakeholders such  as government and private institutions as well as  citizens, in the appropriate management of rainwater.

Model muncipal law - Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation (2003)
A document that details the Model municipal law and includes details of municipal revenue, urban environmental infrastructure & services, management, health & safety, regulations, powers, procedures and penalties to be imposed. Posted on 18 Jun, 2011 10:08 PM

 This document includes the details of the Model Municipal Law and includes the details of :

The document includes the details of the Model Municipal Law and includes the detailsof :
The constitution and the government
Municipal revenue
Urban environmental infrastructure and services
Urban environmental management, community health and public safety
Regulatory jurisdiction
Powers, proceedures, offences and penaltiesThe document includes the details of the Model Municipal Law and includes the details of :

Environmental impact assessment - Notification and amendment (2006) - Ministry of Environment and Forests
This document published by the Ministry of Environment and Forests is a draft notification published in 2006 under sub-rule (3) of Rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 that imposes certain restrictions and prohibitions on new projects or activities, or on the expansion or modernisation of existing projects or activities based on their potential environmental impacts as indicated in the Schedule to the notification, being undertaken in any part of India. Posted on 18 Jun, 2011 10:01 PM

The document emphasises the need for taking prior environmental clearance in case of new projects or activities or expansion of already existing activities in accordance with the objectives of National Environment Policy that has approved by the Union Cabinet on 18th May, 2006 and the procedure specified in the notification, by the Central Government or the State or Union territory Level.

Presentations from the two-day workshop on success stories under watershed programmes by DoLR at New Delhi (2011)
A two-day workshop was held on “Success Stories Under Watershed Programmes ” from 2nd -3rd Feb 2011 by the Department of Land Resources (DoLR) at New Delhi. Posted on 18 Jun, 2011 06:50 PM

The workshop was structured in two sections. Research papers were presented from research institutes such as Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Central Soil & Water Conservation Research and Training Institute (CSWRTI), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), National Research Centre for Agroforestry (NRCAF), National Institute for Rural Development (NIRD) and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). This was followed by presentation of success stories by various States.

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