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The Goa sewerage system and sanitation services management act - Government of Goa
Posted on 20 May, 2011 04:26 PMThis document describes the Goa Sewerage System and Sanitation Services Management Act and includes:
Short title, extent and commencement
Definitions of the terms used in the Act
Management of sewerage system and sanitation services
Prohibition of nuisance
Exemptions
Taking over sewerage systems and sanitation facilities developed by other
Dispute Redressal Authority
Appeal
Offences and penalties
Act to have effect in addition to other Acts
Protection of action taken in good faith
Power to make rules
New research centre for applied groundwater research at the University of Guelph in Ontario Canada, dives into uncharted waters
Posted on 19 May, 2011 10:42 PMHow exactly do contaminants spread underground? How much urban stress can an aquifer withstand?
With the need for clean fresh water growing daily, finding answers to those questions is a top priority for researchers at G360, the new Centre for Applied Groundwater Research at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada.
Training Programme on monitoring & evaluation of development interventions, Sambodhi Research & Management Institute, 26th - 28th May 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 19 May, 2011 12:32 PM
Organizer: Sambodhi Research & Management Institute
Venue: Sambodhi Research & Management Institute, New Delhi
Water scarcity in adivasi villages in Dungarpur, Rajasthan - Audio updates from CGNet Swara
Posted on 19 May, 2011 11:18 AMKelo dam, Raipur, Chattisgarh oustees agitation - Hunger strike called off after meeting with Chief Minister - Audio updates from CGNet Swara
Posted on 19 May, 2011 11:03 AMArticle courtesy: CGNet Swara
Kelo dam hunger strike: 7 more farmers shifted to hospital
Rajesh Tripathi is reporting from continuing hunger strike of farmers from Kelo dam site in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. He says 7 more farmers have now been shifted to hospital. 4 were shifted before in last 2 days.
Now it is water all the way in Garhkundar–Dabar watershed of drought-prone semi-arid Bundelkhand – A paper in Current Science
Posted on 19 May, 2011 08:07 AMThe area suffers from water scarcity, natural resource degradation, low crop productivity (1–1.5 t/ha), low rainwater use efficiency (35–45 per cent), high erosion, poor soil fertility, frequent droughts, poor irrigation facilities, heavy biotic pressure on forests, inadequate vegetation cover and frequent crop failure resulting in scarcity of food, fodder and fuel. The region has serious limitations of ground and surface-water availability and heavily depends upon perched water for drinking as well as irrigation.
Recession and reconstruction of Milam Glacier in Kumaon Himalaya – A paper in Current Science
Posted on 18 May, 2011 07:29 PMHimalaya is one of the youngest mountain systems on Earth, and has a direct influence on the climate, hydrology and environment of the Indian subcontinent. It is the abode of one of the world’s largest and mostly inaccessible area of glaciers outside the polar region and provides glacier-stored water to the major Indian river basins. Many of the Himalayan rivers are fed by snow and ice melt run-off from snow fields and glaciers.
My experiment with SRI
Posted on 18 May, 2011 06:28 PMDue to my childhood acquaintance with paddy cultivation, I used to be curious to understand global processes and methodologies around this cultivation and to do better to help my local community benefit.
Vembanad Fish Count 2011, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 26th May 2011, Muhamma, Kerala
Posted on 18 May, 2011 12:44 PM
Organizer: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) - Community Environmental Resource Centre (CERC)
Venue: St.George Parish Hall, Muhamma, Kerala
Summer camp for children, Urban Leaves, 29th May – 7th June 2011, Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai
Posted on 18 May, 2011 10:10 AMOrganizer: Urban Leaves
Venue: Maharashtra Nature Park, Opp Dharavi Bus Depot, Dharavi, Mumbai.
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