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Monitoring Evaluation And Learning (MEAL) (15th, 16th & 17th January 2008) As part of the Capacity Building Series (2007- 08) Development Alternatives is conducting the Monitoring Evaluation And Learning (MEAL) workshop on June 05-07, 2008. The three day program to be held in TARAgram, Appropriate Technology Centre, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh. The training is expected to equip senior and middle manages of the project with the necessary skills and knowledge to enable them to develop their own monitoring, evaluation and learning systems. Complete information regarding the subjects covered, detailed plans, application format can be and much more here:

As the quality of our water deteriorates, we expect that people will more and more need to/want to test the quality of their drinking and other water.

The list below represents a compilation of information on water testing resources in various parts of India. The list uploaded here has been prepared from the information collected and compiled by NEERI, Nagpur and AIIH & PH, Kolkata with the professional support of a senior consultant and in collaboration with WHO India Country Office, New Delhi.

Forwarded to the Portal by: N Sree Hari, Byrraju Foundation Byrraju Foundation (BF), a not-for-profit organization is dedicated to rural transformation and to catalyse improvement in quality of life in villages.

Forwarded to the Portal by : Amrat Singh, PARIVARTAN A new training programme has been launched by Parivartan.

Several threats have emerged in recent years to the pristine Himalayan rivers of Uttarakhand. These include: (i) the proposed construction of 220 dams (ii) the drying up of rain fed rivers due to deforestation and deforestation of their catchments (iii) release of untreated sewage from river side towns and habitations and (iv) illegal sand mining of river beds.

Pained by the unrelenting destruction of the Ganga river, especially by a series of dams in its upper reaches, Dr G.D. Agrawal, India's pre-eminent environmental quality scientist and a legendary Professor (and HoD) of Civil & Environmental Engineering at IIT-Kanpur. (Access:Biography Sketch Here) has decided to go on a fast-unto-death to oppose its continuing desecration. His conviction that we are staring at an unprecedented ecological and cultural catastrophe comes from his powerfully logical mind. Critique on proposed dams on Bhagirathi River. Access here: Critique on Dams

Forwarded to the Portal by : Maj Gen SS Sandhu, Chair SAFRG. The South Asian Fund Raising Group SAFRG is organising the 19th South Asian International Fundraising Workshop (19th SAFRW) will be held at the Jaypee Palace Hotel & Convention Centre, Agra , from 23 to 26 August 2008.

As ground water levels decline in India, Persian Wheels cannot reach the water to draw them out from open wells. One such Persian wheel stands forlorn and frustrated as the water table has dipped in Kolar, Karnataka India. This wheel has worked for the last 80 years and 2007 was the first time that the water table fell and the wheel could not work for the day.

A slow sand filter built with Japanese aid is running out of use because the community cannot repair the broken pump. Can we help organize the community to take charge of its asset?!

Subject: Ecosan

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