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Pune District
Water conservation by industry - A case study of Kirloskar Brothers Limited (Pune)
Posted on 17 Nov, 2009 04:47 PMThe various initiatives taken up include installing sensors/push type tap for hand wash/urinals, close loop hydro testing, installing drip irrigation and sprinklers for garden, installing float valves for old overhead tank, using percolated rain water for process, use of AC condensed water, use of air cooled instead of water cooled compressors, treating waste water and more.
The Kabir Music Festival, 14 November 2009, Pune
Posted on 09 Nov, 2009 12:20 PMChalo Hamara Des
Journeys with kabir…
A Festival of Kabir in Films, Music & Conversations
Open Space, Either Or and Symbiosis Law School bring the Kabir Festival to Pune in collaboration with the Kabir Project at Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology.
World's first anti dam movement - Mulshi satyagraha (1920-24)
Posted on 23 Oct, 2009 09:32 PM
Back in the 1920s, the peasants of Mulshi Peta, near Pune, India, had protested against the construction of a dam being built with government support by the industrial house of the Tatas. As a marker of the transition from an agrarian to an industrialised society, the Mulshi satyagraha anticipated many of the modern protest movements.
Economic issues in the management of water resources in the drought prone Pune district of Maharashtra State
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 05:41 PMThis study by the Subhash B Bhagwat, the Visiting Fulbright Scholar to ACWADAM deals with economic issues in the management of water resources in the drought prone Pune district of Maharashtra. The situation in Pune city is intimately connected to the situation in Pune district. Likewise, the state and national policies and conditions ultimately determine what happens in individual districts or towns. Even then there is plenty of room for cities and districts to influence their own fate with respect to water and the related issues. Therefore, this report focuses on the district of Pune and Pune City but only in the context of and in conjunction with the state of Maharashtra and to some extent India itself.
National Water Academy: Short-duration program for NGOs and media, 28 July 2009, Pune
Posted on 03 Jul, 2009 08:53 PMNational Water Academy (Khadakwasla, Pune, India) will conduct a three day “Introductory Program” for NGOs and media persons active in water and environment sector, from 28 to 30 July 2009.
MMM college of architecture, Pune, presents environment rehabilitation around Kasarwadi slum in the city
Posted on 06 Jun, 2009 03:48 PMThis presentation by Zarine Jamshedji and Shivakumar Shrikant Ranbhor from MMM College of Architecture
Symbiosis institute of design, Pune, presents recycling waste water in small scale industries in the city
Posted on 06 Jun, 2009 01:05 PMThe industry that currently does not treat or recycle any water. The treatment tank occupies less than 3 m2 floor area and the entire system costs less than Rs 1,00,000 to implement.
Symbiosis institute of design, Pune, receives first prize for the presentation on water management in low income housing colony in the city
Posted on 04 Jun, 2009 04:19 PMA portable bicycle pump reduces the drudgery of transporting water to these homes. They also plan to implement grey and black water treatment systems with the assistance of industries in the vicinity that can use that water, or use the sewage waste to generate biogas.
Case study of Pondhe watershed area in Maharashtra based on rapid hydrogeological mapping by advanced center for water resources development and management (ACWADAM)
Posted on 15 May, 2009 11:13 AMThis document deals with a study by ACWADAM of Pondhe watershed area in Maharashtra based on rapid hydrogeological mapping through field studies. Large areas of India are covered by what are called “hard rocks” that are mostly of igneous and metamorphic origin. Many arid and semi-arid regions of India obtain water supplies from groundwater stored in these rocks.