Uttarakhand

Today, this amateur weather station has an unbroken and reliable record of temperature and rainfall data for the area. Considering the difficulties involved in a sustained effort of this nature, this is a remarkable achievement.

The Bhagirathi in its upper reaches, here seen near Dharali (Photo: Chicu Lokgariwar)

Organiser: People’s Science Institute

Venue: Dehradun

Author : Neelima Garg

Organiser: Ganga Action

Venue: Ganga Action Office,
            Parmarth Niketan,
            Rishikesh

Ganga Action is a global family of professionals, engineers, scientists, activists, government leaders and devoted volunteers from all across the world dedicated to serving Mother Ganga. It is a sincere effort to provide effective and sustainable solutions for the millions of people whose lives depends on the purity of the river.  This project has been blessed and supported by saints, scholars, yogis, economists, scientists, environmentalists and agriculturalists.

The general objectives of the assessments were:

The HKH region is one of the most dynamic, fragile, and complex mountain systems in the world as a result of tectonic activity and the rich diversity of climates, hydrology, and ecology. The high Himalayan region is the freshwater tower of South Asia and has the highest concentration of snow and glaciers outside the polar regions giving it the name Third Pole.

Balati glacier, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand (Source: Uttarakhand and I)

Organizer: Indian Association of Hydrologists (IAH)

Venue:  National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee

Description:
Water resources management requires a holistic and integrated view that considers the surface and groundwater together and also the direct human / indirect human needs. The sustainable management of water resources should base on an integrated approach linking development and protection of the natural environment, on the participation of all actors and concerned people and on the recognition of the economic and social value of water. We must promote the integration of all aspects of planning, management and protection of water resources by developing plans which aim to satisfy basic needs and to promote equitable and effective distribution of water resources, ecosystem protection and maintenance of the water cycle. Climate change, land use change and the hydrological variability of water's distribution and occurrence are natural driving forces that, when combined with the pressures from economic growth and major population change, make the water resources management a challenge. Water management plans should consider the best existing practices and the most advanced scientific breakthroughs.

Organizer: National Institute of Administrative Research (NIAR), Mussoorie
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Govt. of India

Venue: Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie

Description:
The National Institute of Administrative Research, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie in collaboration with the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Govt. of India is organizing a three days National Seminar on Decentralized Governance in Water and Sanitation in Rural India from June 26-28, 2012 at Mussoorie. The National Seminar is dedicated to academic discourse and practitioner engagement on Governance issues in the Water and Sanitation Sector.  The papers received will be presented and documented in the form of a book after a peer review.