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And the 2014 UN ‘Water for Life’ award goes to …

... IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program, a project that focuses on water and energy, and throws light on how the fortunes of groundwater and energy economies are intertwined.

Shilp Verma

Posted on 31 Mar, 2014 09:52 PM

IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program (ITP), a project that focusses on policy research in the co-management of energy & groundwater, has been awarded the 2014 UN ‘Water for life’ award!

Project leader Tushaar Shah with the award

Power'house or powerless: A debate on dams in Arunachal Pradesh

Water conflicts in Arunachal Pradesh have left power projects and people at opposite ends of the struggle. Understanding, and not merely suppressing people, will help resolve this conflict.

Raju Mimi

Posted on 19 Mar, 2014 11:54 PM

Arunachal Pradesh, a state rich in water resources, has a huge potential for cheap and plentiful power. Isolated and one of the least developed states in the country, today it is viewed as the ‘powerhouse’ of the country.

Potential powerhouse ( Source: Wikimedia)

Sikkim's springs discharge 50% lesser over the last decade

The solution to water scarcity due to the shrinking monsoon season & the resultant declining discharge of natural springs lies in storing water. For this the forestland needs to be conserved.

Sandeep Tambe

Ghanashyam Kharel

Suju Subba and M. L. Arrawatia

Posted on 19 Mar, 2014 11:36 PM

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report predicts large scale changes in temperature and precipitation over the Asian land mass. In the mountains, this translates to less snow, more intense but shorter episodes of rainfall and insufficient groundwater recharge, thereby resulting in the drying up of water sources.

Man-made trouble in Bhimtal lake

Tourism and other human interventions in the Bhimtal area in Uttarakhand has led to drastic changes that have altered the way of life and land use in the region. Can this trend be reversed?

Kedovikho Yhoshü

Posted on 19 Mar, 2014 11:01 PM

The Himalayan region is facing an unprecedented onslaught of modernization. Large-scale construction, deforestation and pollution are taking a toll on it's pristine eciology. This includes the beautiful Bhimtal lake in Nainital district, Uttarakhand.

Water - not a gender-neutral resource

Generalization and mere quotas for women will not solve this gender bias. Involvement and empowerment of women are necessary for initiatives to succeed in the water sector.

Prachi Khanna

B S Bisht

Posted on 19 Mar, 2014 10:46 PM

Water is not ‘gender-neutral’, especially in India. It is the woman of the house who walks an average of 6 km each day to collect water for household use. In the Kumaon region, a newly married bride visits the family spring to fetch water a day after the wedding, in a symbolic tradition of water responsibility.

Invitation to the fifth edition of 'Aquatech India 2014', New Delhi, India

Aquatech India 2014 will feature the best possible range of new and proven products on process, drinking and waste water.

Posted on 17 Mar, 2014 04:29 PM

About Aquatech India 2014:

Call for Papers for the 'International Conference & Exhibition for Filtration & Separation Technologies- FILTECH -2015', Cologne, Germany

FILTECH 2015 Conference will feature once again the latest advances and techniques in liquid/solid and gas/particle separation (dust, gas & air filtration) in three days of indepth exposure.

Posted on 13 Mar, 2014 08:46 AM

About FILTECH-2015:

Invite to the talk on 'Climate & Ecological Crisis: Why Capitalism cannot solve the problem?' by Pablo Solon, Centre for Marxist Studies (CMS), New Delhi

CMS invites you to the talk by Pablo Solon on 'Climate & Ecological Crisis: Why Capitalism cannot solve the problem?', at USO House in New Delhi.

Posted on 11 Mar, 2014 12:30 PM

Venue: USO House, USO Road, Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi - 110067
Ph : 26561103/26857276/26525146
http://www.uso-usi-india.org/

Invite to the course on 'Spring Protection', Grampari, Panchgani, Maharashtra

The goal of the course is to build awareness and capacity within the Western Ghats to protect spring ecosystems and ensure safe, sustainable drinking water.

Posted on 11 Mar, 2014 11:14 AM

Get more information on the course 'Spring Protection'.

Know more about Grampari.

Download the invite to the spring protection course from below.

Call for entries for 'Breaking the Taboo- Sanitation Cartoon Competition', Sustainable Sanitation Alliance(SuSanA) and GIZ, New Delhi

The competition invites creative minds to submit fun and striking ideas about toilets and sanitation in the form of Cartoons, Caricatures or Infographics.

Posted on 08 Mar, 2014 12:16 AM

Get more information on 'Breaking the Taboo- Sanitation Cartoon Competition'.

Know more about Sustainable Sanitation Alliance and GIZ.

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