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Water footprint : Accounting for the water used to produce goods and services implemented by Jain Irrigation
Posted on 13 Nov, 2009 06:23 AMJain Irrigation plan to do it with IFC, a member of World Bank Group.
Drinking water from a fresh pit everyday - The life of people in the fishing settlements in Dhanuskodi
Posted on 12 Nov, 2009 11:59 PMIn an earlier post Microfinance for Water - How would it Work? I had put up a picture of a woman drawing water out from a pit.
A shift in thinking: Prioritise financial resources before working towards climate change
Posted on 12 Nov, 2009 04:34 AM
Meeting on injustice to Dalits in relief and rehabilitation -- proceedings
Posted on 11 Nov, 2009 06:52 PM
13th annual birding fair at Jaipur's Man Sagar
Posted on 10 Nov, 2009 05:52 PM13th Birding Fair at Jaipur's Man Sagar on 2 – 3 Feb 2010 to be devoted to 'Rivers’ Restoration'
Indian women farmers in Bihar and UP coping with climate change
Posted on 07 Nov, 2009 09:50 AMAt a recent public hearing, Indian women farmers voiced their helplessness in dealing with the ramifications of global warming.
Compilation of news- November 2009 (3-4,8,11)
Posted on 07 Nov, 2009 08:30 AMRoundup of news - November 3-4, 2009
Karnataka confident of getting more funds
https://www.deccanherald.com/content/34098/cm-confident-getting-more-funds.html
Land aquisition on in full steam:
https://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/04/stories/2009110454390400.htm
CM in Dharwad on Wednesday
Using GIS mapping for Urban Flood Management in Chennai
Posted on 05 Nov, 2009 04:30 PMFor a GIS zealot like me, this is breaking news on the Indian mapping front. Finally a GIS application for risk-mapping and management of floods in India!
The Flood Risk Mapping Study, funded by the Water Resources wing of the Public Works Department to a tune of Rs 2,17 crores, is an initiative of the Tamil Nadu State Government. It is supported by the Centre's Department of Science and Technology and Survey of India in the research component of the project. This one-year project is being handled by Anna University’s Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS), Chennai.
ASHWAS - A people's survey of water and sanitation in Karnataka (2009)
Posted on 05 Nov, 2009 04:17 PM
This report includes the findings of the ASHWAS survey (A Survey of Household Water and Sanitation), a participatory survey carried out by Arghyam, that included 28 districts of Karnataka covering more than 17,200 households across 172 gram panchayats (GPs). This was a peoples' survey, and the surveyors were selected from the respective communities that included students, women from self help groups, local NGO partners and other volunteers.
Water harvesting, storage and conservation (WHSC - 2009) - IIT Kanpur
Posted on 05 Nov, 2009 01:25 PM
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur presents WHSC 2009. A three day conference which is expected to pave way for producing compendium of technological options, policy guidelines and implementing mechanisms for water harvesting, storage and conservation.
Objectives
We hope that WHSC-2009 will immensely benefits technocrats, policy makers and implementers to attain global excellence. Main objectives of this conference are:
- To assess the significance of water harvesting, storage and conservation to meet international water stipulate.
- To assess challenges related to water harvesting, storage and conservation technologies
- To engage stakeholder in issue-oriented discussion as to share experience and agree on a common plan of action