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Success Stories and Case Studies
Suggestions for a modified approach towards implementation and assessment of Ganga Action Plan
Posted on 11 Jun, 2009 03:20 PMThis paper is written by Vinod Tare, Purnendu Bose and Santosh Gupta of IIT Kanpur to examine the need for an alternative implementation and assessment methodology of River Action Plans in India. The paper illustrates of ‘Ganga Action Plan' (GAP) and its implementation near Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, to assess the methodology.
WaterAid newsletter: Water Drops issue 12
Posted on 06 Jun, 2009 10:45 AMImage and Content Courtesy: WaterAid 
WaterAid India's WaterDrops newsletter is published quarterly. WaterDrops is an effort to showcase WaterAid India's work, ideas, issues and concerns with its partners, civil society organisations, international NGOs, UN agencies and other important players in the water and sanitation sector. The latest issue of WaterDrops focusses on issues of inclusion, including articles on Social exclusion in drinking water and sanitation, Caste based discrimination, Water as a tool for social control and Inclusive approaches in Bihar. The latest issue can be downloaded here: WaterDrops Issue - 12
Cyclone Aila 2009
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 11:27 AMTropical Storm Aila struck southern Bangladesh and eastern India on May 27, 2009. The New York Times reported that floods and mudslides killed at least 191 people and left hundreds of thousands more homeless. As of May 27, the death toll was expected to rise. Images from The Nasa Earth Observatory.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Aila on May 25, 2009, the same day that the storm temporarily strengthened to a Category 1 cyclone. Aila almost completely fills this scene, stretching from the Bay of Bengal deep into India, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). On May 25, Aila's wind speeds ranged from 74 kilometers per hour (46 miles per hour or 40 knots) to 120 kilometers per hour (75 miles per hour or 65 knots). More information and detailed images can be accessed here:Cyclone Aila
Water security for residents of apartments & gated communities in Bangalore - An article by SS Ranganathan
Posted on 29 May, 2009 04:27 PMMr. S.S. Ranganathan, author of this guest post, is a retired senior executive of Ion Exchange and currently a consultant based in Bangalore.
He can be reached at: ss.ranganathan@gmail.com , +91-9343734229
WATER SECURITY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF APARTMENTS & GATED COMMUNITIES - S.S.Ranganathan
The CII-GBC national awards for excellence in water management (2007)
Posted on 29 May, 2009 12:50 PMAs India's economic boom gathers more and more momentum with each passing year, industrial water and energy use and related environmental impacts are going to be among the most critical factors in resource sustainability debates in the country and elsewhere. The companies portrayed represent a wide spectrum of industry: paper, metals, agro-processing, synthetic fibre, petroleum, transport, cement, energy, fertilizer, soft drinks and more.
Made available to us by the CII, the presentations offered here describe in detail just how these varied companies have undertaken wide ranging and often innovative eco-friendly modifications to equipment and procedures both within the their plants and in the townships around them. Technical parameters, financial implications and gains/savings are all clearly documented, making them valuable resource materials for study amongst the industrial community in India and elsewhere. While specific industries can of course gain from the sector specific innovations, there is also a wealth of material on ideas whose utility cuts across sectors, potentially benefiting industry as a whole.
- Click here to view all the presentations
- Read a description of the event by S. Vishwanath of the Rainwater Club who was on the jury
- Click here to visit CII-GBC website
As a major user of water and generator of effluents, the corporate sector has a tremendous impact on India's water and sanitation situation, especially in the current context of accelerating growth and industrial development.
ITC Limited, Kolkata, implements integrated watershed development programme as a corporate initiative (2007)
Posted on 29 May, 2009 11:39 AMThis presentation deals with the Integrated Watershed Development Programme being implemented by ITC Limited, Kolkata. Given that it is a large agro-based company with a pan-India presence, it is hardly surprising that ITC's soil and water conservation interventions are on a major scale, covering 66,723 acres in 450 villages from 23 districts in 7 states.
Learning from experience - water and environmental sanitation in India - UNICEF report
Posted on 29 May, 2009 11:23 AM
This report by the
ITC Limited, Munger, Bihar makes water conservation efforts as a corporate initiative (2007)
Posted on 29 May, 2009 11:06 AMThis presentation describes the efforts undertaken by ITCs Munger plant at water conservation.
Heavy water plant in Kota, Rajasthan, makes effort to reduce its environmental footprint (2007)
Posted on 29 May, 2009 10:49 AMThis presentation describes the efforts made by the Heavy Water Plant at Kota at environmental footprint reduction.
Global corruption report 2008 - corruption in the water sector
Posted on 29 May, 2009 10:10 AMThis report by Transparency International argues that corruption is a cause and catalyst for the water crisis today, wherein more than 1 billion people live with inadequate access to safe drinking water