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Droughts and Floods
Invite to a Public talk on 'Uttarakhand Disaster: Can the nation learn any lessons ?', by Himanshu Thakkar, Environment Support Group, Bangalore
Posted on 11 Aug, 2013 09:37 AMFor more information on the event please download the invitation for the talk from below.
![South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sandrp.png?itok=Yf45aVLP)
Seminar on 'Who is to blame for the Uttarakhand disaster', Uttarakhand Aapada Rahat Manch, New Delhi
Posted on 07 Aug, 2013 01:55 PMOrganiser details
Uttarakhan Aapada Rahat Manch
About the seminar
Discussion on the cause of the Uttarakhand disaster and how the rehabilitation process can be strenghthened
Panelists
![Uttarakhand devastated](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/uttaranchal.png?itok=g_NptkdN)
Invitation for Expression of interest (EOI) in Health Nutrition Water & Sanitation (HNWASH) & Open Defecation Free (ODF) assignments, Government of Odisha
Posted on 06 Aug, 2013 03:30 PMOffered by
Government of Odisha & United Kingdom's Department for International Development
Background information
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Touched by very little water
Posted on 01 Aug, 2013 11:54 AMAuthor and conservationist, Anupam Mishra has spent decades promoting water conservation and management. Through his travels across various states of India, he has been studying and teaching the time-tested techniques of rainwater harvesting.
![Kunds and tankas have been used to collect water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kunds.jpg?itok=7cWwToz3)
Call for Abstracts - Fourth National Research Conference on Climate Change,Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Posted on 30 Jul, 2013 12:49 PMOrganisers
![IIT Madras](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/iit.png?itok=ERlduWFS)
Free the river! Let it flow!
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 12:46 AMFloods are an annual event in the north-eastern state of Assam. The newspapers expect it at this time of year, every year. For the world, this is routine, something not even worth a front-page story like the Uttarakhand floods maybe because it does not involve pilgrims or religion.
![The Brahamputra in spate (Photos: Amita Bhaduri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/102_0714.jpg?itok=jF_TgXL-)
Call for suggestions, solidarity & support for the Uttarakhand catastrophe, HIMCON & Himalaya Seva Sangh, New Delhi
Posted on 23 Jul, 2013 09:52 AMInvitation from
Background picture
The recent catastrophe due to massive flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand Himalayas caused severe damage to land, life and livelihoods
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The Dongria Kondhs' tribals bring the judiciary down on its knees
Posted on 22 Jul, 2013 01:40 AMDongria Kondh tribals stand firm against mining of Niyamgiri
![Celebration Dance (Source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dongriakondhdance.jpg?itok=UBL-YiUm)
Sacchidanand Bharti - in his own words
Posted on 15 Jul, 2013 07:12 PMReams have been written about Sacchidanand Bharti, of Ufrenkhal fame and his work on afforestation and water conservation. However, very rarely does he speak about his own efforts and experiences.
![Sacchidanand Bharti in the Ufrenkhal forest](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bhartiji_on_ufrenkhal_road.jpg?itok=Ciwj-d_P)