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July 2, 2024 Community governance for groundwater management
Jasmine on the fields as part of the groundwater collectivisation agreement at Kummara Vandla Palli village, Sri Satya Sai District. (Images: WASSAN/Swaran)
June 30, 2024 SHGs empower women, ensure sustainability: A model for water tax collection in Burhanpur
Rural water security (Image: Shawn, Save the Children USA; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
May 22, 2024 Bridging the gender divide in Participatory Irrigation Management
Woman member of water user association is giving fish feed to a community pond in West Midnapore in West Bengal (Image: Tanmoy Bhaduri/IWMI)
May 19, 2024 The surprising connection between Wikipedia, beaches, and your water bottle.
A top down image of a lush green forest in a sacred grove in Meghalaya (Image created by: Sreechand Tavva)
April 18, 2024 As the demand for water from the Hindu Kush Himalaya region is expected to rise due to population growth, the impacts of temperature increases, and development requirements, researchers emphasise the urgent need to enhance scientific collaboration and rejuvenate existing treaties and governance structures.
Rivers of destiny (Image: Vikramjit Kakati/Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)
February 14, 2024 The event underlined the need to create a skilled workforce with multi-skilling abilities, embodying the concept of a one-stop-shop and service, particularly relevant for the organised sector.
The release of the reports prepared under the Jal Kaushal Project, led by the JustJobs Network and funded by Arghyam (Image: Arghyam)
Steps to create awareness about rainwater harvesting and encouragement to states for implementation of rainwater harvesting projects - PIB release
The Parliament has been informed that the mean annual rainfall is 1,170 mm with wide regional variation. Posted on 25 Feb, 2011 10:41 AM

 Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on the average annual rainfall and rainwater harvesting, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Water Resources, said that rain water is harvested through surface storages and recharge of ground water.The total storage capacity created through major and medium projects is around 225 BCM. The data on quantum of rainwater harvested through groundwater recharging is 433 BCM. Ministry of Water Resources does not maintain the data on quantum of water harvested due to manmade structures separately.It is estimated that the water utilized in 2010 is about 681 BCM.

A map of World Water Day 2011 events across India
Zoom-in to explore more events. Click on the markers below to know more about the events. Posted on 24 Feb, 2011 04:09 PM

Welcome to the World Water Day Events 2011.


 

WaterAid is looking for Programme Officers at Raipur, Bhubaneshwar and Ranchi - Apply by 8th March 2011
Posted on 24 Feb, 2011 03:35 PM

Forwarded to the portal by: Chandra Ganapathy, WaterAid

WaterAid The package for the position will be around Rs.6.4 lakhs Gross per annum.

WaterAid India invites applications from experienced and qualified professionals for the position of Programme Officers for its offices in Bhubaneshwar/Bhopal and the officers will be placed in Ranchi, Bhubaneshwar and Raipur.

WaterAid is looking for Programme Officer - Planning Monitoring & Evaluation based at New Delhi - Apply by 8th March 2011
Posted on 24 Feb, 2011 12:13 PM

Forwarded to the portal by: Chandra Ganapathy, WaterAid

WaterAidThe package for the position will be around Rs.6.6 lakhs Gross per annum.

WaterAid India invites applications from experienced and qualified professionals for the position of Programme Officer Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation for its Country Office in New Delhi.

Water job via DevNetJobsIndia.org dated 24th February, 2011
Posted on 24 Feb, 2011 11:54 AM

Content Courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia

  • Business Development Manager

            Water for People

            Location: Kolkata
            Last Date: 15th March, 2011

CIC orders CWC to disclose the Almatti backwater study under RTI in public interest - Press release by SANDRP
Central Information Commission (CIC) rejects Central Water Comission (CWC) stand on keeping the backwater level study secret, orders CWC to disclose the Almatti study in public interest Posted on 17 Feb, 2011 11:46 AM

 


Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research (PUKAR) Youth Fellowship - 2011-12 - Apply by March 31, 2011
Posted on 16 Feb, 2011 10:40 AM

Pukar's Youth Fellowship - 2011-12Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research (PUKAR) invites you, the Youth of Mumbai, to take on an  exploratory journey of research to examine your city, dig deep into its culture, question what you think needs changing, and simply… indulge your curiosity!

Review needed on Krishna Water Tribunal analysis on Alamatti Dam to save the farmers from dangerous consequences
Computer calculations on the damaging impacts of raising Alamatti Dam indicate the potential to kill lakhs of people of Maharashtra, karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Posted on 15 Feb, 2011 11:57 AM

Prof.T.Shivaji Rao, Director, Center for Environmental Studies, Gitam University and former member of the Environmental Appraisal Committee of Union Government in 1990 when the Alamatti project was placed before the committee for clearance.

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