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Resources from the Public Health Engineering Department of Assam
Posted on 12 Aug, 2009 11:53 AMThe website of the Public Health Engineering Department of Assam, the nodal agency for the rural water supply programmes of the state is available below -
Resources from Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department website
Posted on 12 Aug, 2009 10:29 AMThe website of Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department can be viewed below. It contains policy documents, list of inter-state disputes over river water whose basin Uttar Pradesh is a part of, project details, flood works etc.
Homepage of the Groundwater Directorate of Andhra Pradesh
Posted on 11 Aug, 2009 04:09 PMThe homepage of the Groundwater Directorate of Andhra Pradesh is available below. It contains maps and statistics about well population, groundwater irrigation, categorisation of basins, geology and piezometric network and groundwater levels.
Andhra Pradesh State of the Environment: A report from ENVIS
Posted on 11 Aug, 2009 04:00 PMThe Andhra Pradesh State of the Environment Report is available at the Environmental Information System (ENVIS) cell of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) here.
Groundwater profiles of different states from Central Ground Water Board
Posted on 11 Aug, 2009 03:48 PMThe State Groundwater Profile from the CGWB site can be viewed below. It includes a brief summary of groundwater conditions, aquifer types, average specific yield of the aquifers, types of wells dug, their specific capacity and also findings of groundwater exploration.
Irrigation infrastructure: a view from below - the case of the Tungabhadra river
Posted on 11 Aug, 2009 02:32 PMThe case study of the irrigation infrastructure of Tungabhadra river zooms in on the river, to examine the various schemes on it. Taking the particular case of the Tungabhadra in the Krishna river basin and following the river flow as it is subject to various schemes in time and space, it shows how simmering tensions are likely to manifest as full-fledged conflicts.
An overview of the water-related aspects of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Posted on 11 Aug, 2009 12:10 PMAn overview of the water-related aspects of the islands from CGWB Eastern Region
Rapid assessment of the flood situation at Tilak Tajpur Panchayat in Sitamarhi, Bihar
Posted on 04 Aug, 2009 09:30 AMQueries, request for information & additional clarifications can be sought via the comments section.
Download here: Rapid assessment report - Tilak Tajpur Panchayat
Water conservation efforts (2007) of Sterlite Industries India Ltd, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu
Posted on 30 Jul, 2009 01:20 PMThis presentation deals with the water conservation efforts of Sterlite Industries India Ltd in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. Apart from certain measures for reuse of process water, conversion to air cooling systems from water cooling ones and so on, what is interesting here is more the management structure for water conservation.
Transfer of power to rural communities : Initiative by Sambhav Trust
Posted on 29 Jul, 2009 01:29 PMThis article is about an experiment taken up by Sambhaav Trust with communities in Barmer (district of Rajasthan), which tells us about the development of the rural area and how to bring about self sustainability to rural society. Readers may kindly write in with their feedback in the comments or to portal@arghyam.org. Comments & emails will be forwarded to Sambhaav Trust by the India Water Portal.
Introduction
The word rural is synonymous with backwardness in the eyes of the upper urban community. A general impression that has been created is that people living in rural areas are economically poor, uneducated, do not have any sense of business, are not hardworking and hence they are much below those who live in urban areas who are monetarily rich. This perception is a biased one. We have never asked ourselves - what are the indicators that make a man backward or advanced? We have measured everything in terms of monetary advancement. In our experience there are a number of indicators one can associate with development like social, political, value system etc. It is therefore important that we check our perception before we talk of rural development. We are not debating on the urban-rural divide. However, from our experience in the rural field we believe that if we are interested in national development and not just sectoral development, then it is essential to assess the potentiality of the rural sector to move forward. Our contention is that this potentiality has not been probed into. On the contrary, a policy to downgrade this sector continues year after year. We have to broaden our perception if we truly want a just state.