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Deep wells and prudence - Towards pragmatic action for addressing groundwater overexploitation in India - A World Bank document (2010)
Posted on 12 Apr, 2011 01:51 AMIndia is the largest user of groundwater resources in the world. It is estimated that approximately 230 cubic kilometers per year is used annually, this is more than a quarter of the total world consumption from this resource.
It is in this context that this World Bank report looks at the reasons for this quantum of groundwater usage.
The report delves into socio-economic and political reasons and looks at policies which inadvertently promote so much extraction. The report also analyses various attempts to manage this resource. These attempts range from government and international agency efforts directed to grassroots mobilisations. Finally the report comes out with suggestions to deal with this crisis.
Groundwater use in Aurangabad – A survey and analysis of social significance and policy implications for a medium-sized Indian city by GW MATE and World Bank (2008)
Posted on 12 Apr, 2011 01:17 AMAurangabad, a city in central Maharashtra is in a drought prone region, and being a rapidly urbanising town, is facing a lot of pressure on ots water resources. Besides importing water there has been an increasing trend of ground water extraction.
In this context, a survey of groundwater use was conducted as part of a World Bank study on Indian groundwater management. The study was a collaboration between GW MATE(Groundwater Management Advisory Team) and GRASP (Grass Roots Action for Social Participation), an Aurangabad-based civil society organization working on community-based natural resource management.
FES is looking for Senior Project Officers/Project Officers Water Management at Madanapalle(AP) - Apply by 20th April 2011
Posted on 08 Apr, 2011 06:22 PMContent courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
We work with 1,646 village institutions in 27 districts across six states, and assist the village communities in protecting 108,594 hectares of revenue wastelands, degraded forestlands and panchayat grazing lands. We support panchayats and their subcommittees, Village Forest Committees, Gramya Jungle Committees, Water Users Associations and Watershed Committees in order to improve the governance of natural resources.
ITC Limited is looking for Programme - Officer, Watershed Development at Mysore - Apply by 24th April, 2011
Posted on 08 Apr, 2011 05:49 PMContent courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
ITC Limited is one of India’s biggest diversified corporations. Its extensive social investments programme combines effective community participation and social organisation with increasing agricultural productivity and sustainable management of natural resources. They are concentrated in remote rural areas in different parts of India. In addition to focus on natural resources management, equal emphasis is given to off-farm livelihoods. To achieve excellence in its rural development programmes in Karnataka, ITC is looking for a dynamic and a highly motivated professional to spearhead its community development initiatives.
Third National Ground Water Congress & World Water Day 2011, Central Ground Water Board, 22nd - 23rd March 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 17 Mar, 2011 10:53 AMOrganizer: Central Ground Water Board
Venue: AP Shinde Symposium Hall, NASC Complex, ICAR, DPS Marg, PUSA, New Delhi.
Socio-economic implications of depleting groundwater resource in Punjab: A comparative analysis of different irrigation systems - An EPW paper
Posted on 01 Mar, 2011 06:00 PMIt argues that while the consequences of negative groundwater draft have mostly been viewed as an ecological disaster, the externalities of groundwater depletion pose greater concern for socio-economic equity in the access to this resource.
Kerala's bill to penalise Coke - Relief and compensation for Plachimada factory victims
Posted on 01 Mar, 2011 02:39 PM'The Bill proposes to get compensation from the company and to form a tribunal to provide time-bound compensation. The tribunal is to have a chairman, a technical member and an administrative member'.
International conference on "Indian Monsoon and Himalayan Geodynamics" - Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 2nd to 4th November 2011, Dehradun
Posted on 18 Feb, 2011 11:05 AMOrganizer: Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology
Venue: Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun
Groundwater Information System - Data on groundwater quality and level for all states of India from 2005-09 from the Central Groundwater Board
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 12:45 PM
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Khazana Bawali - Historical wisdom needing protection - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 03:57 AMThis paper presents the case of Khazana Bawali - a large ancient well that irrigated around 1000 acres in the past but is now in disrepair. The well is about 20 metres in diameter which stores rainwater from the neighbouring hills. The water is brought through underground tunnels that have ventilators at regular intervals to ensure fresh air and also to help in its manual cleaning. This well today irrigates only about 525 acres. It was built by the Jagirdar of Beed in 1582.