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India’s groundwater crisis- A discussion paper by Global Water Forum
Posted on 08 Sep, 2012 07:54 PMThis discussion paper by Global Water Forum reviews the drivers of groundwater crisis and its consequent impact, in India .
Conservation as if democracy mattered - The first Ravi Sankaran Memorial Lecture, by Mahesh Rangarajan, Bangalore, 2 August 2012
Posted on 04 Sep, 2012 10:13 AMThis article presents the first Ravi Sankaran Memorial Lecture, by Mahesh Rangarajan, Bangalore, 2 August 2012: "Conservation as if Democracy Mattered". The lecture forcefully argues that the goals of both democracy and wildlife conservation are linked, and need to be addressed together.
Report on the "National level workshop on appropriate toilet technologies", organised by Gramalaya, Arghyam and UNICEF at Trichy, Tamil Nadu, between 9-11 May 2012
Posted on 02 Sep, 2012 07:00 PMCurrent evidence has shown that a large population of people in India practice open defecation and do not use toilets even when available.
Evaluation of NREGA wells in Jharkhand - A study of the construction of wells and the resultant creation of income-generating assets published in the Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 02 Sep, 2012 08:04 AMNREGA is widely criticized to be a program that creates 'empty' work for the sole purpose of employment, and does not extend itself to developing assets. This criticism is often made without supporting data, as there has been little research on asset creation through NREGA.
Water scarcity in Delhi – Soaring demand or mismanagement – Panel discussion organized by Toxics Link and IIC, Delhi, August 7, 2012
Posted on 31 Aug, 2012 12:28 PMThe panelists included Himanshu Thakkar (South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People), Manu Bhatnagar (Head, Natural Heritage Division, INTACH) and A K Bajaj (Former Chairman, Central Water Commission) while Satish, Toxics Link moderated the discussion. A short film by TERI - “Water ignites life and hope” was also shown.
"Crop failure resulting from failed monsoon drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra" - Roundup of the week's news (20-26 August 2012)
Posted on 28 Aug, 2012 11:57 AMNear complete crop-failure drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra, Gujarat
River diversion schemes versus waste water recycling for Bangalore city - An article in Current Science
Posted on 26 Aug, 2012 12:02 AMThis article published in the journal Current Science has been written in response to the earlier article published in Current Science that highlights the acute water scarcity t
Resource availability for water supply to Bangalore City, Karnataka - An article published in the journal Current Science
Posted on 25 Aug, 2012 03:05 PMThis article published in the journal Current Science highlights the acute water scarcity that the city of Bangalore has been facing ove
Interstate water dispute and federalism - Governance of interstate river water in India - A paper published in the journal Civil and Environmental Research
Posted on 23 Aug, 2012 11:25 AMThis paper published in the journal Civil and Environmental Research examines the methods and policies used before independence to tackle the problem of interstate river water dispute.