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IPCC alarms India of a severe water shortage

News this week: IPCC releases its Fifth Assessment Report on climate change; Hydropower plants in Himachal find it tough to sell power; No toilet facilities in 20% of Goa households.

Swati Bansal

Posted on 06 Apr, 2014 06:23 PM

IPCC releases its climate change report, alarms India of severe water shortage

Himalayan lake in Sikkim (Source: Wikimedia)

Applications invited for the post of 'Project Management Consultant- Sanitation: Behaviour Change Communication, Arghyam, Bangalore/Davangere, Karnataka

Arghyam is looking for a Project Management Consultant for leading the Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) for Sanitation project.

Posted on 02 Apr, 2014 12:38 PM

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The importance of transparency and data management

World Water Day was celebrated in Raipur by bringing together many speakers who talked on the importance of sharing and disseminating information to truly serve society well.

Makarand Purohit

Posted on 31 Mar, 2014 10:17 PM

On 22nd March 2014, Raipur celebrated World Water Day with senior government officials and officials from NGOs and other organisations presenting on the importance of NGOs in disseminating information to the people. They also highlighted the discrepancies in data collected between organisations and the need to improve on this if they were to make a difference to society.

The key to successfully managing groundwater in India

Dr.Himanshu Kulkarni who was Chairman Working Group on Sustainable Groundwater Management for the 12th Plan, suggests measures to mitigate the poor groundwater scenario in the country.

Makarand Purohit

Hamsa Iyer

Posted on 23 Mar, 2014 10:47 PM

Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni is the Executive Director of the Advanced Center for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM), a non-profit organisation in Pune. It is a premier education and research institution, which facilitates work on groundwater management through action research programmes and training.

A study group observing groundwater in a well

Cleaning up: From Canada to Kharaudi

NRIs from Punjab have funded sanitation and development initiatives in their native villages, but this model of development is not without its share of hurdles.

Manu Moudgil

Posted on 23 Mar, 2014 10:20 PM

In 2003, President Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam visited a small village in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab. Kharaudi had done something he thought others could emulate.

A village becomes water secure

Implementing rooftop rainwater harvesting, treating the catchment and building a community water tank are some reasons why Patkhori village is starting to sail through its water crisis.

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 23 Mar, 2014 10:12 PM

Mewat, a historical region comprising of the present Mewat district of Haryana and parts of Alwar, Bharatpur and Dholpur districts of Rajasthan, lies in a semi-arid belt. It experiences variable rainfall annually and receives, on average, 336 mm to 540 mm, as per the Mewat Development Agency.

Submissions invited for 'Compendium on Innovations and Best Practices in Managing Water for Sustainable Water Supply, Sanitation and Irrigation Services', SuGWM and Vrutti

Selected innovations and best practices on managing water for sustainable water supply, sanitation and irrigation services across India will be bought out as an compendium for wider dissemination.

Posted on 21 Mar, 2014 02:55 PM

Sustainable Ground Water Management (SuGWM) & Vrutti are inviting 'Innovations and Best practices in Managing Water for Sustainable Water Supply, Sanitation and Irrigation Services'.

Applications invited for the post of 'State Coordinator Jharkhand', The World Bank, Water and Sanitation Program

The objective of this assignment is to contribute to the acceleration and scaling up of the implementation of the Nirmal Bharat Abiyan (NBA) at the State and District level.

Posted on 14 Mar, 2014 03:26 PM

Supervisor and Department: Joep Verhagen, India, WSP-SA, TWISA

Location: India

Assignment Duration: 100 days

Assignment Type: STC

International Recruitment: No

Applications invited for the post of 'State Coordinator Bihar', The World Bank, Water and Sanitation Program

The objective of this assignment is to contribute to the acceleration and scaling up of the implementation of the Nirmal Bharat Abiyan (NBA) at the State and District level.

Posted on 14 Mar, 2014 03:18 PM

Supervisor: Joep Verhagen, India, WSP-SA, TWISA

Assignment Duration: 100 days

Location: India

Email ID to Receive Application: wspsa@worldbank.org

Know more about WSP approach on scaling up rural sanitation.

Call for entries for 'Breaking the Taboo- Sanitation Cartoon Competition', Sustainable Sanitation Alliance(SuSanA) and GIZ, New Delhi

The competition invites creative minds to submit fun and striking ideas about toilets and sanitation in the form of Cartoons, Caricatures or Infographics.

Posted on 08 Mar, 2014 12:16 AM

Get more information on 'Breaking the Taboo- Sanitation Cartoon Competition'.

Know more about Sustainable Sanitation Alliance and GIZ.

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July 4, 2024

बांदा, जखनी गांव : आज भी खरी है मेड़बंदी

मनुष्य को जब से भोजन की आवश्यकता पड़ी होगी उसने भोजन का आविष्कार किया होगा। किस स्थान पर भोजन उगाया जाए? फसलें पैदा की जाएं जमीन खोजी होगी खेत बनाया होगा। खाद्यान्न पैदा करने के लिए खेत का निर्माण तय हुआ होगा तभी से मेड़बंदी जैसी जल संरक्षण की विधि का आविष्कार हुआ होगा। यह हमारे पुरखों की विधि है जिन से खेत खलिहान का जन्म हुआ है एवं जिन्होंने जल संरक्षण परंपरागत प्रमाणित सर्वमान्य मेड़बंदी विधि का आविष्कार किया है जिसमें किसी प्रकार की कोई तकनीकी शिक्षा नवीन-ज्ञान, वैज्ञानिक ज्ञान की आवश्यकता नहीं होती है।

July 3, 2024

India experiments with parametric insurance to mitigate costs of disasters

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Life during floods in Assam (Image Source: Kausika Bordoloi via Wikimedia Commons)

July 3, 2024

उत्तर कोरिया सरकार ने मानव मल एकत्र करने के लिए आदेश क्यों दिया है

उत्तर कोरिया के तानाशाह किम जोंग उन के एक नए आदेश के बारे में जानना चाहिए कि उन्होंने कोरिया की जनता से 10 किलोग्राम मानव मल एकत्र करने का आदेश दिया है। ताकि उसे खाद के रूप में इस्तेमाल किया जा सके। हालांकि यह आदेश उत्तर कोरियाई लोगों के लिए पूरी तरह से नया नहीं है, क्योंकि वे पहले से ही सर्दियों में खाद के रूप में मानव मल का उपयोग करते आए हैं।

July 2, 2024

From scarcity to sharing: How farmers are managing groundwater in Rayalaseema

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)