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October 8, 2023
India's rivers: From conservation movements to legal personhood
While the current push for legal personhood for rivers is facing obstacles and is stalled, it holds potential as a viable long-term strategy for the preservation of India's rivers
River quality deteriorates as demand for hydropower to support economic growth continues to expand. (Image: Yogendra Singh Negi, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)
June 16, 2023
Majuli Island: A tapestry of resilience and environmental harmony
Majuli serves as a symbol of both the delicate balance between human activity and the environment and the tenacity of its residents
Addressing various aspects of women's lives to enhance their social, economic, and political status (Image: Rebuild India Fund)
January 13, 2022
Water management in the times of Gonds of Central India
The water structures constructed during the Gond period continue to survive the test of time and provide evidence of the water wisdom of our ancestors.
Kundeshwar lake, Kundam in Jabalpur (Image Source: K G Vyas)
January 2, 2021
The fast disappearing traditional water harvesting structures of Rajasthan
Lack of community ownership and local governance are spelling doom for the once royal and resilient traditional water harvesting structures of Rajasthan.
Toorji Ka Jhalara, Jodhpur (Image Source: Rituja Mitra)
December 7, 2020
Not in the interest of women farmers!
The new farm related bills will spell doom for women workers who form the bulk of small and marginal sections of Indian agriculture, warns Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch (MAKAAM).
Farm women, overworked and underpaid (Image Source: India Water Portal)
December 11, 2019
Scientists intervene to save dry toilets
Dry toilets have long been hailed as a sustainable solution to the sanitation and waste management crisis facing India today, but have been overshadowed by more modern toilet designs.
A traditional dry toilet. Image: India Science Wire
3rd Jivan Vidya life-skills workshop, 1st to 6th May 2011, Sirsi, Karnataka
Posted on 28 Mar, 2011 10:56 AM

Organizer: Centre for Holistic Learning

Venue: Huthina Betta campus, Sirsi, Karnataka

Rainwater harvesting in Bangalore - Article from Countercurrents
It's not yet full blown summer and Bangalore and India is already reeling from lack of fresh water.
Marianne de Nazareth
Posted on 28 Mar, 2011 10:20 AM

Anchor in one of the local papers said, residents of a locality in Bangalore are buying bottles of mineral water to bathe in! There is also a tanker mafia in the city that charges anywhere upwards of 500 rupees for a tanker of water. Most buildings need at least two tankers of water to manage in a day. That is how tough this summer is going to be. Then why?
India’s water sector: The performance and challenges – A presentation by Himanshu Thakker of SANDRP
This presentation deals with performance of India’s water sector and the challenges therein.
Himanshu Thakker
South Asia Network on Dams Rivers and People (SANDRP)
Posted on 23 Mar, 2011 11:44 PM

Karcham WangtooThe sector is marked by large-scale water development projects like big dams.
National conference on “Contextual changes in Indian slums - A critical analysis” – VISION (NGOs Network), 29th – 30th May, 2011, Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh)
Posted on 23 Mar, 2011 03:27 PM

VISIONOrganizer: VISION (NGOs Network)

Venue: Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh

Topics:

  • Urban Slums Networking – Transcending poverty with innovative water & environmental sanitation paradigm
  • Indian Slums: Issues and challenges – Case studies and coping strategies
Report on Life, livelihoods, ecosystems, culture: entitlements and allocation of water for competing uses released by Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India
The report is an attempt at reconciling these competing water uses.
Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts
Posted on 23 Mar, 2011 11:02 AM


Why we cannot keep silent : Women speak out for rivers
How do women feel when their rivers are dammed, their forests and villages submerged?
Latha Anantha
Susanne Wong
Posted on 23 Mar, 2011 09:48 AM

Women have long taken action to protect rivers. These women would be affected by the Sardar Sarovar Dam in India (Karen Robinson).
Farmers feel left out - Budget 2011-12 is more concerned about the consumer than the farmer - Down to Earth
The budget is more concerned about the consumer than the grower
Latha Jishnu
Jyotika Sood
Posted on 23 Mar, 2011 09:43 AM


Harvest of Grief: A film by Rasil Basu and Ekatra Production that explores the severe agricultural crisis in Punjab
The north Indian state of Punjab was once a land of plenty, considered the breadbasket of the nation.
Rasil Basu
Ekatra Production
Posted on 22 Mar, 2011 02:48 PM

 

 
Narmada: Land at last - Video Volunteers
113 tribal families are rehabilitated after 30 years of struggle against the dam project in Chirodh.
Video Volunteers
Posted on 22 Mar, 2011 11:55 AM

Article and Video Courtesy: Video Volunteers

 
Estimating the investment requirements for urban infrastructure services – Report of the High Powered Expert Committee (HPEC)
The report documents the nature of the urbanisation challenges facing India. Its central message is that urbanisation is not an option.
Hari Sankaran
High Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) of Ministry of Urban Development
Isher Judge Ahluwalia
M Vijayanunni
Om Prakash Mathur
P K Srivastava
Rajiv Lall
Ramesh Ramanathan
Sudhir Mankad
Posted on 22 Mar, 2011 09:13 AM

Urban InfrastructureThis report on Indian urban infrastructure and services is an outcome of the High Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) chaired by Isher Judge Ahluwalia set up by the Ministry of Urban Development in May, 2008 for estimating the investment requirement for urban infrastructure services. It is an inevitable outcome of the faster rates of growth to which the economy has now transited. Indeed, urbanisation is itself a process that will support growth. The Committee has made recommendations on how to deal with these challenges of urbanisation.

The Committee has held several meetings with officials from the Government of India, state governments and local governments and also met with academicians and other stakeholders such as Asian Development Bank with interest and expertise in Indian urban issues.

The report argues that the challenge of managing urbanisation will have to be addressed through a combination of increased investment, strengthening the framework for governance and financing, and a comprehensive capacity building programme at all levels of government. The Committee has projected very large investment requirements for providing public services to specified norms and also supporting the growth process. The challenge of financing these investments is inextricably linked with the challenge of governing the cities and towns of India.

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