/topics/surface-water
Surface Water
Angioplasty for groundwater or a heart attack waiting to happen?
Posted on 16 Aug, 2013 10:38 AM“What is in a name? That which we call a rose, would smell as sweet by any other”, goes the line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. There is quite a lot in a name, Juliet, especially if attaching the wrong terminology to a process is used to appropriate public funds - Rs. 800 crores, in fact.
![Shirpur, Maharashtra of the 'Shirpur Model' fame](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/shirpur_location_0.jpg?itok=xaMH062X)
Invitation to 3rd Delhi Youth Summit on Climate Change, Delhi Greens, Delhi
Posted on 15 Aug, 2013 10:59 AMFor further details of the summit, please click here
![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/delhi_greens.png?itok=0rUU2m7v)
Applications invited for UN-Water Best Practices Award, United Nations University
Posted on 15 Aug, 2013 08:24 AMFurther details of the announcement can be gathered from the link here
![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/un.png?itok=6T0uhmdP)
Invitation to a bicycle pilgrimage cum awareness ride 'Bow To Bhavani' in the Nilgiri Mountain Range, Gubbi Labs, Bangalore
Posted on 11 Aug, 2013 12:52 PMFor registration and further details on this exciting event, please click here.
For more information, click here
The brochure and the trekking map can be viewed in the attachments below
![Bhavani river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/river.png?itok=tPm2OEdG)
Invite to a Public talk on 'Uttarakhand Disaster: Can the nation learn any lessons ?', by Himanshu Thakkar, Environment Support Group, Bangalore
Posted on 11 Aug, 2013 09:37 AMFor more information on the event please download the invitation for the talk from below.
![South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sandrp.png?itok=Yf45aVLP)
Apply for online distance learning course on ' Water Safety Plans (WSPs)', The Water Institute
Posted on 10 Aug, 2013 11:48 AMFor more information on the course, please click here
To access registration form, please click here
![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/iwa.png?itok=WjUhhr-g)
Turtle relocation program or turtle poaching plan?
Posted on 09 Aug, 2013 12:23 PMRajkumar needs no urging to talk about Sundari. She is evidently a favourite of his. When we met, he regaled me with stories of her beauty, her smartness and her incredibly sweet nature. When he finally brought her out to meet me, I failed to see any signs of a winning personality or of towering intelligence. "Well," I rebuked myself, "you've only met her for two minutes.
![Juvenile turtles at the Sarnath Sanctuary](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/p1010852.jpg?itok=7UxZxfNM)
Seminar on 'Who is to blame for the Uttarakhand disaster', Uttarakhand Aapada Rahat Manch, New Delhi
Posted on 07 Aug, 2013 01:55 PMOrganiser details
Uttarakhan Aapada Rahat Manch
About the seminar
Discussion on the cause of the Uttarakhand disaster and how the rehabilitation process can be strenghthened
Panelists
![Uttarakhand devastated](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/uttaranchal.png?itok=g_NptkdN)
No impact assessment study done for Dibang hydropower project
Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 10:18 PMThe Dibang Multipurpose Project (DMP) proposed on the Dibang river in Arunachal Pradesh by NHPC Ltd (National Hydro Power Corporation), is slated to be India’s highest dam. A concrete gravity dam that will resist the pressure of impounding water through its own weight, its capacity is 3000 megawatts (MW).
![Public hearing venue at New Anaya](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8584017553_034678a13d_n_0.jpg?itok=SSnxE6KL)