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January 2, 2023
अब उन खरे तालाबों की खोज कौन करेगा? 
अनुपम मिश्र या हम सबके प्रिय पमपम पर पाँच साल पहले लिखा गया श्रवण गर्ग का यहआलेख है। अनुपम भी उनके द्वारा तलाशे गए तालाबों की तरह से ही खरे थे। अनुपम ने तो तालाबों को उनके दूर होते हुए भी खोज लिया । हम उन्हें अपने इतने नज़दीक होते हुए भी खोज नहीं पाए। 19 दिसम्बर को अनुपम की पुण्यतिथि थी।
अनुपम मिश्र, गांधी शांति प्रतिष्ठान में। फोटो - सिविल सोसाइटी, लक्ष्मण आनंद
January 1, 2023
Localised impacts of irrigation on economic development
Results show the impacts of agricultural productivity boosts in India can be highly heterogeneous
Buckingham canal near Kasturba Nagar, Adyar (Image: India Water Portal)
December 25, 2022
An index for impact monitoring of water infrastructure
A study develops a prototype method by employing the remote sensing-based ecological index
rigorous post-implementation monitoring and impact assessment of assets is needed (Image: UN Women)
October 6, 2022
Visualizing the Vrishabhavathi river to keep it alive
In an effort to inform the general public, especially citizen activists, policymakers, researchers, and students, about the current status of the Vrishabhavathi river, Paani.Earth has created the necessary maps, data, analysis, and information to drive conservation awareness and action around the river.
Vrishabhavathi river (Image Source: Paani.Earth)
August 9, 2022
MGNREGS becoming the quintessential scheme for tribal agriculture
Ensuring irrigation through farm ponds in tribal Chhattisgarh
Many tribal farmers opted for individual farm ponds under MGNREGA ensuring protective irrigation. (Image: Meenakshi Singh)
November 8, 2020
Breaking down data silos in the water sector
The National Hydrology Project has created a national platform for water data and is working to enhance the technical capacities of agencies dealing with water resources management.
Breakthrough cloud computing facilities and remote sensing applications have helped showthe filling pattern of a water body (tank or reservoir) through freely available satellite imagery at an interval of five days. (Image: Maithan dam, Wikimedia Commons)
Illegal advertisement boards pose a threat to the Kottooli wetlands in Calicut, Kerala
Vinodkumar Damodar informs of the Kottooli wetlands in Calicut, Kerala, protected by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, which are under threat
Vinodkumar Damodar
Posted on 29 Nov, 2012 10:59 AM

The Kottooli wetlands is the largest eco-patch in the Kozhikode city limits. It is interlinked with the man-made Canoly Canal which receives tidal influx from the Kallai and Korapuzha estuaries.  The wetland system has been subjected to degradation and loss of biodiversity owing to reclamation, pollution and human intervention, the CWRDM action plan highlights.
Declare Khablir, Bilkanda, Mahispota, Bodai and Talbanda beels in West Bengal as wetlands of national importance: Ground realities and reasons
This article argues for the need to declare Khablir, Bilkanda, Mahispota, Bodai and Talbanda beels in West Bengal as wetlands
Sunil Ranjan Chakrabarty
Posted on 28 Nov, 2012 11:24 AM

The land use pattern of the area in the vicinity of Khablir Beel, Bilkanda, Mahispota and Bodai as seen from Survey of India Topo Sheet 79 B/6 (surveyed in 1958–59 and published in 1973), is predominantly piscicultural and agricultural.  The Khardah Khal with its connection to river Hugli (Ganga) is the main source of surface water to this area.  Again a Topographical Map prepared by Panihati M
MoWR stresses the need to provide momentum to our conservation efforts on water conservation day
Amita Bhaduri provides the details of a consultation organized by the National Water Development Agency, Ministry of Water Resources at CSMRS auditorium, New Delhi on 'Water Conservation Day'
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 23 Nov, 2012 02:12 PM

The Union Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) celebrated “Water Conservation Day" on the 19th of November 2012 to create awareness regarding depleting water resources and underlined its vision and commitment to be an active contributor to the sustainability of this very important natural resource. The field offices of various organizations under the administrative c
Request for aid: Stream water harvesting project at Janthli Shirur village, Gadag district, Karnataka to be carried out by the Water Literacy Foundation, Bangalore
Posted on 23 Nov, 2012 10:39 AM

About Water Literacy Foundation
Dams are destroying fisheries and livelihoods – Letter from environmental groups to MoEF on World Fisheries Day, 2012
The World Fisheries Day (Nov 21[i]), is time for a reality check of our inland water fisheries in general and riverine fisheries in particular
Environmental groups in India
Posted on 21 Nov, 2012 11:25 AM

Over twenty groups and eminent individuals including scientists and member of National Board of Wildlife and National Tiger Conservation Authority have sent a letter (contact SANDRP for a copy) to the Union Ministry of Environment Forests and its Expert Appraisal Committee on River Valley and Hydropower projects to take urgent steps for protection of i
Bangalore’s garbage crisis grows in heaps and mounds - Roundup of news over the last three weeks (October 29 –November 18, 2012)
The newsroundup informs of the garbage crisis in Bangalore and Chennai, the land acquisition bill proposal in Maharashtra, and the top performance of Uttarakhand in terms of green rating
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 20 Nov, 2012 07:07 PM

Bangalore’s garbage crisis grows in heaps and mounds

The city is drowning in its own waste with garbage trucks regularly lined up for hours, their burdens putrefying in the afternoon sun. Some neighborhoods have not had trash pickups for nearly three weeks, and vast mounds of garbage are scattered through out the city.
Workshop on ‘Adapting to climate change impacts on water in the upper Brahmaputra basin in Northeast India’, Dibrugarh, Assam, November 17, 2012
Posted on 15 Nov, 2012 06:16 PM

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Annual report of Ministry of Water Resources (2011-2012)
This report by the Ministry of Water Resources provides an overview of the management of water resources in the country
Ministry of Water Resources
Posted on 13 Nov, 2012 10:39 PM

This document is an annual report of Ministry of Water Resources. It gives an overview of the management of India’s water resources for the year 2011-2012.

The report is divided into following chapters:
Floods, fields and factories: Towards resolving conflicts around the Hirakud Dam
The Hirakud dam in Odisha has often been viewed as a symbol of India’s post independence developmentalism. This report explores the water conflicts surrounding the reservoir
Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India
Jinda Sandbhor
Pranab Choudhury
Priyabrata Satapathy
Posted on 27 Oct, 2012 08:13 PM

hirakudThis action research report by the Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India maps the variegated issues contributing to the water conflicts ar
Hopeful after 28 years- Veer Bhadra Mishra gives a TEDx talk about the Swatcha Ganga campaign
In this talk, Dr Veer Bhadra Mishra talks of the high levels of pollution of the river Ganga and the need to find a solution through a mix of science and tradition
Veer Bhadra Mishra
Posted on 24 Oct, 2012 12:44 PM

Veer Bhadra Mishra has been working on the Swacha Ganga Campaign for the last 25 years.
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