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Activists call for disbanding the inter ministerial group on issues related to river Ganga
Posted on 26 Jul, 2012 04:10 PMThis is on the ground that its formation itself was an attempt to further delay the action National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) was expected to make. The composition of the Committee has been criticized, as also its constitution and the Terms of Reference.
Whose river is it anyway - Political economy of hydropower in the Eastern Himalayas - A paper published in the Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 25 Jul, 2012 05:38 PMThis paper published in the Economic and Political Weekly, highlights the various debates that have emerged in India the context of the highly controversial issue of large dams being built on the rivers of the eastern Himalayas, the recent campaigns by the people from the Nor
Flood control policies in India - A paper in the journal Golden Research Thoughts
Posted on 25 Jul, 2012 10:37 AMThis paper published in the journal Golden Research Thoughts aims at describing the different initiatives undertaken by the expert committees and Government of India in tackling the flood problem of India.
Watershed Organisation Trust invites applications for its Technical Training in Watershed Management, August 7-10, 2012, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Posted on 23 Jul, 2012 05:11 PMOrganiser: Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
Venue: Watershed Training Centre
Village Darewadi,
Taluka Sangamner,
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
WOTR is a not-for-profit NGO founded in 1993 operating currently in five 5 Indian states – Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jharkhand. WOTR provides capacity building and advisory services to developmental practitioners from 23 other Indian states as well as, occasionally, from 27 countries.
"Aajao Pukur Aamader" by Nirupama Adhikari - Bengali translation of Anupam Mishra’s book “Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab”
Posted on 21 Jul, 2012 09:49 PMAnupam Mishra is an environmental activist and currently works with the Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi. The inspiring contribution dealing with the indigenous water systems of central India has been translated by Nirupama Adhikari into Bengali.
Has the revised draft of the National Water Policy 2012, released by the Ministry of Water Resources in June 2012 incorporated the public's feedback ?
Posted on 21 Jul, 2012 07:45 PMOn 31st January 2012, the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) had released the draft of the National Water Policy 2012 and invited comments till 29 February. Following the meeting of the National Water Board on 7th June 2012, the MoWR has now put up a revised draft on their website.
"Taral Darpane Samajer Mukh" by Joya Mitra – Bengali translation of Anupam Mishra's booklet "Tairne Wala Samaj Doob Raha Hai" on floods in Bihar
Posted on 21 Jul, 2012 04:19 PMThe second edition of the book came out in 2008 just after the devastating Bihar floods in the year when the river thundered down from the Himalayas on its way to the sea sweeping half of Bihar.
Agony of Ganga: Recommendations of a round table Conference held at IIC, New Delhi in July 2012
Posted on 21 Jul, 2012 11:26 AMA round table conference was jointly organized by Ganga Sewa Mission (GSM), Hazrat Saleem Chisti Foundation (HSCF) and India International Centre (IIC) on 14th and 15th July in New Delhi. Nearly 100 persons participated in the two days conference held at IIC.
Cleansing of the river Ganga and the World Bank loan - An article in the Observer Research Foundation's Energy News Monitor
Posted on 19 Jul, 2012 09:52 AMThis article published in the Observer Research Foundation's Energy News Monitor reflects o
Basic guidelines about floods: Causes, consequences, precautionary steps and some do's and dont's in urban floods
Posted on 19 Jul, 2012 08:01 AMFloods are categorized into natural and artificial floods in terms of their causes. Floods are natural hydrological phenomena and occur after some meteorological events like intense or prolonged rainfall spells or unusually high coastal estuarine waters due to storm surges etc.