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The urban expansion in India has not been met by a similar expansion in infrastructure and basic services. This has severely affected the quality of urban life and economic growth.
Goa, going, gone – A film by Carmen Miranda on Goa’s mining
As you may have assumed from its title, “Goa, going gone” is about Goa - - or more specifically, it’s about the environmental impact that is likely to result from the rampant mining that is underway in the state. Goa is being dug out of existence and gigantic craters expand across a 95 km long mining belt.
Author: Anupam Mishra
"The water in springs of my hills is cool, Do not migrate from this land o my beloved.”
More information on the project can be seen on IUCN's website.
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Article and Image Courtesy: Everything About Water
Highlights from the August edition of Droplets e-newsletter published by the Everything About Water
Guest post by: Parineeta Dandekar
This year's World Water Week in Stockholm explored water and sanitation challenges faced by urban areas as well as the water, sanitation and equity challenges posed by urban areas. We take a look at some of the presentations and discussions that took place, especially with reference to India and South Asia.
Organizer: DHAN Foundation
Date: September 14-18, 2011
Venue: Madurai
Development of Humane Action (DHAN) Foundation, a professional development organisation, based at Madurai was set up in 1997 with the idea of building people and institutions for development innovations and scaling up to enable the poor communities for poverty reduction and self-reliance.
It brings highly motivated, educated young women and men to the development sector to make new innovations in development to root out poverty from the country. The Foundation works to make significant changes in the livelihoods of the poor through innovative themes and institutions.
On December 22, 2010, India WASH Forum organised a one day consultation workshop on pro poor urban water and sanitation at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. India WASH Forum is a coalition bringing together interested stakeholders in the water and sanitation sector in the country.
A comprehensive FAQ Manual on Groundwater authored by Dr Mihir Kumar Maitra narrows down the existing knowledge gaps amongst the common groundwater users.
The most popular FAQs are listed below. Please click on a topic to view more detailed information:
Basic information on groundwater