Voluntary Citizen or Civil Society Sector

This advocacy flyer by Arghyam and Peoples Learning Centre (PLC) Shillong highlights some of the main problems, action underway and potential solutions to cleaning up the water bodies of Shillong. It deals with the expanding human habitats and escalating socio-economic activities around the rivers Umkrah and Umshyrpi that flow through Shillong leading to their choking with sewage and pollution. This wastewater eventually enters Lake Umiam, which is a reservoir for hydro-electric power.

PLC is a non-profit organisation that works towards promoting knowledge on equity and rights, and is a platform for facilitating interdisciplinary dialogues between stakeholders in key developmental issues. Arghyam supports PLC in engaging with decision makes as well as citizens in order to create public opinion about river and lake pollution, and promote catchment friendly practices.

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• State Consultant, Water Safety and Security

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Content Courtesy: Himvani
Author: Renuka Bandh Sangharsh Samiti

Despite protest against forced acquisition of land, Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL) and revenue administration today notified Section 9 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894, for approximately 680 big has (about 57 hectares) of land of Panaar Village for the Renuka Dam Project. In a letter to the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court sent today, activists appealed for a stay on land acquisition for the project, considering the uncertainty surrounding the project.

The Young Changemakers Conclave

Theme: 'Action: Beyond Dialogue'

Organizer: The Young Changemakers Conclave

Topics:

• Human Rights
• Educational Opportunity for all
• Poverty & Hunger
• Environmental Sustainability
• Intercultural Dialogue
• Water: Harvestation & Conservation

Content and Image Courtesy: Development Marketplace (DM)

The Development Marketplace (DM) is a competitive grant program that identifies and funds innovative social enterprises working on projects with high potential for development impact.

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SBI Youth for India is a fellowship programme initiated, funded and managed by the State Bank of India in partnership with reputed NGOs. It provides a framework for India's best young minds to join hands with rural communities, empathise with their struggles and connect with their aspirations. The programme seeks to help India secure an equitable and sustainable growth path by:

• Providing educated Indian youth with an opportunity to touch lives and create positive change at the grass root level in rural India
• Providing NGOs working on development projects in rural India with educated manpower whose skill sets can be used to catalyze rural development
• Promoting a forum for the programme alumni to share ideas and contribute to rural development throughout their professional life

Content Courtesy: Solution Exchange and Nitya Jacob
Author: Nitya Jacob

India’s arteries are choking. Her rivers, the lifeline of hundreds of millions, are over-taxed, polluted and encroached. They are being mined, dammed and emptied of water. Save for the four monsoon months, most rivers are streams of drains, depending on how many cities they pass through. This year people gaped in awe at the River Yamuna (I am sure they were over-awed by other rivers elsewhere too) as for the first time since 1978 looked like a river and not a drain.

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International Rivers is accepting applications for the position of Executive Director. International Rivers seeks a proven, passionate, and dynamic Executive Director who has a keen sense of the urgency of the threats to rivers and communities – as well as the need for sustainable solutions – and is ready to take on this challenge with enthusiasm, strategic vision, creativity, and bold tactics.

This paper by the World Resources Institute outlines potential water-related risks facing the mining industry and highlights important gaps in water-related disclosure. The purpose is to provide information, questions, and tools to help the financial community better evaluate water-related risks facing mining companies.

This working paper by the University of Bonn attempts to give a spatial and temporal overview of water management in India. It traces how people and the successive regimes made choices across space and time from a wide range of water control and distribution technologies. The paper divides the water management in India into four periods –

• the traditional system of water management before colonial times;
• response from the colonial rulers to manage the complex socio-ecological system;
• large scale surface water development after independence; and
• finally, the small-scale community and market-led revolution.