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Water Management
Mitigating the potential unintended impacts of water harvesting - A WHiRL Research Report
Posted on 20 Oct, 2010 07:28 AMThis report under the WHiRL research project by the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) identifies the potential unintended impacts of water harvesting so that, if at all possible they are avoided altogether, but if these do occur, they are recognised at an early stage and steps are taken to mitigate their affects. It highlights evidence that is emerging about water harvesting in semi-arid areas, on how water if used inappropriately, can lead to inequitable access to water resources and, in the extreme, to unreliable drinking water supplies.
India’s water economy: Bracing for a turbulent future
Posted on 19 Oct, 2010 07:15 PMThis report by the World Bank examines the evolution of the management of India’s waters, describes the achievements of the past, and the looming set of challenges. The report draws heavily on a set of twelve background documents by eminent Indian practitioners and policy analysts, and addresses two basic questions -
- What are the major water development and management challenges facing India?
- What are the critical measures to be taken to address these?
Limits of law in counter-hegemonic globalization: The Indian Supreme Court and the Narmada valley struggle
Posted on 18 Oct, 2010 08:10 PMThis working paper by the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University offers an analysis of the role of law in the Narmada valley struggle, especially that which was waged by one of India’s most prominent social movements in recent years, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), with a specific focus on India’s Supreme Court. The NBA rose in reaction to the Indian government’s plan to construct a large number of dams along the Narmada river, contesting the relief and rehabilitation provided for displaced families at first, and subsequently challenging the dams themselves as being destructive.
Water and Wastewater Engineering and Management - A Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted on 14 Oct, 2010 09:18 PMThis Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of Water and Wastewater Engineering and Management is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner. The broad group of Water and Wastewater Engineering and Management is structured into modules on the following topics:
Extreme water logging and flood situation in channelized areas in Pune - A report
Posted on 13 Oct, 2010 04:32 PMGuest post by Parineeta Dandekar
While this news item was about to be published, Pune received heavy rains on the 4th of October (highest in the last 118 years, 104 mm in 40 minutes and 181.3 mm in 24 hours). While the city administration stressed that this was a cloud burst, this claim was quashed by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). This was said to a rare event, which was experienced in many places in Maharashtra.
10 people lost their lives to these rains, including three young children and a 25 year old Ph D researcher, Agnimitra Bannerjee, from National Chemical Laboratory, who was washed away in a channelised nallah stretch. Channels prove to be much more dangerous as the velocity of water is high and there is nothing to hold on to, in case a person falls in one of these fast-flowing nallah channels.
Analytical Methods - A Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 10:36 PMThis Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of Analytical Methods in Civil Engineering is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner. The broad group of Analytical Methods in Civil Engineering is structured into modules on the following topics:
Andhra Pradesh water resources regulatory commission act - Andhra Pradesh Water Reforms (2009)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 03:28 PMThis document describes the Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Regulatory Commission Act and includes:
- A short title and information on the extent and commencement
- Definition of the terms used in the Act
- Details of the Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Regulatory Commission
- Powers, functions and duties of the Commission
- Accounts, audit and reports
The Karnataka Municipalities Act - Government of Karnataka (1964)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 03:26 PMThis document describes the Karnataka Municipalities Act and includes:
- Details such as the short title, extent and commencement of the Act
- Definitions of the terms used in the Act
- Constitution of municipal areas
- Transaction of business by municipal council
- Municipal property and fund
- Obligatory and discretionary functions of municipal councils
- Municipal taxation
- Recovery of municipal claims
- Improvement schemes and improvement boards
- Powers and offences
- Prosecution, suits and powers and police
- Municipal accounts and administration reports
- Control
- Rules and bye-laws
- Appointment and powers of municipal commissioner or chief officer and other municipal officers
- Town panchayat
- Provisions for the conversion of panchayat area into a smaller urban area and for amalgamation and division of smaller urban areas
Watershed Management - A Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 07:54 AMThis Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of Watershed Management is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner.
Soil and Rock Mechanics, Dynamics and Structures, Foundation Engineering and Geology - A Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted on 11 Oct, 2010 10:18 PMThis Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of Soil and Rock Mechanics, Dynamics and Structures, Foundation Engineering and Geology is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner. The broad group of Soil and Rock Mechanics, Dynamics and Structures, Foundation Engineering and Geology is structured into modules on the following topics: