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Water Management
Audio files: Bihar floods - The survival story
Posted on 17 Dec, 2008 07:44 PMFollowing is the summary of an interview of Anshu after he along with his team did their part in the rehabilitation processes. The summary narrates Anshu's experiences and evaluations on Bihar flood.
Kosi rehabilitation policy document from the Bihar Government
Posted on 15 Dec, 2008 11:05 AMThe document can be downloaded as a PDF here (Hindi): Kosi rehabilitation policy document
Kosi disaster: The rehabilitation & reconstruction policy
ReliefWeb's field report on the Bihar flood situation
Posted on 06 Dec, 2008 06:42 AMThe report starts from August as the floods struck and chronicles the sequence of events till November. The initial frenzy of the flood & confusion as people panic and relief exists as only a mirage to the slow grind of the government machinery are documented.
Groundwater map of India & farmer suicides
Posted on 03 Dec, 2008 11:48 AMSuvrat Kher from the What's With The Climate? blog has an interesting post about the correlation between the groundwater map of India & the incidence of farmer suicides in India. The post takes a look at the incidence of groundwater, the lack of proper management of available resources & the resulting socio - economic losses.
National Urban Sanitation Policy
Posted on 01 Dec, 2008 01:16 PMThe Government of India, Ministry of Urban Development recently released the National Urban Sanitation Policy. We attach the document below, as well as key excerpts. We request you to add your comments below regarding the provisions of the Sanitation Policy. Click here to view the National Urban Sanitation Policy The document is quite comprehensive and detailed. It lays out a vision for urban sanitation in India. It instructs states to come up with their own detailed state-level urban sanitation strategies and City Sanitation Plans. It moots the idea of totally sanitised and open-defecation cities as a target and the setting up of a multi-stakeholder City Sanitation Task Force to achieve this. Environmental considerations, public health implications and reaching the unserved and urban poor are given significant emphasis in the policy. Funding options are laid out including direct central and state support including through existing schemes, public-private partnerships, and external funding agencies. It directs that atleast 20% of the funds should be earmarked towards servicing the urban poor. The Center also plans to institute awards to the best performing cities, reminiscent of the Nirmal Gram Puraskar awards for villages. Important Excerpts from the Policy:
Book: 'Kosi - The deluge' a must read for all those interested in flood management
Posted on 25 Nov, 2008 06:18 AMThe book is a must-read for those who have some interest in Flood Management and especially in Kosi.
It is priced at Rs. 100/- and is available with
Fact Finding Mission
Dalit Watch's report on Bihar flood relief camps in the wake of the devastating floods on the India-Nepal border in 2008
Posted on 25 Nov, 2008 05:33 AMIn September 2008, Dalit Watch published a report on its findings while monitoring 205 relief camps in the wake of the devastating floods on the India-Nepal border. This report records the damage caused by the breach on the embankment of the Kosi river in August 2008 and appraises the quality of relief efforts in the aftermath of the floods.
Rainbow Drive Layout -- A model for urban water management ?
Posted on 10 Nov, 2008 10:10 AMBangalore's sprawling expansion outpaces the public utility's ability to accommodate skyrocketing demand for water and sanitation services, and it is increasingly common for new residential communities to assume total management for their own water and sanitation services through their resident welfare associations.
Law, Social Justice & Global Development Journal: Special Issue on Water
Posted on 02 Nov, 2008 09:50 PMThe widening parameters of the debate are prompted by social movements for water-justice on the one hand and the intractable nature of problems entailed in water justice on the other.