Amita Bhaduri

Mitigation and remedy of groundwater arsenic menace in India: A vision document by NIH and CGWB (2010)

What should be gaps, focal areas of research, immediate measures to be taken up to provide arsenic safe potable water to the people? This document details and outlines Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 4 months ago

Report of Working Group to advise Water Quality Assessment Authority on the minimum flows in the rivers

This report outlines the principles behind environmental flow assessments, provides a description of methods and highlights the features that ensure these flows Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 4 months ago

Approach paper on water quality issues in islands – Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep by Central Ground Water Board

Assessing the water quality of the two big Indian Islands, detailing basic information pertaining to each group of islands separately. Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 4 months ago

The Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules by Ministry of Environment and Forests (2010)

Ensuring better conservation and management and to prevent degradation of existing wetlands in India, Ministry of Environment and forests notifies Wetlands Rules Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 4 months ago

Farm Innovators – A compilation by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (2010)

Ideas and Techniques generated by rural youth and farmers largely go unnoticed, this publication attempts to share such and recognise Talent and Scientific Innovation Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 4 months ago

On the brink: Water governance in the Yamuna river basin in Haryana

Water situation in the Yamuna river basin in the state of Haryana, currently threatened from poor management of surface water, over draft of groundwater, water misuse, waste and pollution,. Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 4 months ago

Degraded and wastelands of India - Status and spatial distribution

Integrating the work on degraded and wastelands in India, with a detail on the nature and cause of degradation, extent of damage with right management strategies to bring them to 'productive health' Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 4 months ago

Guidelines for Assessing the Risk to Groundwater from On–Site Sanitation (ARGOSS)

Guide to assess and reduce the risk of contamination of groundwater supply from on-site sanitation systems and help plan low cost water and sanitation schemes Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 5 months ago

Climate change and India - A sectoral and regional analysis for 2030s by the Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCCA)

Assessment of impact of climate change on himalayas, western ghats, coastal areas and the north-east in 2030s Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 5 months ago

Water security for India: The external dynamics - An IDSA Task Force Report

India to be 'water-stressed' by 2025 and 'water scarce' by 2050; what forces drive the demand and political dynamics? What are the hindrances & opportunities? Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 5 months ago

Climate change and its impact on groundwater – A presentation by ACWADAM

How climate change will alter the groundwater, and the best options we have to save it. Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 5 months ago

Ecological destruction of Loktak, the largest freshwater lake in North East India – A five-part FES-InfoChange series

Tradition v. development; the damaged Loktak river sings a saga that falls on deaf ears. An anomaly that has become a standard and none acknowledge it. Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 5 months ago

Paving the way for the control of Cholera and Typhoid fever in Kolkata - A research project report of the NICED-IVI collaboration

Cholera and typhoid consume lives even today in the Eastern Kolkata slums. This research seeks to generate enough data to help planning and implementation of vaccines against the two. Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 5 months ago

Coastal Regulation Zone notification (2010) - Critique by the Kerala Swathanthra Malsya Thozhilali Federation

The fishing communities seek their rights to the coast, the CRZ notification gives them only some concessions. Is their right to have settlements on the coast lost? Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 5 months ago

The burden of cholera in the slums of Kolkata - A community based study by NICED

Measuring the burden of cholera; this paper searches for potential risk factors that need immediate addressal by public health strategies. Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 5 months ago

Status of water supply, sanitation and solid waste management in urban areas – A research study by CPHEEO (2005)

The urban water, sanitation and solid waste management assessed for the requirements of funds. Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 5 months ago

Effective interventional approach to control anaemia in pregnant women through avoidance of flouride - Current Science paper

Infant and maternal maternal mortality still plague India despite nutrition counselling, iron and folic acid supplements. Another approach to combat this is of fluoride avoidance Amita Bhaduri posted 13 years 5 months ago