This article provides the details of the two-day conference on 'Decentralized governance in water and sanitation in rural India' organised at LBSNAA, Musooriechicu posted 11 years 9 months ago
This article by Chicu Lokgariwar presents the salient features of the revised draft of the National Water Policy and compares it to the previous versionchicu posted 11 years 9 months ago
This article and film informs about the work of Dr Mapuskar, who has been working in the field of sanitation for the last 50 yearschicu posted 11 years 9 months ago
The National Institute of Administrative Research (NIAR) organised a two-day conference on 'Decentralized governance in water and sanitation in rural India' at LBSNAA, Mussoorie, in June 2012.chicu posted 11 years 10 months ago
A primer on what, why and how of environmental flows - the reasons for declining flow of rivers and need for adequate water.chicu posted 11 years 10 months ago
This article by Chicu Lokgariwar presents some information of the scale of forest fires in Uttarakhand, and a first-hand account of their impacts.chicu posted 11 years 10 months ago
This article includes the details of working group reports related to water, agriculture and environment by the Government of Indiachicu posted 11 years 11 months ago
David Hopkins has been monitoring weather data in a village in the mountains of Uttarakhand for the past twenty-five yearschicu posted 11 years 11 months ago
This study of the water quality of the Ganga was commissioned after the construction of the Tehri Dam. It acknowledges that most people in India have a belief that water from the Ganga has bactericidal properties and this might be affected by the dam. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) was retained by the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited (THDC) to investigate any impact that the Tehri Dam might have on the water quality of the Ganga. This report presents the results of that investigation.chicu posted 11 years 11 months ago
Vasudha Vikas Sansthan with the help of Water Aid and with the technical support of Peoples’ Science Institute undertook fluoride testing and fluorosis mitigation programme in Tirala, Dharampuri and Umarban blocks of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh. The program began on November 5th, 2008. The data generated and major results of the research undertaken under the programme is presented in this report.chicu posted 12 years ago
The Supreme Court judgement of 27 February 2012 directed the executive government to implement the river inter-linking project through a special committee which will take precedence over all other administrative bodies. In this article, first published in the Economic and Political Weekly, Ramaswamy Iyer explains why this backing of a 'potentially disastrous' project is disturbing. The article then calls for a reconsideration of this judgement.chicu posted 12 years ago
The Global Scientists and Technocrats Forum (GIST) organised a convention on ‘Scientific and technological approaches for sustainable use of water resources’ in Pune on the 27 and 28 of December 2010 . The keynote address was presented by Hon. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, and the conference was attended by about 600 delegates.chicu posted 12 years 1 month ago
Water issues are rapidly acquiring a global dimension, while water laws remain rooted in specific regions. In this paper published in the Journal of Environmental Law, Philippe Cullet examines the need for a new framework for water law that allows for linkages with the global water cycle as well as human rights and environmental law.chicu posted 12 years 1 month ago
With mountain communities dependent of springs for both domestic uses and for irrigation, conservation of these springs is crucial. However several factors, of which climate change is one, are leading to a drying up of springs. This paper reports on Sikkim's experience with using geo-hydrological knowledge to plan recharge structures. It concludes that this increases the efficiency of recharge measures.chicu posted 12 years 1 month ago
The paper begins with listing the importance of water to communities. It then goes on the describe the water crises in South Asia which are exacerbated by high demand, variable supply, and political volatility. The importance of water in all three pillars of sustainable development economic, social and environmental is noted.chicu posted 12 years 1 month ago
IUCN organised a two-day e-flows training workshop in Kathmandu between 5-6 August 2011 that focused on the means of ensuring sufficient water in rivers, for all stakeholders including the environment. This article collates the various presentations made during that workshop, with a short summary of each.chicu posted 12 years 1 month ago