A citizens' group initiative in Bangalore that is instrumental in reviving a dying lake attempts to protect it with innovative methods during a festival.content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago
This article briefly describes the experiences of SCOPE Trichy, under the UNICEF – IIT Delhi project, in setting up a pilot urinal facility.content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago
Before asking public on Sindhol project, they do have a right to know the project details, demands Water Initiatives Odisha.content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago
PUDA's new colony being planned for sale in the vicinity of Badha Lake Wetland Fazilka falls under the eco-sensitive Zone.content-team posted 13 years 5 months ago
If initiatives are not pushed forward, water will become the constraining factor in the quest for inclusive and sustainable growth, says Rohini Nilekani.content-team posted 13 years 5 months ago
The Union Ministry of Rural Development is organizing a national workshop on social audit of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Guarantee scheme (MGNREGs) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 19th July 2011.content-team posted 13 years 5 months ago
PureIT and Swach are two different water purifiers innovated and manufactured by Hindustan Unilever Limited and Tata Chemical respectively and marketed as low cost water purifier. This post compares the two purifiers against a set of featrescontent-team posted 13 years 5 months ago
How much food will India need to grow to feed our population in 2011-12? How much in 2013-14? Will we need to import wheat and rice or will we be self-sufficient? Do we know the environmental cost of this self-sufficiency? Are we willing to bear it? These are the questions that the Government of India, its ministries and its planning agencies must find answers to before the start of the Twelfth Five Year Plan period, which is 2012-17.content-team posted 13 years 5 months ago
CDRN is an online portal that helps bring people together with the use of applications for supply-chain management, volunteer management and fund raising. By reducing the time and effort spent on sourcing funds and tools, it will increase the efficiency of relief work.content-team posted 13 years 5 months ago
Surplus water and deficit water are like two sides of a coin, and the processes of managing “surplus” water could not just impact people living in the dry lands, but also offer some pointers for those working on issues of desertification and drought. The insights that emerge from Shree Padre’s quest to uncover scattered success stories, disseminate information or analyse success itself, reveal that the community can be both the driving force and the beneficiary of better water management.content-team posted 13 years 5 months ago
Working with Kheti Virasat Mission, Amarjeet Sharma has managed to turn his small plot of land in the state of Punjab from lifeless, debt ridden farm into a healthy, productive and profitable one.content-team posted 13 years 5 months ago
Severe incessant rain led to a flood situation in several parts of West Bengal affecting 6,71,952 people across 9 districts. This resulted in 2,00,000 homeless in East & West Midnapore districts of West Bengal. This article presents an assessment report by Oxfam and Save The Childrencontent-team posted 13 years 5 months ago
This article discusses the background to the Green Tribunal and provides suggestions to improve its functionality.content-team posted 13 years 5 months ago
Water stress is set to become Asia's defining crisis of the twenty-first century, creating obstacles to continued rapid economic growth, stoking interstate tensions over shared resources, exacerbating long-time territorial disputes, and imposing further hardships on the poor.content-team posted 13 years 5 months ago