Guest post by Pranab, Sucharita & Priyabrat
Odisha State Center
With summer scorch intensifying, pinch of water woes and conflicts are becoming more painful in Odisha this year. While pollution continues to be the concern, scarcity and quality of drinking water across Odisha, both from rural and urban landscapes have become the major water news in vernacular media. With news of more and more tube wells going defunct/ drying up, water-supply systems becoming ineffective and quality of surface and ground water plummeting with metal and biological pollution, this issue of Water Feeder attempts to reiterate the urgency of thinking and action towards alternate management of our water resources. It also underlines grimmer months ahead, with summer intensifying further and hydrological year approaching its end.
Please find attached the Monthly dose of Odia water news in form of ‘Water feeder – March 2010’ presented to you on behalf of Odisha Water Forum and Odisha State Center of Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India. This monthly feed contains analysis of about 100 news items published in 5 Odia dailies (the Samaj, the Sambad, the Dharitri, the Pragatibadi, the Khabar and the New Indian Express – All Bhubaneswar editions)
The past editions of Water Feeders are available at:
Water Feeder is a compilation and analysis of water-related news published in Odia and local English dailies with an objective to help water professionals and enthusiasts to capture and comprehend issues and conflicts around water (through eyes of media). It also provides geographical, seasonal and media perspectives of water issues and conflicts with respect to Odisha. This monthly feed of Water news is an attempt to stimulate interest, thoughts and actions on water issues in the state apart from feeding research and academic pursuits.
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