Praveena Sridhar
Praveena Sridhar
River Ganga- Facts and figures
Posted on 17 Nov, 2009 03:53 AMFamous quote on Ganges:
"The Ganga, especially, is the river of India, beloved of her people, round which are intertwined her memories, her hopes and fears, her songs of triumph, her victories and her defeats. She has been a symbol of India's age-long culture and civilization, ever changing, ever flowing, and yet ever the same Ganga."
Need for a case study and concised factual information on the rivers of India
Posted on 16 Nov, 2009 09:38 PMThe complete title reads as “The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come”. I see the version two of this epic work by John Bunyan being written in our times, for the journey which the modern world has undertaken to achieve “development” at all costs. It won’t be an allegory this time. It would be a factual story of how we plundered the planet of its resources, to realize a life which could no longer be sustained within the replenishing levels of the natural processes.
William Pollard of the
Pilgrims making their way to the source of Ganges known as Gomukh (a glacier high up in the Himalayas named Gangotri). Photo Credit: Vineeta Rajput
Water footprint : Accounting for the water used to produce goods and services implemented by Jain Irrigation
Posted on 13 Nov, 2009 06:23 AMJain Irrigation plan to do it with IFC, a member of World Bank Group.
Drinking water from a fresh pit everyday - The life of people in the fishing settlements in Dhanuskodi
Posted on 12 Nov, 2009 11:59 PMIn an earlier post Microfinance for Water - How would it Work? I had put up a picture of a woman drawing water out from a pit.
A shift in thinking: Prioritise financial resources before working towards climate change
Posted on 12 Nov, 2009 04:34 AM
Microfinance for water: How will it work?
Posted on 04 Nov, 2009 09:09 PMLately there have been some conversations about water sector and microfinance, about bringing in microfinance to address water issues like access to clean drinking water, household water distribution and supply, associated problems of sanitation like underground drainage, and utilities.
Shodh Yatra in Orissa and UP : Lessons in understanding the communities in different geographies and environment
Posted on 04 Nov, 2009 06:20 AM
“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.”
What kind of a walk must have Ralph Waldo Emerson had, to pen down these lines?
Bad hydrology and water resources interventions
Posted on 04 Nov, 2009 05:29 AMLet me describe a scenario which has become typical of my life in the development sector. "They never finish what they start", is the answer that I hear for most of my questions about public water supply projects (also for many other infrastructure projects), in most parts of India.
Photo essay on water loss due to leaks in Mulbagal, Karnataka
Posted on 25 Oct, 2009 07:58 PMAs I had been waking up to the leaky tap in my new house for quite some time; I thought it would be interesting to look at the different ways water gets wasted. In this post I attempt to do a photo blog from my past photo collections on this subject from different parts of the country.
A leaky tap in a water consultant's bathroom
Posted on 25 Oct, 2009 06:10 PMIts been three weeks since I moved into my new rented apartment. It's a classic situation in which I am caught up in. I am a consultant working on "SUSTAINABLE WATER solutions", but I hardly have control on a leaky tap in my bath room. This leaky tap can fill up a bucket of water in a period of 2 hours. The capacity of my bucket will be around 30 liters.