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Indus Equation' report by Strategic Foresight Group - Provides clarifications on the water issues between India and Pakistan
Posted on 13 Jul, 2011 04:38 PMBiodiversity, ecology and socioeconomic aspects of the Gundia river basin in the context of the proposed mega hydroelectric power project - A CES technical report
Posted on 21 Jun, 2011 11:23 PMThis report by the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore highlights and argues for the the case of saving the Gundia river, one of the most important tributaries of the river Kumaradhara in Hassan district in Karnataka, which is known for its very rich vegetation and biological wealth. This is in the context of the proposal put forward by the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited to implement the Hydroelectric project (GHEP) on the river.
Taking action in India on downstream impact of dams - Report of the workshop held by International Rivers and Save Western Ghats Movement at Jog Falls, Karnataka in May 2011
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 05:17 PMJog falls in Western Ghats
These dams have had a profound negative impact on communities and ecology upstream and downstream. While promised benefits of these dams (irrigation, hydro-power or flood control) have been overstated, numerous interrelated and complex negative impacts have simply not been studied or documented. Nonetheless, communities and ecosystems continue paying huge prices of these impacts.
Why Mumbai must reclaim its Mithi – A study by Observer Research Foundation
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 05:05 PMThe river, along with its estuarine reach, provides the much-needed green lungs to the city in the form of mangroves. Neglect of this river was the main cause of the catastrophic floods in Mumbai on 26 July, 2005, which claimed nearly 1,000 lives. In what could be a monumental urban transformation initiative to be undertaken anywhere in India yet, ORF has proposed a grand vision for the reclamation of Mithi River. The study report and a documentary film ’Making the sewer a river again - Why Mumbai must reclaim its Mithi’ on the dreadful conditions of the river, was released in May, 2011 in Mumbai.
Integrated River Basin Planning – Experience on policy and practice in Pamba River Basin in Kerala – A report by APSF Environment Project
Posted on 30 May, 2011 09:50 PMThe Pamba Pilot Project’s aim was to deliver “Policy Support to Integrated River Basin Management” and to contribute to the continuing EU-India policy dialogue in the water sector.
An assessment of crop water productivity in the Indus and Ganges river basins: Current status and scope for improvement – A research report by IWMI
Posted on 20 Apr, 2011 06:43 PMThis approach is based on the integration of readily available remote sensing, national crop productivity and land use statistics and weather data.
Please reverse farcical decision of asking developers to do cumulative impact assessment in Sutlej Basin
Posted on 14 Apr, 2011 06:57 PMTo
Shri Jairam Ramesh
Union Minister of State (IC) of Environment and Forests,
New Delhi
Respected sir,
River Mandovi cries for help - Video report from WAVE
Posted on 14 Apr, 2011 10:53 AMArticle and Video Courtesy: WAVE India
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Hoshangabad - Towards city wide sanitation - A draft report by Hoshangabad Nagar Palika Parishad and WSP
Posted on 10 Apr, 2011 01:57 AMThis proposal prepared by Hoshangabad Nagar Palika Parishad, Government of Madhya Pradesh and Water and Sanitation Programme South Asia, is meant to ensure that every household in this town adopts safe sanitation practices and is to help enable the urban local body, implement a city wide sanitation programme that finally ensures collection and treatment of waste.
This document is the tenth mile stone in the process of achieving the goal of city-wide sanitation for Hoshangabad.
Narmada: Land at last - Video Volunteers
Posted on 22 Mar, 2011 11:55 AMArticle and Video Courtesy: Video Volunteers