Bay of Bengal
Kosi breach due to Bihar government's apathy: PAG
Posted on 18 Jan, 2010 05:22 PMPatna, Jan 15 (PTI) The Principal Accountant General (PAG) of Bihar has indicted the state government for the breach in river Kosi embankment in 2008 that rendered lakhs of people homeless and claimed several lives.
Rs 52 lakh sanctioned for Kosi flood hit area disappears: Cheques go missing in Bihar
Posted on 18 Jan, 2010 03:41 PMA fraud in Kosi flood relief distribution has landed a government official in trouble in Bihar's Supaul district.
As many as 286 cheques allegedly went missing from the office of the block development officer (BDO) of Chhatapur in the district.
Barrages would prevent Polavaram dam from being an economic and environmental disaster : Analysis reveal
Posted on 12 Jan, 2010 02:20 PMProf.T.Shivaji Rao,
Director, Centre for Environmental Studies,
Gitam University, Visakhapatnam.
Historical Developments: Initially the Polavaram project was proposed as a storage reservoir with FRL at +150ft with a water storage of about 150TMC in 1941. Subsequently many changes were made and in 1948 it emerged as Rampada Sagar dam with FRL at +208ft. with water storage of 836 TMC including 150 MW of hydro-power generation at an estimated cost of 129 crores (at 1948 rates) This scheme was abandoned because it was too costly and was bristled with foundation and construction problems. Subsequently several expert committees were appointed by the Government of India to study the problems of Godavari water utilisation. These committees under the Chairmanship of Dr.A.N. Khosla (1953), Mr.Gulhati (1963) and Mr.A.C.Mitra (1965) suggested to the state Government to build a barrage at Polavaram for improving the irrigation facilities and also to divert Godavari flood water into Krishna river. https://www.thehindu.com/2009/05/02/stories/2009050260540600.htm
People’s Science Institute Calendar 2010- Pictures of the Gori Ganga
Posted on 29 Dec, 2009 12:30 PMGuest Post by: Ravi Chopra (People’s Science Institute)
I have before me PSI’s new calendar for 2010. Even at the risk of sounding immodest, I think it is stunning. I thought that our 2009 calendar on river Ganga could not be topped. But I think that aesthetically this one is better! A pdf version is attached.
I would like to urge you to order your copies before they are sold out. The pricing structure is
In India (includingpostage) | Abroad (including postage) |
| 1 to 49 calendars @ 150 each | 1 to 9 @ US $ 15 each |
| 50 to 99 calendars @ 125 each | 10 to 49 @ US $ 12 each |
| 100 or more calendars @ 100 each | 50 or more @ US $ 10 each |
The 2010 calendar features Gori Ganga, one of Uttarakhand’s remote and pristine rivers. The photographs capture the sun-bathed beauty of the lower valley, the wilderness of the upper catchment and the quietude that comes with the remoteness. Our dynamic photographers, Devraj Agrawal and Salil Das trekked on foot and pony for four days from Munsiyari to Milam glacier, the source of the river, to bring you some rare and breath-taking photos.
Workshop on pollution abatement in Ganga basin - Need for effective waste water management
Posted on 28 Dec, 2009 05:08 PMKanpur, November 24, 2009: Shri Alok Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, UP Urban Development and Environment, inaugurated the workshop organized by WWF India, Kanpur Nagar Nigam and IIT Kanpur.
Inviting women researchers, journalists and activists
Posted on 28 Dec, 2009 04:00 PMLike majority of our rivers, Kosi too is a goddess - the daughter of Lord Shiva. Nicknamed `the sorrow of Bihar' by the male-dominated engineer-contractor -politician lobby, the river has been searching for its identity ever since. Ironically, most of what has been seen and written on the hydrological engineering imposed on the river has been by `men' only.
Water economies - Of the rich and the poor
Posted on 11 Dec, 2009 12:34 AMOnce it is known that the system of administration and management of water resources has grown in a manner which is not conducive to productivity and efficiency, then what options are we left with? How do we analyze the state of the system, so that the critical points are identified and improved upon?
State of fisheries in the Gangetic basin
Posted on 10 Dec, 2009 03:51 PMInland fisheries form an integral part of the vast gangetic basin.
Speakers and presentations at the IWMI : Bharat Sharma speaks on the use of GIS for estimating basin level water productivity
Posted on 07 Dec, 2009 02:25 AM
Curious case of Ganga Action Plan
Posted on 04 Dec, 2009 06:40 PMThe news is out. On December 2, 2009, Government of India announced its plans of taking a loan to clean the Ganga. This time around the World Bank is extending Rs $1 billion [Rs 4500 crore] loan to India.