Haryana
Free water for the Capital
Posted on 08 Jan, 2014 12:04 PMTwo days into power, AAP announced free water
Coca Cola plant in UP lowers groundwater level
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 08:41 PMCoca Cola plant in Mehdiganj lowers groundwater level
Yamuna Nama: a book review
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 05:51 PMThe Yamuna Manifesto -or Yamuna Nama- is a bilingual book with passages in both Hindi and English, published as part of the Yamuna Elbe project. In five deceptively short sections, the book takes us from the birth to the river to its future.
Migratory birds return to Sultanpur lake
Posted on 09 Dec, 2013 07:00 AMAt Sultanpur, migratory birds visit an artificial lake
Applications invited for the post of 'Consultant' , India Water Partnership, Gurgaon
Posted on 19 Oct, 2013 11:37 AMFor details on the India Water Partnership (IWP), please click here.
Further information on the vacancy can viewed here.
The Application details for the vacancy are attached below.
How do groundwater irrigation and energy supply influence each other ? - Talks from the IWMI-Tata Annual Partners' Meet held at Anand in November 2012
Posted on 10 Mar, 2013 01:03 PMIndia is the world's largest consumer of groundwater where it is extensively used for irrigation. However, there is a considerable waste of this valuable resource. While a part of this waste can be attributed to a lack of incentive for conservation, unmetered electricity supply contributes greatly to this problem. This has led to the formation of what is being termed an energy-irrigation nexus.
Several sessions at the IWMI-Tata Annual Partners' Meet in 2012 discussed this phenomenon, its causes, impact and possible management strategies.
National conference by IRRAD and UNICEF on women-led water management: Strategies towards water sustainability in rural India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2012 05:07 PMThe Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD) and UNICEF India hosted this National Conference on Women-led Water Management .
"Methods in Environmental Health Research Impact Assessment: Exposure assessment as a tool", The Public Health Foundation of India, September 25-28, 2012, Gurgaon
Posted on 13 Sep, 2012 07:39 PMOrganiser: The Public Health Foundation of India
Venue: Indian Institute of Public Health
Plot 34,
Sector 44,
Institutional area
Gurgaon-122002
The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is a public private initiative that has collaboratively evolved through consultations with multiple constituencies including Indian and international academia, state and central governments, multi & bi-lateral agencies and civil society groups. PHFI is a response to redress the limited institutional capacity in India for strengthening training, research and policy development in the area of Public Health.
"Study finds Ganga-Bhagirathi delta slowly disappearing into the sea" - Roundup of the week's news (13-19 August 2012)
Posted on 21 Aug, 2012 05:44 PMStudy finds Ganga-Bhagirathi delta slowly disappearing into the sea
A study by noted geographer Prof Kalyan Rudra and funded jointly by the state and central governments has found that the world’s largest delta-the Ganga-Bhagirathi delta- is slowly disappearing into the sea.
India: Improving urban water supply and sanitation service provision- Lessons from business plans for Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana and international good practices- Report by the World Bank
Posted on 19 Aug, 2012 04:50 PMThis report by the World Bank identifies the key elements of a State-wide program for improving water supply and sanitation services and accountability on the basis of