Maharashtra

Women in India are treated as untouchables or even worse during their menstrual cycle. Have we ever stopped to think why we let this happen? Why are we constantly victimizing women when this is a routine procedure that women go through to complete their womanhood?

Priyanka, 13 and a chirpy adolescent girl studying in a government school in a village called ‘Rohini Gaun’ 25 kms from Wardha in Maharashtra blushes and says, "We don’t talk about it at all!".

Using analogies that resonate with the rural mind, this Marathi film by  the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (Government of Maharashtra) makes a convincing argument for toilet construction and use.The film's content has been guided by Mr.

Organiser: International Water Association (IWA)

Co-Organisers: BORDA, CDD Society Bangalore, GiZ Germany, NEERI

Venue: Nagpur

Description
The conference aims to build capacity and awareness of decentralised wastewater treatment systems as a viable sanitation option for countries in Asia, particularly in India.

Focus

(a) sustainable technical options,
(b) management options and the roles of various stakeholders,
(c) enabling institutional and regulatory frameworks for the effective implementation and scaling-up of decentralised systems.

Description
Infochange India (managed by the Centre for Communication and Development Studies) is a leading reference point for information and analysis on a range of issues in the social sector – from environment, poverty, livelihoods and public health to women and child rights, social exclusion, displacement, education, governance and globalisation. We welcome proposals that uncover and illustrate topical issues and contemporary debates in any of these areas. The final output must combine detailed research with original reportage from the grassroots, background, perspective, analysis and, when appropriate, views and information from experts.

The Performance Assessment System Project - www.pas.org.in (PAS) Project at CEPT University is a five-year Action Research Project, which works on developing appropriate tools and methods to measure, monitor and improve delivery of water and sanitation services in urban India.

This paper published in Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering sheds light on the importance of using Mobile GIS in collection of data in rural Maharashtra.

Description
The Forum (Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India) is an effort to bring together all those interested in working on issues related to water conflicts in India into a loose network for action and interaction.

Near complete crop-failure drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra, Gujarat

This paper published in the journal Advances in Analytical Chemistry discusses the findings of a study that aimed at quantification of accumulated toxic heavy metals in the sediments of Mithi river of Mumbai.The study was conducted at three different sampling loca