Maharashtra

Workshop on construction of storage tanks as part of Rain Water Management, Jalvardhini Pratishthan, 4th – 5th June, 2011, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
Posted on 23 May, 2011 03:03 PM

Jalvardhini PratishthanOrganizer: Jalvardhini Pratishthan

Venue: Shri Chandrashekhar Khare's house, Palgad, Taluka Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

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Jalvardhini Pratishthan is holding workshop on construction of various Ferro cement tanks & coconut coir cement tanks, as part of rain water Management.

Symposium & brain storming workshop on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for food security & climate change - RAMETI, 23rd – 24th May, 2011, Khopoli, Dist. Raigad, Maharashtra
Posted on 23 May, 2011 12:51 PM

Organizer: Regional Agriculture Extention, Management & Training Institute (RAMETI)

Venue: Regional Agriculture Extention, Management & Training Institute (RAMETI) At Post. Khopoli, Khalapur, Raigad, Maharashtra

Summer camp for children, Urban Leaves, 29th May – 7th June 2011, Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai
Posted on 18 May, 2011 10:10 AM

Organizer: Urban Leaves

Venue: Maharashtra Nature Park, Opp Dharavi Bus Depot, Dharavi, Mumbai.

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ITC Limited is looking for Programme Officer - Watershed Development/Sustainable Agriculture at Nagpur – Apply by 21st May, 2011
Posted on 11 May, 2011 05:34 PM

Content courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia

ITCITC Limited is one of India’s biggest diversified corporations. Its extensive social investments programme combines effective community participation and social organisation with increasing agricultural productivity and sustainable management of natural resources. They are concentrated in remote rural areas in different parts of India. In addition to focus on natural resources management, equal emphasis is given to off-farm livelihoods.

Ram Nadi citizens in Pune, on a hunger strike to save their river
Ram Nadi, a small rivulet that flows through western parts of Pune, has provided water to the residents of Bhugaon town and parts of Pune in the past. Posted on 11 May, 2011 08:16 AM


Open Space Fellowships 2011-2012: ‘Nurturing civil society leadership and action among young people’ - Pune
Posted on 10 May, 2011 10:56 AM

OS open SpaceOpen Space, the civil society and youth outreach programme of  the Centre for Communication and Development Studies (CCDS), Pune, engages with citizens – especially young citizens - on contemporary social, economic and cultural issues through film screenings, performances, literary readings, music concerts, art, storytelling, capacity-building workshops, discussion and study forums, public lectures, youth festivals and campaigns. Open Space aims to be a vibrant place for youth to volunteer, learn, share ideas, and express themselves. Equally, Open Space supports CSOs and citizens to take their work/ideas/processes to a wide audience of concerned citizens, and also to build action networks.

Urban development plans formulation and implementation (UDPFI) - Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment (1996)
This report has been formulated after taking into consideration the deficiencies of the Constitution 74th Amendment Act 1992, the Master Plan approach identified during the National Workshop at Delhi and the current policy of economic liberalisation. The report aims at providing guidelines to assist administrators, municipal town planners and consultants for Urban Development Plans Formulation and Implementation (UDPFI). Posted on 03 May, 2011 05:07 PM

The terms of reference of the study for formulation of guidelines included:

Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) is looking for Agri Researcher at Pune – Apply by 30th April, 2011
Posted on 28 Apr, 2011 12:57 PM

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Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)WOTR is a not-for-profit NGO founded in 1993 operating currently in five Indian states - Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jharkhand. WOTR provides capacity building and advisory services to developmental practitioners from 22 other Indian states as well as, occasionally, from 27 countries. WOTR’s mandate is to reduce poverty through mobilising the self help capacities of individuals and communities to regenerate the eco-spaces or watersheds they live in, harvest rain water wherever it falls, use it  productively, undertake sustainable livelihoods and do whatever else it takes to get them out of poverty.

Citizen's uprising against encroachment and pollution of Ram Nadi, an urban river in Pune, Maharashtra
Local activists and citizens of Bavdhan (from where Ram Nadi flows) in Pune city, have staged a dharna and are on a hunger strike, Posted on 25 Apr, 2011 11:37 AM

Forwarded to the portal by: Parineeta Dandekar

Citizen's uprising against encroachment and pollution of Ram Nadi, an urban river in Pune, Maharashtra

Between the city and the salty sea - The wells of Bhuigaon, Thane, Greater Mumbai - Guest post by MS Gopal
Bhuigaon’s fields are watered by small rain- fed Bhowkal (large wells) maintained by women. Posted on 22 Apr, 2011 05:57 PM

 As the concrete jungle of Greater Mumbai reaches Bhuigaon and overuse of groundwater sucks in the sea water, the traditional wells are under threat.