Political

This discussion paper by Global Water Forum sheds light on the progress on access to safe water

Organizers: National Institute of Ecology (NIE), SaciWATERs, The Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI)

Venue: Gurukul Kangri University,
               Haridwar (Uttarakhand)

Objective
The goal of the proposed Training Course is to educate the water resource managers (both researchers and practitioners) about the importance of environmental flows in the broader framework of aquatic ecosystem goods and services, and the approaches and methods for EF assessments.
The specific objective of the training workshop is to bring together researchers in the field of river ecosystems and the water resource managers (from different disciplines) for intensive interaction on all scientific, socio-economic, policy and institutional issues concerning environmental flow and to discuss
the requirements for assessment and implementation of the EF in water resource management projects. Another objective is to develop an outline of the course material on the subject that is appropriate for the region. The training course will include interactive discussion besides a series of lectures. Resource material will be provided.

^3rd October 2012, Wardha, Maharashtra.

This data sheet on health aspects by Ministry of Home Affairs provides district wise (rural and urban) statistics of nine Indian states on the following issues:

Organiser: Akash Ganga Trust

Venue: #4, 3rd Trust Link Street
               Mandavelipakkam, Chennai

Organiser: Department of Geology, Anna University

Venue:  Anna University
                 Chennai

Description
As an activity under the Research Project Saph Pani , co-funded by the European Commission within the 7th framework programme Two-day course on Managed Aquifer Recharge: Methods, Hydrogeological Requirements, Post and Pre-treatment systems will be conducted at Anna University, Chennai.

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!".

This document by Ministry of Home Affairs provides provisional statistical data on population totals of National Capital Territory of Delhi- districts and sub-districts.

Coastal Salinity Prevention Cell (CSPC) is a joint initiative of Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India), Ambuja Cement Foundation and Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT). CSPC has a mandate to work on issues addressing livelihood enhancement of communities affected by increasing salinity ingress in the coastal areas. For further information on the CSPC, please log on to www.cspc.org.in. CSPC is looking for two professionals to coordinate and manage the Water and Sanitation (WASH) and Natural Resource Management (NRM) Programme of CSPC.