Political
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces the second round of its Reinvent the Toilet Challenge, apply by May 10, 2012
Posted on 07 May, 2012 01:26 PMWater science in India - Hydrological obscurantism - A paper in Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 07 May, 2012 12:15 PMThis article by Jayanta Bandyopadhyay in the Economic and Political Weekly deals with the Government of India’s proposal for addressing the twin problems of floods and water scarcity by interlinking rivers.
Resuscitating a failed idea - Notes from Bihar – A paper in Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 07 May, 2012 11:36 AMThis article by Dinesh Kumar Mishra, Convenor of the Barh Mukti Abhiyan (movement for freedom from floods), Bihar in the Economic and Political Weekly states that the idea of a national interlinking of rivers needs to base itself on the past six decades’ experience of river and flood control measures.
Teesta, Tipaimukh and riverlinking: Danger to Bangladesh-India relations – A paper in Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 06 May, 2012 11:25 AMBangladesh shares 54 rivers with India. Any unilateral action by India on any of its international rivers will degrade its relations with its neighbours while also adversely affecting its ecology, economy and society. Bangladesh being a riverine and a lower riparian country remains sensitive to matters of water, whether inland or maritime.
Workshop on Environmental Flows, Aaranyak and River Research Centre (Kerala), May 6, 2012, Guwahati
Posted on 06 May, 2012 12:31 AMOrganisers: Aaranyak and River Research Centre
Venue: Indian Institute of Bank Management,
Khanapara,
Guwahati
Effects of industrial and agricultural activities on properties of groundwater - A paper published in the Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology & Life Sciences
Posted on 05 May, 2012 03:24 PMThe main sources of groundwater contamination are industrial, municipal and agricultural wastes (both solid and liquid), rocks, sludge and slimes, refuse, pesticides, herbicides, effluents from livestock and poultry farms. Many pollutants are even able to penetrate into groundwater aquifers.
Septic tanks or death tanks! We need to improve sanitation facilities to eradicate the inhuman practice of manual scavenging
Posted on 05 May, 2012 03:18 PMAuthor : Gagandeep
“We have to end the biggest dehumanising activity called manual scavenging”
Occupational health hazards in sewage and sanitary workers - A paper published in the Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Posted on 04 May, 2012 03:59 PMWorking conditions of the sanitory workers have found to remain unchanged over the years and pose a considerable risk to the dignity and health of the workers.
Natural farming and environment festival, Kheti Virasat Mission, May 11-13 2012, Bathinda, Punjab
Posted on 04 May, 2012 01:04 PMOrganiser: Kheti Virasat Mission (KVM)
Venue: Teachers Home,
Bathinda,
Punjab