Political

Recommendations of Working Group meeting - Planning and implementation issues related to Rain Water Harvesting(RWH)
Issues related to planning and implementation largely concerned with water quality, budgeting and equity. Posted on 24 Nov, 2009 04:12 AM

The issues related to planning and implementation were largely concerned with water quality, budgeting and equity.

The group deemed it necessary that the following are addressed on a greater priority:

  1. Centralized vs. decentralized rainwater harvesting
  2. Water quality aspects in rainwater harvesting system
  3. Water quality management through rainwater harvesting
Recommendations of Working Group meeting on policy issues- Water harvesting issues
Identification of the main issues in water harvesting and its recommendations Posted on 24 Nov, 2009 03:37 AM

Working Group Meetings formed by a panel of experts in the respective field, formed a significant aspect of WHSC Conference. The conference is geared towards effecting a change in the way water resources are governed and managed. Towards this, the working group meeting's recommendations were valuable, and awaited.

 

Storm water management and artificial recharge - A talk by Dr.S.K.Jain
An interesting talk on 'Storm water management, artificial recharge and improvement in ground water regime' Posted on 24 Nov, 2009 12:16 AM

All these decades from early twentieth century, storm water and artificial recharge of aquifers have seldom been an area of consideration for planners and policy makers. The country appeared to be oblivious to the fact that these too are integral part of the resources that we need to take care of before it starts hitting back at us in our daily lives!

Case presentation by Bharat Sharma on water crisis and nationwide water harvesting initiative
A case for a larger perspective on the water crisis and for a Nationwide Water Harvesting Initiative Posted on 23 Nov, 2009 08:09 PM

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Bharat Sharma (Photo:Praveena Sridhar)

Process documentation of development interventions, Excella Orbit, New Delhi
Posted on 23 Nov, 2009 04:25 PM

Excella Orbit, a division of Sambodhi Research & Communications Pvt. Ltd. is pleased to announce the training programme on Process Documentation of Development Interventions (Dec 05-07, 2009) at New Delhi.

Proposal Development & Report Writing for Development Projects, Excella Orbit, New Delhi
Posted on 23 Nov, 2009 04:15 PM

Excella Orbit, a division of Sambodhi Research & Communications Pvt. Ltd. is pleased to announce the training programme on Proposal Development & Report Writing for Development Projects(Dec 04-05, 2009) at New Delhi.

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Monitoring & evaluation of development projects, Excella Orbit, New Delhi
Posted on 23 Nov, 2009 04:03 PM

Excella Orbit, a division of Sambodhi Research & Communications Pvt. Ltd. is pleased to announce the training programme on Monitoring & Evaluation of Development Projects (Dec 01-03, 2009) at New Delhi.

India threatened by flood-drought syndrome, says Mr M.Gopalakrishnan
A talk on policy support issues in basin management that compares small scale water harvesting sytems with large dams , citing how each one of them stand as an answer in different situations Posted on 23 Nov, 2009 02:36 PM

 

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M.Gopalakrishnan speaking on Policy Issues (Photo: Praveena Sridhar)

Choice to be made between large scale water projects and decentralized water collection systems,says Ramaswamy Iyer
A talk on the choices between development, dams and water projects Posted on 23 Nov, 2009 01:29 PM

Sometome back, in one of the interviews discussing large dams (with ADB) Ramaswamy Iyer said,

Images and facts of the ground water situation in India
Groundwater situation in the country discussed along with the variation & changes encountered Posted on 23 Nov, 2009 04:18 AM

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Credit: Binay, Business Standard

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