Political

Hydro-power guidelines flawed - An article from India Together
Little attention paid to past failures in the hydro power sector and to the possibility that many of these failures will recur in new projects too Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:37 PM

"Hydro-power guidelines flawed", is a critique by Himanshu Thakkar, written in June 2006, of the recent guidelines from the Ministry of Power, that encourage private sector participation in the development of large hydro projects.

Data on river basins, water pollution, water quality, projects and financing from ministry of water resources
Ministry of water resources provides data on river basins, water resources, water pollution, water quality, projects and financing etc. on their website Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:34 PM

Website of Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India. contains summary or data on river basins, water resources, water pollution, water quality, projects and financing etc.

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Centre absent from water projects - An article from India Together
Instead of using their powers, the central agencies work more like the agents and catalysts for irrigation projects that have not been approved by either CWC or the Planning Commission Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:31 PM

"Centre absent from water projects", is a report by Himanshu Thakkar, written in May 2007, on the need for developing procedures to ensure that projects that have not been approved by either CWC or the Planning Commission do not get statutory clearances, so that such central agencies do not work more like agents for sub-optimal development.

Information on droughts and floods in India by ministry of water resources
Ministry of water resources provides information on droughts and floods in India with government initiatives and centrally sponsored schemes Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:24 PM

Floods: In India, out of the total geographical area of 329 m ha., the flood prone area has been estimated as 45.64 m.ha. Heavy flood damages were experienced in the country during the monsoon of 1955, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1998, 2001 & 2004.

Unreasoned push for large storage projects - An article from India Together
Central government imposes large water storage projects on state governments even when the states were against such projects Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:23 PM

"Unreasoned push for large storage projects", is a note by Himanshu Thakkar written in July 2006, on the central government's unreasoned preference for large multi-purpose storage projects, inspite of evidence and experience contrary to the same.

Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in the Ganga-Padma-Meghna-Brahmaputra Plain of India and Bangladesh
This report from the Jadhavpur University highlights the intensity and magnitude of the arsenic contamination in the Ganga-Meghna-Bramhaputra plain Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:20 PM

Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in the Ganga-Padma-Meghna-Brahmaputra Plain of India and Bangladesh.This report from the Jadhavpur University highlights the intensity and magnitude of the arsenic contamination in the Ganga-Meghna-Bramhaputra plain which includes states Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Assam covering an area of 569,749 sq km.

Dynamic ground water resources of India - A report by Central Ground Water Board
The report presents hydrogeological map of India, district-wise groundwater availability, recharge, usage draft, development, and categorization at block level as safe/critical/overexploited/saline Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:07 PM

The report presents the dynamic groundwater resources of India based on Groundwater Estimation Committee (GEC 97) report with base year as 2004. It identifies the areas where groundwater development is at low key and the areas where groundwater development is alarmingly high. The estimation for the individual state was jointly done by the groundwater wing of the State Government and the concerned Regional Office of the Central Groundwater Board.

Benchmarking and data book of water utilities in India by ministry of urban development and Asian Development Bank (2007)
The book benchmarks the service level for urban water supply sector and provides performance data that will help to plan sustainable water supplies in 20 cities in the data book Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:00 PM

Water supply is one of the five urban basic services being addressed by the Government of India under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) with support from Asian Development Bank (ADB) embarked on a Benchmarking and Water Utilities Data Book Project for 20 selected water utilities in India.

The West Bengal ground water resources management, control and regulation act (2005)
The act aims to manage, control and regulate indiscriminate extraction of groundwater in West Bengal and to provide solutions to matter related to it Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 03:55 PM

The act aims to manage, control and regulate indiscriminate extraction of groundwater in West Bengal and to provide against its widespread contamination with arsenic, fluoride,  chloride, iron, other heavy metals or metalloids, organic and inorganic pesticides, fungicides, and rodenticides. It provides for the setting up of a State Level Authority which shall be under the administrative control of the Water Investigation and Development Department, Government of West Bengal and shall be the apex body of all the District Level Authorities and the Corporation Level Authority.

The Uttar Pradesh water management and regulatory commission bill (2008)
The bill aims to regulate water resources and promote and monitor sound water conservation and management practices throughout the state Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 03:52 PM

The Uttar Pradesh Water Management and Regulatory Commission Bill, 2008 aims to provide for the establishment of the Uttar Pradesh Water Management and Regulatory Commission to regulate water resources within the State, facilitate and ensure judicious, equitable and sustainable management, allocation and optimal utilization of water resources for environmentally, economically sustainable development of the State, fix the rates for water use for agriculture, industrial, drinking, power and other purposes and cess on lands benefited by flood protection and drainage works from the owners of lands benefited through appropriate regulatory instruments according to State Water Policy.

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