Tamil Nadu
Rajasthan High Court orders strict action against those threatening Udaipur lakes -Roundup of the week's news (October 15 - 21, 2012)
Posted on 22 Oct, 2012 05:39 PMRajasthan High Court orders strict action against those threatening Udaipur lakes
Bacterial contamination in water affects more than half of Chennai
Posted on 09 Oct, 2012 03:44 PMChennai formerly known as Madras, the capital of Tamil Nadu is the sixth most populous city in India with 4.68 million residents as of 2011. Until 1870, it had no piped water supply within the city and people were dependent on public and private wells. The construction of a piped water supply system was started in 1872. This laid the foundation for the present water supply system.
Tenth anniversary celebration of The Rain Centre, Akash Ganga Trust, October 8, 2012, Chennai
Posted on 03 Oct, 2012 05:08 PMOrganiser: Akash Ganga Trust
Venue: #4, 3rd Trust Link Street
Mandavelipakkam, Chennai
Course on Managed Aquifer Recharge: Methods, hydrogeological requirements and impact assessment, Anna University, December 11 - 12, 2012, Chennai - Apply by November 1, 2012
Posted on 03 Oct, 2012 04:59 PMOrganiser: 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.
Aquifer systems of India - Atlas compiled by the Central Ground Water Board (2012)
Posted on 29 Sep, 2012 07:26 PMThe Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) under the Ministry of Water Resources has released a publication entitled “Aquifer systems of India” apart from aquifer atlas for six states viz. Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.
Caste discrimination in disaster situations in India - Reports by National Dalit Watch
Posted on 21 Sep, 2012 11:00 AMThe National Dalit Watch (NDW), an effort spearheaded by the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights has prepared a number of reports on rampant caste discrimination and the urgent need for protection of human rights, particularly Dalit human rights during disaster situations.
Report on the "National level workshop on appropriate toilet technologies", organised by Gramalaya, Arghyam and UNICEF at Trichy, Tamil Nadu, between 9-11 May 2012
Posted on 02 Sep, 2012 07:00 PMCurrent evidence has shown that a large population of people in India practice open defecation and do not use toilets even when available.
"Crop failure resulting from failed monsoon drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra" - Roundup of the week's news (20-26 August 2012)
Posted on 28 Aug, 2012 11:57 AMNear complete crop-failure drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra, Gujarat
Working with data - A workshop on understanding, visualising and mapping data, organised by Transparent Chennai, between 3rd to 5th August 2012
Posted on 14 Aug, 2012 10:32 AMLiving rivers, dying rivers: Rivers of Tamil Nadu and Kerala
Posted on 28 Jun, 2012 04:35 PMIntroduction
