News and Articles
Prayasam-Using children as a vehicle for change
Posted on 17 Oct, 2012 12:47 PMAmlan Kusum Ganguly started Prayasam to touch lives and and make a difference. Troubled by the plight of children in brick kilns and slums and the widespread indifference towards sanitation, clean drinking water and health, Amlan Ganguly and his organization decided to target the young to educate slum –dwellers.
The traditional fisherfolk of Kerala - Part II - An article describing the economy of fishing and the role of women in the activity of fishing
Posted on 16 Oct, 2012 04:02 PMThe economy of fishing among the traditional fisherfolk of Kerala is based on three operations such as harvesting or catching of the fish, the processing of fish and the marketing of fish.
Kerala and Karnataka's lesser known rainwater harvesting structures
Posted on 16 Oct, 2012 03:09 PMMadakas are one of the fast disappearing traditional rainwater harvesting structures found in the laterite belts of Karnataka and Kerala. They are naturally occuring depressions with high terrain on the three sides where water from the surrounding laterite slopes, mainly runoff from the rains, is accumulated.
India disaster report- A document by National Institute of Disaster Management (2011)
Posted on 15 Oct, 2012 05:14 PMPublished by the National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs and being the first of its kind, the reports hopes to stimulate better collection of data and research that can identify gaps in the management of disasters and be helpful to deal with them in the future.
"Bandipur Tiger Reserve becomes India’s first to demarcate eco-sensitive zone”-Roundup of the week's news (8-14 October, 2012)
Posted on 15 Oct, 2012 02:42 PMBandipur Tiger Reserve becomes India’s first to demarcate eco-sensitive zone
Living rivers, dying rivers:Rivers of West Bengal, Orissa & Indus system
Posted on 13 Oct, 2012 11:15 PMWest Bengal rivers
Spring water recharge programme: A study of the post-programme impact in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand by CHIRAG
Posted on 12 Oct, 2012 07:43 PMCHIRAG has been working in the Kumaon area for the last 25 years, and is working on recharge springs.
Bikramgarh Jheel in Kolkata, gets a new lease of life
Posted on 12 Oct, 2012 12:15 AMIn a city where land prices are climbing up by the day, and homes must be constructed for a growing population on scarce land, water-bodies are falling prey to the avaricious schemes of land-sharks. But as water-bodies disappear, groundwater levels fall.
Damaged rivers, collapsing fisheries: Impacts of dams on riverine fisheries in India - Article by SANDRP
Posted on 11 Oct, 2012 09:55 PMMore than 10.86 million Indians depend on rivers, wetlands, floodplains, estuaries, ponds and tanks for subsistence and market-based fisheries. Though the absolute contribution of riverine fisheries may not be huge in economic terms, it is a very crucial component in livelihood and nutritial security of the rural poor.
National register of large dams- A compilation of state-wise large dams in India by Central Water Commission
Posted on 11 Oct, 2012 09:56 AMThis document by Central Water Commission is a compilation of large dams in India. It provides basic information about a dam. The document first spells out the meaning of a large dam, which is based on the height of a dam and also complies with any one of the following conditions: