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November 6, 2022
Protecting children from climate change impact not child's play
In 2020, 559 million children were affected by four to five heatwaves a year; numbers could increase four-fold by 2050, as per a report by UNICEF
Heat-related mortality is four times higher among children under 1 year of age than in persons aged 1–44 years (Image: Taqver, Wikimedia Commons)
October 22, 2022
Employment guarantee during Covid-19
Role of MGNREGA in the year after the 2020 lockdown: Survey findings from Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh
MGNREGA provided income support or security to vulnerable households during the pandemic (Image: UN Women)
October 14, 2022
Lack of data professionals in the impact sector
Arthan organizes a fireside chat to highlight the need for more data talent for social impact
There is a need to integrate data science into the existing education system (Image: Mohamed Mahmoud Hassan, Public Domain Pictures)
September 9, 2022
Creating jobs while managing air quality
Highlights from a new report released by iFOREST
An old coal-fired power plant has been dumping vast quantities of ash out in the open for many years. (Image: Lundrim Aliu/ World Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
July 14, 2022
Ichamati: River of poetry is dying a slow death
The river is faced with the dual problem of flood plain encroachment and growing levels of water pollution
Illegal transverse check dams (Badhals) built on Ichamati near a village in Basirhat (Image: Prithviraj Nath @ TheWaterChronicles)
July 10, 2022
Slow onset climate-induced disasters leaving migrants at greater risk of human trafficking
People in India fleeing disasters like drought more likely to have experienced trafficking or modern slavery than those fleeing floods or cyclones
The country's climate change assessment suggests things are only going to get worse (Image: Saurav Karmakar, India Water Portal Flickr)
Maharashtra gifts farmers’ water to industries - Dams, Rivers and People - Newsletter from SANDRP of March 2011
South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) news letter of March 2011 (Volume 9 Issue 2), focuses on the following topics.
South Asia Network on Dams Rivers and People (SANDRP)
Posted on 15 Apr, 2011 08:45 AM


South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People

  • Maharashtra gifts farmers’ water to industries
    Between 2005 & 2010, a High Powered Committee was constituted by the Maharashtra Minister for Water Resources which recommended the diversion of 1500 MCM water from 38 dams across Maharashtra to cities and industries.
Please reverse farcical decision of asking developers to do cumulative impact assessment in Sutlej Basin
This article presents the text of an open letter from SANDRP to MoEF
South Asia Network on Dams Rivers and People (SANDRP)
Posted on 14 Apr, 2011 06:57 PM

To
Shri Jairam Ramesh
Union Minister of State (IC) of Environment and Forests,
New Delhi

Respected sir,
MoRD announces relaxation in NRDWP guidelines: Sustainability component to be reduced to 10% for 2010-11 and 2011-12
The current NRDWP guideline stipulates that 20% of funds would be earmarked for a "sustainability component", on a 100% Central share basis.
Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) (Government of India)
Posted on 14 Apr, 2011 05:54 PM

The MoRD has through this order, announced that this will be relaxed to 10% NRDWP funds, on a 100% Central share basis for all States.

This relaxation would be valid for 2010 – 11 and 2011 – 12. The balance 10% of NRDWP funds that will become available is to be spent on coverage of quality affected and / or non – quality affected habitations, on a 50:50 sharing basis.
Hard work, no pay - Summer jobs off the beaten track - Opportunities for working on NREGA and ICDS schemes in Araria, Bihar
Posted on 14 Apr, 2011 04:44 PM

Forwarded to the portal by: Kamayani Swami and Ashish Ranjan for Jan Jagaran Shakti Sangathan

Jan Jagaran AbhiyaanDo you support the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)? Then why not give some of your time to help make it work?

River Mandovi cries for help - Video report from WAVE
Sanghmitra Mainkar, who's from the heavily mined area of Bicholim in Goa, reports how miners dump waste into the beautiful river Mandovi.
Sanghmitra Mainkar
Posted on 14 Apr, 2011 10:53 AM

Article and Video Courtesy: WAVE India
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The 'arrogant neighbour' - Newly launched Udupi Power Corporation Limited commits gross environmental violations - A two-part report from The Manipal Journal
Ash produced after burning the ‘world’s dirtiest fuel’ found place in an erstwhile fresh-water lake. Low lying fields were water-logged under the hot summer sun.
Garima Goel
Posted on 14 Apr, 2011 10:47 AM


Mines in Goa deplete water supply - A film from India Unheard Video Volunteers
Goa is mostly known for being a top tourist destination, but away from the coast mining is the major industry, and it is severely impacting local water.
Devidas Gaonkar
Posted on 14 Apr, 2011 10:35 AM

 

 
Status of MGNREGA in Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh
A series of audio updates from CGNet Swara, over March-April 2011
CGNet Swara
Posted on 13 Apr, 2011 02:15 PM

Article courtesy: CGNet Swara

NREGA: No payment for a year, complaints do not work
Rasatulla Khan, state president of Samajwadi party in Chattisgarh, is talking about a village in Baloda bazar block where laborers have not got their NREGA wages for more than a year now.

NREGA: Gram Panchayat does not take any application for work
Ramdas Dhurve from Narsinghpur district in Madhya Pradesh, says that in their area Sarpach and Sachiv in Gram Panchayat do not accept any application for work under NREGA.

Realisation of the fundamental right to water in rural areas: Implications of the evolving policy framework for drinking water – An article by Philippe Cullet in Economic and Political Weekly
This paper deals with the implications of the evolving policy framework for drinking water on the realization of the fundamental right of water.
Economic and Political Weekly
Philippe Cullet
Posted on 13 Apr, 2011 10:20 AM

The fundamental right to water in rural areas is well-established in India, but the actual content of this right has not been elaborated upon in judicial decisions. There is no general drinking water legislation that would provide this missing content.

Narmada dam - Land for some, hope for others - A short film from Video Volunteers
VV’s community correspondent Rakesh Khanna is one of the displaced people. In his latest video, Rakesh shares the good news of land distribution
Stella Paul
Posted on 13 Apr, 2011 10:16 AM

After 3 decades of relentless fighting for rehabilitation, 113 tribal families displaced by Sardar Sarovar Dam on the River Narmada in India’s Madhya Pradesh have finally had their demand fulfilled. The families have received land on which they can now build their homes again. Rakesh says that the development has raised the hopes of thousands of others like him who are still awaiting resettlement.

 

 

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