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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)
Conducted open source GIS training for United Nations Population Fund
Posted on 08 Nov, 2010 08:37 PM

Two Weeks Customized training program on Quantum GIS and GRASS GIS for Census Department was conducted by United Nations Population Fund Office(UNFPA), Koreain Collaboration with Magendhiran Consultancy Services from 18th - 29th Oct 2010.
Flooding in Pakistan: Updates from Earth Observatory
More than three months after floods first struck Pakistan, waters still lingered west of the Indus River. At the beginning of November, the high waters were receding, but only slowly.
Earth Observatory
Posted on 08 Nov, 2010 10:54 AM

Flooding in Pakistan

Flooding in Pakistan

A training manual on integrated management of watersheds by ICRISAT
Watersheds are natural. Human intervention forces the changes in ecology and management practices . The training manual provides an account for socio-technical aspects of watershed.
International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
S P Wani
T J Rego
T Pathak
Posted on 05 Nov, 2010 12:05 PM

The training manual by ICRISAT on integrated management of watersheds is meant for watershed development practitioners and provides an account of the socio-technical aspects of watershed. To begin with, the definitional aspects of watershed are spelt out -

  • The term “watershed” strictly refers to the divide separating one drainage basin from another. However, over the years, the use of the term watershed to signify a drainage basin or catchment area has come to stay.
  • Hydrologically, watershed could be defined as an area from which the runoff drains through a particular point in the drainage system.

Water Digest Awards: Nominations for the water icon of India 2010
Posted on 03 Nov, 2010 01:29 PM
Water Digest Awards 2010
Dear Waterite,

Water Digest Water Awards 2010-11 is calling for the nominations
News roundup (22 - 31 October 2010) :" India: Land of many cell phones, but fewer toilets"
Stories that made news in the week
Vineeta Pandey
Ravi Nessman
Tapas Chakraborty
Henry Foy
Ajith Athrady
Mahesh Joshi
Katherine Sola
nitya Rana
Abhijeet Chattejee
Pankaj Sarma
Posted on 03 Nov, 2010 08:50 AM

Wastewater/Sanitation

Judicious management of groundwater through participatory hydrological monitoring – A manual by APWELL
This report developed under the APWELL project deals with participatory hydrological monitoring in an effort to sensitize the individual groundwater users on judicious use of groundwater.
APWELL
Arcadis Euroconsultant
Posted on 23 Oct, 2010 06:56 PM

 Participatory hydrological monitoring improves the users’ understanding of local groundwater resource characteristics and helps local communities to form a community opinion to support appropriate measures for managing the available resources equitably.

Report of the Twelfth Finance Commission (2005-2010)
A fiscal document that makes recommendations for restructuring public finances, describes trends in central & state finances, makes assessment of revenue & expenditure and explains sharing of union tax revenues.
Finance Commission India
Posted on 22 Oct, 2010 06:37 PM

This  document on the Finance Commission, India website is divided into the following chapters:

Orissa water tariff revision - The Orissa Gazette - Housing and Urban Development Department (2005)
This document provides the details of the revisions suggested in the water tariff for domestic, industrial, commercial and institutional consumers and of sewerage maintainance charges in urban areas.
Housing and Urban Development Department (Government of Orissa)
Posted on 22 Oct, 2010 05:26 PM

This document provides the details of the revisions suggested in the water tariff for domestic, industrial, commercial and institutional consumers and of sewerage maintainance charges in urban areas.

Maharashtra Act No. XVIII - Water Resources Department (2005)
This document describes the establishment, functions, reports and authority of the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Act
Water Resources Department (Government of Maharashtra)
Posted on 22 Oct, 2010 05:15 PM

The document describes the details of the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority Act and includes:

Short title, extent and commencement
Definitions of the terms used in the Act
Establishment and incorporation of the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority
Powers functions and duties of the authority
Permission of River Basin Agency, State Water Planning
Accounts, audits and reports
Special powers of authority for removal of backlog as per Governer's directivesThe document describes the details of the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority Act and includes:
  • Short title, extent and commencement
  • Definitions of the terms used in the Act
  • Establishment and incorporation of the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority
  • Powers functions and duties of the authority
  • Permission of River Basin Agency, State Water Planning
  • Accounts, audits and reports
  • Special powers of authority for removal of backlog as per Governer's directives
The Maharashtra groundwater (regulation for drinking water purposes) act - International Environmental Law Research Centre (1993)
The Maharashtra Groundwater Act was framed to regulate the exploitation of groundwater for the protection of public drinking water sources.
International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC)
Posted on 22 Oct, 2010 05:09 PM

The document describes the Maharashtra Groundwater Act, which is an Act to regulate the exploitation of groundwater for the protection of public drinking water sources and includes the details of :

Declaration of water scarcity area
Regulation of extraction of water from wells in water scarcity areas
Declaration of over exploited watershed
prohibition of sinking of well in over exploited watershed
Prohibition of extraction of water from an existing well for certain period
Closing down existing well
Power of entry upon any land for obtaining information
Power to stop contravention of the provisions of section 3, 5, 7, 8 or 9
Payment of compensation
Bar to claim compensationThe document describes the Maharashtra Groundwater Act, which is an Act to regulate the exploitation of groundwater for the protection of public drinking water sources and includes the details of :
  • Short title and commencement of the Act
  • Definitions of the terms used in the Act
  • Protection measures for public drinking water sources
    • Prohibition of construction of wells within certain limits
    • Declaration of water scarcity area
    • Regulation of extraction of water from wells in water scarcity areas
    • Declaration of over exploited watershed
    • Prohibition of sinking of well in over exploited watershed
    • Prohibition of extraction of water from an existing well for certain period
    • Closing down existing well
    • Power of entry upon any land for obtaining information
    • Power to stop contravention of the provisions of section 3, 5, 7, 8 or 9
    • Payment of compensation
    • Bar to claim compensation
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