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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)
Gram Panchayat Quantum GIS training, IIT Madras, Chennai
Posted on 26 Nov, 2009 12:30 PM

Organiser: Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Topic: Training on customized free and open source 'Gram Panchayat QGIS' software

Duration: Feb 8th-12th, 2010 (Mon-Fri)
Speakers and presentations of WHSC 2009 day 3 : Ashok Jaitly talks about the policy issues on water conservation
WHSC 2009- Discussions and presentations by various speakers on water policy, rainwater harvesting techniques and Sulabh experience in sanitation
Praveena Sridhar
Posted on 26 Nov, 2009 03:58 AM

Ashok Jaitly, Water Resources Department, TERI
Policy issues in water conservation

Habil Attarwala, Furaat Earth Ltd., Gujarat
Jobs via DevNetJobsIndia.org - 24.11.2009
Posted on 24 Nov, 2009 03:18 PM

1.CHAMP Manager
 Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
 Location: Gulbarga
 Last Date: November 28, 2009

Centre for Environment Education (CEE) is running a common treatment facility for biomedical waste management called as CHAMP at Gulbarga, Karnataka.
Process documentation of development interventions, Excella Orbit, New Delhi
Posted on 23 Nov, 2009 04:25 PM

Excella Orbit, a division of Sambodhi Research & Communications Pvt. Ltd. is pleased to announce the training programme on Process Documentation of Development Interventions (Dec 05-07, 2009) at New Delhi.
Proposal Development & Report Writing for Development Projects, Excella Orbit, New Delhi
Posted on 23 Nov, 2009 04:15 PM

Excella Orbit, a division of Sambodhi Research & Communications Pvt. Ltd. is pleased to announce the training programme on Proposal Development & Report Writing for Development Projects(Dec 04-05, 2009) at New Delhi.

Aim:
Monitoring & evaluation of development projects, Excella Orbit, New Delhi
Posted on 23 Nov, 2009 04:03 PM

Excella Orbit, a division of Sambodhi Research & Communications Pvt. Ltd. is pleased to announce the training programme on Monitoring & Evaluation of Development Projects (Dec 01-03, 2009) at New Delhi.
Choice to be made between large scale water projects and decentralized water collection systems,says Ramaswamy Iyer
A talk on the choices between development, dams and water projects
Praveena Sridhar
Posted on 23 Nov, 2009 01:29 PM

Sometome back, in one of the interviews discussing large dams (with ADB) Ramaswamy Iyer said,
Challenges in integrated management of water resoures - Field report from Mulbagal, Karnataka
A "state of affairs" report by Vishwanath S in Mulbagal town near Bangalore
Vishwanath S
Posted on 20 Nov, 2009 06:56 PM


In an earlier post on IUWM and interventions based on hydrological considerations, I had discussed the typologies which could define the way we intervene and address the inconsistencies in the water utility services as well as the net water availability of the region.
Water management by industry - A case study of TATA Chemicals - Mithapur
A presentation on the water management initiatives undertaken by TATA chemicals
Tata Chemicals
Posted on 17 Nov, 2009 06:07 PM

This presentation describes the work of Tata Chemicals in organising water management initiatives, with the community around its plant in Mithapur, Gujarat. The various efforts taken up include integrated watershed development, salinity ingress mitigation, Water and Sanitation Management Organisation (WASMO) projects, rooftop rainwater harvesting and implementing water saving technologies.

Water management by industry - A case study of Reliance Energy - Dahanu
A presentation on water management initiatives taken up by Reliance Energy in Dahanu
Reliance Energy
Posted on 17 Nov, 2009 06:03 PM

This presentation describes the work of Reliance Energy, in taking up water management initiatives with the local community around their plant in Dahanu. The work taken up includes constructing check dams, weirs and installing hand pumps for providing drinking water to the community. As a result of this, people in approximately 17 villages were benefitted as the availability of potable water improved and ground water levels increased resulting in higher incomes for the villagers. 

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