Industry
Role of thermal power plants and coal mining in local area development and addressing regional imbalance - Note by Prayas to Government of Maharashtra
Posted on 02 Aug, 2012 05:18 PMThe Prayas Energy Group, Pune had in August 2011, released a report titled “Thermal power plants on the anvil: Implications and need for rationalisation” on the large number of thermal power plants (TPPs) being pro
Strengthen participatory urban governance to prevent pollution in Ganga at Kanpur and recognise the need to look for decentralized solutions
Posted on 31 Jul, 2012 02:17 PMA one day Area Water Partnership Conference was held on 22nd July, 2012 by Shramik Bharti, Kanpur; Society for Action in Community Health (SACH) and Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD), New Delhi at Jajmau, Kanpur, an industrial city on the banks of the Ganga which also happens to be a major centre for leather tanneries, which let out
The growth of the Goa iron ore mining industry : Has stretched its infrastructure to the breaking point
Posted on 31 Jul, 2012 08:14 AMOver the last eighteen months, there has been much debate on the rampant increase in iron ore mining in Goa.
Wastewater recycle and reuse: The need of the hour - Report of a workshop in April 2012 organised by Ministry of Urban Development
Posted on 18 Jul, 2012 07:12 PMA one day workshop on "Wastewater Recycle and Reuse: The need of the hour' was organized by Ministry of Urban Development, Government of Indi
Electronics City Industrial Association manages water needs of the nearby villages in the area
Posted on 09 Jul, 2012 08:06 PMElectronics City Industrial Association (ELCIA) was established in 1992. In 1997, the maintenance and upkeeping of Electronics City was handed over to ELCIA by the Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (KEONICS), which handled the responsibility previously.
Industries call for water conservation - Proactive disclosure on water use by industries will go a long way
Posted on 25 May, 2012 03:48 PMIndia’s rapidly growing economy is driving increased water usage across different sectors. Various estimates and projections indicate an increasing trend in water demand for agriculture, industrial and domestic uses in the coming decades.
Water commercialization, a threat to human rights - A Gandhian prospect
Posted on 17 May, 2012 11:00 AMProviding usable water is one of the toughest challenges that most of the countries of the world are facing today. And in an era of liberalization and domination of capital centric policies commercialization of water is not a shocking step.
Privatisation of urban water supply in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh - An update from Manthan Adyayan Kendra
Posted on 09 May, 2012 09:53 AMStartling conditionalities
Appointment of young professionals as Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellows - Some questions
Posted on 23 Apr, 2012 11:19 AMThe critics of the PMRDFS have already started asking questions as follows:
Water law in a globalised world - Philippe Cullet discusses the need for creating a new framework
Posted on 09 Apr, 2012 11:09 PM1. Introduction