Rivers
Annual report of Ministry of Water Resources (2011-2012)
Posted on 13 Nov, 2012 10:39 PMThis document is an annual report of Ministry of Water Resources. It gives an overview of the management of India’s water resources for the year 2011-2012.
The report is divided into following chapters:
Floods, fields and factories: Towards resolving conflicts around the Hirakud Dam
Posted on 27 Oct, 2012 08:13 PMThis action research report by the Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India maps the variegated issues contributing to the water conflicts ar
Hopeful after 28 years- Veer Bhadra Mishra gives a TEDx talk about the Swatcha Ganga campaign
Posted on 24 Oct, 2012 12:44 PMVeer Bhadra Mishra has been working on the Swacha Ganga Campaign for the last 25 years.
10-days training workshop on hydrogeology, water quality and groundwater management in Himalayan states, People's Science Institute, Dehradun, December 12th - 21st, 2012, Register by 15 November, 2012
Posted on 23 Oct, 2012 09:21 PMDehradun
Organizers
India’s rivers are drying, fresh water biodiversity being destroyed, and people seriously threatened from mega hydro-electric projects - Can CBD help?
Posted on 19 Oct, 2012 08:28 PMTwenty years after ratifying the Convention on Biological Diversity, and ten years after promulgating the Biological Diversity Act, India continues to use doublespeak in dealing with its rivers and their biodiversity
India’s economic policies are destroying biodiversity and livelihoods: Commitments under CBD are not being met, says a statement issued by Indian civil society organizations
Posted on 18 Oct, 2012 05:45 PMThe blind pursuit of economic growth is coming at massive costs, both to natural ecosystems and to hundreds of millions of ecosystem-dependent people, who are being affected by mining, dams, power plants, ports, industries, and other such projects.
Institutional intervention in river water management - The study of Yamuna river sub-basin in India - Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad
Posted on 17 Oct, 2012 08:00 PMThis paper from the Centre for Good Governance highlights the relevance of river water management as an important area for natural resources management in the context of the current deteriorating status of the rivers in India in terms of quality as well as quantity, and a
River Bagmati: Bounties become a curse – A book by Dinesh Kumar Mishra
Posted on 14 Oct, 2012 05:20 PMLiving rivers, dying rivers:Rivers of West Bengal, Orissa & Indus system
Posted on 13 Oct, 2012 11:15 PMWest Bengal rivers