Rural Water
Government of Rajasthan prepares a working draft of a rural sanitation and hygiene strategy (2012 2022)
Posted on 04 Apr, 2012 09:46 PMAlthough significant progress has been made in terms of individual household toilet coverage in the state, usage by the population is still low at 12.9 per cent (DLHS 2007-08). Access to toilets for schools and angawandies has seen a marked increased but rural solid and liquid waste management has seen little or no attention.
People of Nuapada district in Odisha build a stop dam themselves - Roundup of audio updates from CGNet Swara (Sep 2011 to Feb 2012)
Posted on 03 Apr, 2012 02:57 PMPeople get together to build a stop dam themselves
The people of Khariar road town in Odisha have long requested a check dam across the river Jonk. Khuturam Sunani describes how they have now begun constructing it through shramadaan.
Impact report of watershed development programme in Ayyannapalem village of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh
Posted on 19 Mar, 2012 11:59 AMAuthor : Kotikala Chandrasheakar
Name of the watershed: Ayyannapalem
Name of the Mandal: Bollapalli
District: Guntur
Bore well recharging through "V" wire technology in Belavadi village, Chikmagalur district in Karnataka
Posted on 12 Mar, 2012 07:02 PMVideo Courtesy : FLRWHS
Drafting a new National water policy, 2012 without consulting the farmers would be meaningless
Posted on 04 Mar, 2012 11:02 PMAuthor : Phanish Sinha
Some ideas to save water in huge quantities: Letter to the 2012 Draft National Water Policy Committee
Posted on 01 Mar, 2012 03:03 PMAuthor: Shyam Agrawal
In India, water problems are 'man made': Comments on the draft water policy-2012
Posted on 29 Feb, 2012 11:02 AMAuthor : Nagesh Hegde
NIRD Annual Mela, NIRD RTP, February 25-28, 2012, Hyderabad
Posted on 24 Feb, 2012 09:41 PMOrganizer: National Institute Of Rural Development (NIRD)
Venue: National Institute Of Rural Development
Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad 500030
Description:
Keeping in line with the tradition of the NIRD in organizing Annual Melas, the Rural Technology Park (RTP), NIRD is organizing a “Rural Technology Mela” for four days from February 25 to 28, 2012. A large number of rural technologies, products developed by various technology developers will be displayed in the Mela. There will be about 200 stalls for displaying various rural technologies and rural products from all over the country. It is expected that a large number of technology developers, technology users, technology institutions, Universities, scientific and research organizations, Public Sector Undertakings, Departments, Self Help Groups (SHGs) from states, namely, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and many other parts of the country are expected to participate in the Mela.
New water policy more contentious; least helpful in tackling existing issues
Posted on 22 Feb, 2012 12:34 PMAuthor : Dr. Arvind Kumar
IMaCS invites applications for Consultant – Monitoring and Evaluation, Delhi - Apply by February 24. 2012
Posted on 22 Feb, 2012 09:03 AMContent courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
IMaCS has been engaged by an UN Agency to provide Technical financial and human resource support to various programmes and operation.