Urban Water
Minister for Water Resources addresses India business forum at the Singapore International Water Week - PIB release
Posted on 08 Jul, 2011 04:06 PMThe theme of the forum was: ‘Sustainable water solutions for a changing urban environment’.
Talk by Dr. Veena Srinivasan on 'An integrated framework for analysis of water supply in a developing world city', ATREE, July 6, 2011, Bangalore
Posted on 05 Jul, 2011 12:15 PM
Organizer: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
Venue: Auditorium, ATREE, Bangalore
Description:
Dr. Veena Srinivasan, researcher at the Pacific Institute, and an adjunct fellow at ATREE, will be presenting a talk on 'An integrated framework for analysis of water supply in a developing world city'.
An openwell as a source of water in Bangalore city
Posted on 27 Jun, 2011 04:48 PMUrban floods in Bangalore and Chennai – Risk management challenges and lessons for sustainable urban ecology – A paper in Current Science
Posted on 22 Jun, 2011 10:23 PM
Two important metro cities of India, viz. Bangalore and Chennai are discussed. The aim of the study was to understand the problems of increasing flooding incidences in urban areas and related contexts of urban development and ecological issues. Data of secondary origin have been collected and interpreted in the context of flood risks and urban management. The paper also conveys wider issues and lessons for flood challenges in Indian cities and towns.
A citizen initiative to save Puttenahalli Lake in JP Nagar, Bangalore
Posted on 22 Jun, 2011 11:50 AMResidents of L&T South City and Brigade Millenium in JP Nagar, Bangalore formed a citizen initiative to save the neighbouring Puttenahalli Lake from becoming a dumping ground for construction debris and waste. A team from India Water Portal visited the lake in June 2011 to see the progress and challenges faced by such citizen initiatives.
Capacity and investment in the water supply and sanitation sectors - Guidelines in respect of participation of cooperative institutions (2006) - Water Supply and Sanitation Department (Government of Maharashtra)
Posted on 18 Jun, 2011 10:20 PMIt argues that this is because civil bodies are facing many problems due to urbanisation and increasing demand from the residents. There is a need to increase efficiency in the water supply and sewage.
Rainwater harvesting in urban areas of Karnataka (Government of Karnataka) - Draft policy (2006)
Posted on 18 Jun, 2011 10:16 PMThe Rainwater Harvesting Policy (2006) for Karnataka state has evolved out of the need for conserving rainwater and providing facilities for rainwater harvesting, in the context of the growing rate of urbanisation in the state and the rapid depletion of groundwater resources, leading to a water crisis.
The objective of the urban rainwater harvesting policy is to ensure that the available water is put to best possible use in the state by encouraging involvement of multiple level of stakeholders such as government and private institutions as well as citizens, in the appropriate management of rainwater.
Water Stories by talking history' - A series of films capturing water practices and rituals in Bangalore
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 02:42 PMTalking History is an inter-collegiate course on Oral History offered at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore, India. The films were made between February - March 2011.
Doddabommasandra lake
Doddabommasandra lake is located close to B.E.L circle in an area called Doddabommasandra in Bangalore. This film endeavours to portray the story and memories of drying up of Doddabommasandra through two different viewpoints. The story reflects the pattern in which we are exploiting and losing our water resources.
A short film by Gautam Vishwanath and Kinshuk Surjan
Why Mumbai must reclaim its Mithi – A study by Observer Research Foundation
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 05:05 PMThe river, along with its estuarine reach, provides the much-needed green lungs to the city in the form of mangroves. Neglect of this river was the main cause of the catastrophic floods in Mumbai on 26 July, 2005, which claimed nearly 1,000 lives. In what could be a monumental urban transformation initiative to be undertaken anywhere in India yet, ORF has proposed a grand vision for the reclamation of Mithi River. The study report and a documentary film ’Making the sewer a river again - Why Mumbai must reclaim its Mithi’ on the dreadful conditions of the river, was released in May, 2011 in Mumbai.