Andhra Pradesh

Tanks of South India

This book analyses the variations between and within tanks - in the distribution of water to different segments of the command and in productivity.

Publication Date:

Dec 2000

Author(s): A. Vaidyanathan

Source: Centre for Science and Environment

Tags:

Periyar, Tanks, Groundwater, Water Management, Water Distribution, Water Harvesting, Water Demand, Tank Irrigation, India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

Water Resources

Water crisis

farmers of Andhra Pradesh have been directed not to cultivate a second crop of rice during the winter season because of low levels of water at the Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar reservoirs of the

Publication Date:

14/11/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Food Crops, Water Resources, Drinking Water Scarcity, Farmers, Andhra Pradesh

India

Following the monsoon failure of 1999 2000, two states Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh launched crash programmes to encourage water harvesting. An appreciable shift, because governments in India have always gone in for high cost, high technology solutions

Publication Date:

30/10/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

9

Issue:

20001031

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment Politics, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Narmada Valley Project, Watershed Development, Traditional Knowledge, Subsidies, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, CSE, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rainfall, Rural Development

Industry

Learning the mantra

Report card: The government realised its failures and learned from the civil society. Despite cases of corruption and some errors in planning, the government programme is an achievement
Success level: Good

Publication Date:

30/10/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

9

Issue:

20001031

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment Politics, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Narmada Valley Project, Watershed Development, Traditional Knowledge, Subsidies, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, CSE, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rainfall, Rural Development

Industry

Political harvest

Report card: A scheme that can help solve the water crisis has become a tool to promote political interests of the ruling party
Success level: Poor

Publication Date:

30/10/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

9

Issue:

20001031

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment Politics, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Narmada Valley Project, Watershed Development, Traditional Knowledge, Subsidies, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, CSE, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rainfall, Rural Development

India

Drought is in the mind

GOOD NEWS: There is more evidence to show that water harvesting can go a long way in dealing with drought and solving the water crisis, and even governments in India are learning
BAD NEWS: Crash programmes are not the answers by themsel

Publication Date:

30/10/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

9

Issue:

20001031

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment Politics, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Narmada Valley Project, Watershed Development, Traditional Knowledge, Subsidies, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, CSE, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rainfall, Rural Development

India

Dying bustard

the Indian bustard, one of the world's most endangered birds, in on the verge of extinction in its natural habitat in the state of Andhra Pradesh. A recent survey of the Bird Watchers Association

Publication Date:

30/10/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Endangered Species, Birds, Andhra Pradesh

Environment

Revamp forest policy

The local communities have done a good job in regenerating degraded forest lands

Publication Date:

30/10/2000

Author(s): Anil Agarwal

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

9

Issue:

20001031

pp:

11

Tags:

Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Timber Smuggling, Tribals, Governance, Anil Agarwal, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh

India

Killing the Musi river

the Musi river flowing through Andhra Pradesh will soon disappear due to the state government's Nandanvanam project. The government is planning to utilise the dry river bed of Musi for various

Publication Date:

29/09/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Musi, Displacement, Politics, Andhra Pradesh, Corruption

Mining