Water Supply

Women and water in Bundelkhand

For most of the year, the residents of Bundelkhand experience acute scarcity of water for agricultural and domestic use. Water sources are varied and often seasonal, ranging from ponds, tanks, lakes and streams to open wells, bore wells and irrigation canals radiating out from large-scale dams. Most agriculture is of the single-crop variety and rain fed, with supplementary water from open wells.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
M. Manoj Kumar
Development Alternatives
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Water Management, Rural Water Supply, Water Pricing, Women, Public Participation, Development Alternatives (DA), Madhya Pradesh, Tikamgarh (D), Uttar Pradesh, Jhansi (D), Bundelkhand
Water Resources

Scientists create water reservoirs with dynamites

LUCKNOW: What Arjun did to provide water to a thirsty Bhishma in Mahabharata, is being recapitulated by a group of scientists in Bundelkhand these days to quench the thirst of parched denizens. In their unique initiative, scientists have blown up sub-surface hard rocks with the help of dynamites, to create artificial water reservoirs around 140 feet below the earth in Jhansi district.

Publication Date: 
23/02/2009
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Water Resources, Tubewells, Scientists, UNICEF, Uttar Pradesh, Jhansi (D), Bundelkhand
Energy

Gas in the backyard!

At a time when India is largely dependent on imports (by over 70 per cent) for its oil and gas requirements, there have been discoveries made that need to be studied further before their exact potential can be realised. The Bundelkhand area of Madhya Pradesh is one such place where discoveries of gas have been made in the recent past. The first instance of this was when Rajesh

Publication Date: 
22/02/2009
Yeshi Seli
Business India (Mumbai)
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Natural Gas, Natural Gas Exploration, Madhya Pradesh, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Bundelkhand
Climate Change

Climate integration in decision making by people and policy makers

Accounting for the existing and potential impact of the changing climate in decision making is rapidly becoming urgent for households and development agencies in vulnerable locations. Such an informed decision making, though desirable, requires in-depth awareness of the issue as well as availability of relevant information.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2009
Udit Mathur
Development Alternatives
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Agriculture, Monsoons, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Information, Media, Traditional Media, Environment Education, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), India, Rainfall Pattern, Bundelkhand
Agriculture

Tulsi on a global journey

Alka Pandey Posted: Jan 30, 2009 at 2309 hrs IST

Lucknow: It wasn't the whiff of money but faith in the small, inconspicuous plant in his courtyard that nudged Kailash Nath Singh, now 87, to venture into something unheard of more than a decade ago.

Publication Date: 
30/01/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Drought Prone Areas, Organic Farming, Tulsi, Farmers, Azamgarh (D), Bundelkhand
Climate Change

Climate change impeding agric production in India

During the last decade, the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has been witness to many climatic changes. Eastern Uttar Pradesh has faced severe floods, while Bundelkhand region has faced one of the worst famines of the last decade.

Publication Date: 
17/01/2009
Amit Dwivedi
http://www.talkzimbabwe.com/
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Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, India, Bundelkhand
Water Resources

 Repeat and step it up

Who can tire of

Publication Date: 
14/01/2009
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Check Dam, Irrigation, Development, Farmers, Rural Development, India, Yavatmal (D), Sustainable Development, Bundelkhand
Climate Change

Change in climate in Bundelkhand and challenges for life

This article by Vikas Sambad presents the challenging situation faced by villagers of Bundelkhand. The impact of climate change is evidently visible in Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh.

Global warming has its impact on rainfall pattern, water resources, drought, agriculture, livestock and ultimately livelihood.

Publication Date: 
14/01/2009
Sachin Kumar Jain
Vikas Samvad
Tags:
Livestock, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, People, Poverty, Madhya Pradesh, Bundelkhand
Climate Change

2007-08 credentials (A compendium of annual achievements of GEAG)

This annual report by Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG)highlights their contribution to the various environmental movements in India. And addresses the issue of sustainable livelihood through environmental and natural resource management by concentrating its efforts towards empowering marginalized section of the society.

GEAG is a part of South Asian collaborative action research

Publication Date: 
02/01/2009
Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group
Tags:
Climate Change, NGO, Uttar Pradesh, Gorakhpur (D), Bundelkhand
Water Resources

Dry days of Bundelkhand

Madhya Pradesh Right to Food Campaign and Apda Niwaran Manch presents a field report on the status of Social Welfare Schemes in
Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
http://www.mediaforrights.org
Tags:
Water Resources, Drought, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Madhya Pradesh, Bundelkhand

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