Rainfall

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

A decentralised system will lead to sustainable water use

S Vishwanath, a Bangalore based engineer and planner, started the Rainwater Club to help people manage rainwater efficiently. He spoke to Binayak Das about his work and the viability of rainwater harvesting

Publication Date:

14/10/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

9

Issue:

20001015

pp:

0

Tags:

Water Management, Water Harvesting, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Community Groups, Bangalore (D), Sustainable Development, Rainfall

Agriculture

Fury of the fire

raging forest fires have consumed more than four hundered thousands hectares of natural forest in the us in areas ranging from Arizona to the Canadian border. Over 70 large fires which are

Publication Date:

29/09/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forest Fires, Climate Change, United States Of America (US), Climate, Rainfall

Environment

Now it is floods

It is time people established their relationship with water once again

Publication Date:

29/09/2000

Author(s): Anil Agarwal

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

9

Issue:

20000930

pp:

9

Tags:

Water Harvesting, Floods, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Management, Hydrology, Governance, CSE, Anil Agarwal, India, Rainfall

Agriculture

KILLING FLOODS

At least 50 people were killed and hundreds were rendered homeless in Bhutan due to flash floods and mudslides caused by fierce rains. Lynpo Khandu Wangchuk, the minister for trade, said that

Publication Date:

14/09/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Floods, Disaster Management, Bhutan, Rainfall

India

Rains claim 120 lives

at least 90 people were killed in a landslide that crushed an entire slum in Mumbai. The Azad Nagar slum in Ghatkopar was located at the foot of a hillock, which collapsed due to heavy

Publication Date:

14/08/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Landslides, Disaster Management, Slums, Governance, Mumbai, Rainfall

Environment

KENYA

With 23 million Kenyans facing shortage of food due to failure of seasonal rains, President Daniel arap Moi has appealed for food aid from the us and the European Union. The President made

Publication Date:

29/06/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Starvation, Food Aid, Kenya, European Union (EU), Rainfall