Mining

 Where are the panchayats?

Of the three farm water conservation programmes currently under way in Karnataka, the Jal Samvardhene Yojana (jsy) has completed a year of operation. The programme’s stated objective is to demonstrate the viability of community-based approaches to tank re

Publication Date: 
30/10/2003
Manu N Kulkarni
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Agricultural Inputs, Tanks, Water Conservation, Irrigation, Rehabilitation, Finance, Panchayats, NGO, Karnataka
Climate Change

 Jungle rule

Protect forests, get clean water

Publication Date: 
14/10/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Conservation, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Forest Resources, Watershed Development, Karachi, Mumbai
Air Pollution

 Why is rain a tragedy for cities?

A few days ago, most of India reeled under drought. Cities thirsted for water. Karnataka s chief minister S M Krishna seeing water supply in his software capital reduced to once in three days

Publication Date: 
30/07/2003
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Waterlogging, Groundwater, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Drought, Germany, India, Karnataka, Rainfall
India

 Rain check

The column width dedicated to rain in the mainstream print media has hit an all time high. A few days ago, television news reporters with that special ability to capture and re create frenzy planted themselves on Kerala s beaches, not chasing a vacation

Publication Date: 
29/06/2003
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Water Management, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Monsoons, India, Rajasthan
India

 Book notice: <i>Farmer led Participatory Research Cases from Western India</i>

Centralised models of development don t work; local knowledge and traditional methods do, especially in the realms of farming and water conservation, states this tome of case studies. The book shows how the concept of participatory research empowers local

Publication Date: 
30/05/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Research
India

 Lone warrior

One man s battle to save a village economy

Publication Date: 
14/05/2003
Richard Mahapatra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wheat, Water Conservation, Watershed Development, Drought, India, Madhya Pradesh, Betul (D)
India

 Large promises

Prime Minister Vajpayee is terribly interested in rural development these days. On his birthday he inaugurated Swajaldhara, a nation wide water conservation programme, and promised a drought stricken rural populace that every village would have water by 2

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
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Water Conservation, Rural Development, Legislation, Government Of India (GOI), Panchayats
India

 Parched Koalas

Parched koalas are roaming Australian towns in search of water. A long-drawn drought, that has been stretching for more than 11 months, has forced the koalas to abandon their babies and eucalyptus

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
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Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Drought, Australia
India

 Project pipedream

The Union government's newly launched Rs 1000-crore Hariyali (greenery) programme is one of the biggest rainwater harvesting projects ever to be conceived in India. "The scheme has the dual

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
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Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Irrigation, Rural Development, India
Water Resources

 Pakistan village refuses water diversion

a unique people's movement is gathering momentum in Pakistan. Local residents and politicians of a small town in central Punjab in Pakistan are resisting tooth and nail an attempt to siphon off

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
Muddassir Rizvi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Resources, Tubewells, Water Conservation, Conflicts, Pakistan

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