Industry

 Controversial plan to sell water from Sheonath river

Ajit Jogi, Chhattisgarh chief minister, has announced an enquiry into the legality of India"s first private project to supply water to industry from the Sheonath river. Speaking at a press conference after a cabinet meeting on January 21 in Ambikapur, Sar

Publication Date: 
14/02/2003
Sopan Joshi
Down to Earth
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Rivers, Water Distribution, Water Demand, Industry, Private Sector, NGO
India

 Go to Rajkot

Learn the intricate art of mismanaging water

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
Down to Earth
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Water Salinisation, Narmada, Tanks, Groundwater, Water Management, Water Demand, WHO, NGO, Gujarat, Rajkot
India

 The Krishna lesson

River waters are contested ground. What is needed is an equity based agenda

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
K J Joy And Suhas Paranjape
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Rivers, Krishna, Water Distribution, Water Demand, Governance, India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
India

 Water wars

Panchayat fights to retain what is left of Saligao s groundwater

Publication Date: 
14/12/2002
Frederick Noronha
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Groundwater, Water Demand, Tourism, Private Sector, Legislation, Panchayats, Goa, European Union (EU)
Water Resources

 Rivers of discord

Why is everything important reduced to a dramatic farce in our country? Take the Cauvery imbroglio. The issue is serious and important. Namely how will states, regions and people share increasingly

Publication Date: 
30/10/2002
Sunita Narain
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Rivers, Cauvery, Water Distribution, Water Demand, Irrigation, Interstate Disputes, Neyveli STPS, Power Transmission, Legislation, Supreme Court, India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
India

 Acute shortage

Andhra Pradesh is reeling under an acute water crisis. Apart from its capital Hyderabad, 53 municipalities in the state are facing drinking water shortage, reveals a survey conducted by the municipal

Publication Date: 
30/10/2002
Down to Earth
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Water Resources, Water Harvesting, Water Demand, Drinking Water, India, Andhra Pradesh
Water Resources

 Saline solution

An acute water shortage for irrigation has surfaced in the United Arab Emirates (uae) due to expanding agricultural activity. The groundwater level is plummeting at an alarming rate, the demand for

Publication Date: 
29/09/2002
Down to Earth
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Water Resources, Water Demand, Irrigation, United Arab Emirates
Water Resources

 Water proof

Finally, there's incontrovertible evidence to confirm what was always known to be behind the capital's water woes: illegal usage and leakage. Official supplier Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has calculated

Publication Date: 
30/08/2002
Down to Earth
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Water Resources, Groundwater, Water Distribution, Water Demand, India
Water Resources

 Dry clean

A Bangalore slum experiments with ecofriendly toilets

Publication Date: 
30/08/2002
Keya Acharya
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Water Resources, Water Demand, Transport, Slums, Lowcost Toilets, Waste Disposal, Waste Conversion, Waste Treatment, Finance, Technology, Bangalore (D), Environment Management
Water Resources

 Half baked plan

Mexico's proposed plan to pay off its long-standing water debt to the us within five years is ambitious but not substantial. The plan put forward by the national water commission calls for

Publication Date: 
29/06/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Policy, Water Demand, Mexico

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