India

 Tamil Nadu's tank rehab scheme does not hold water

Government approach to restoring traditional waterbodies of Tamil Nadu doesn t hold water

Publication Date: 
29/06/2006
Ritu Gupta
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tanks, Water Management, Traditional Knowledge, Finance, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), NGO, Dhan Foundation, India, Tamil Nadu, Statistics
Water Resources

 Parched soil

Balochistan, Sindh face drought

Publication Date: 
29/06/2006
Shahid Husain
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Cotton, Water Resources, Rivers, Indus, Sind, Groundwater, Water Management, Water Demand, Dams, Reservoirs, Irrigation, Drought, Pakistan
Water Resources

 Almora's dying waterbodies

Almora sees springs vanish, river die

Publication Date: 
14/06/2006
Bidisha Kumar
Down to Earth
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20060615
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Tags:
Water Resources, Water Management, Water Demand, Drinking Water, Deforestation, Almora (D), Statistics
India

 Catching rain

Mizos turn to rainwater harvesting as alternative option

Publication Date: 
14/05/2006
R K Srinivasan
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Water Resources, Groundwater, Water Management, Water Distribution, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Dams, Water Pricing, NGO, India, Mizoram
Water Supply

Private water, public misery

Privatisation of water is taking root in India, often aided by political and bureaucratic corruption. Alongside, resistance to this is also building up.

Publication Date: 
21/04/2006
Aman Sethi
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Water Management, Water Distribution, Irrigation, Water Supply, Water Privatisation, High Court, India, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Tamil Nadu
India

 Perform or perish

What do you do when you have to chose between water and water scientists?

Publication Date: 
27/02/2006
Down to Earth
14
20060228
0
Tags:
Groundwater, Water Management, Governance, India
Water Resources

 Slow and unsteady

Hasty planning ensures bad execution

Publication Date: 
27/02/2006
Down to Earth
14
20060228
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Tags:
Agriculture, Water Resources, Water Management, Water Policy, Irrigation, Ministry Of Water Resources, India, Planning Commission
India

 Water budget

All that you wanted to know about water management schemes, but didn t know who to ask

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Publication Date: 
27/02/2006
S V Suresh Babu
Down to Earth
14
20060228
0
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Management, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Irrigation, Governance, India
Water Resources

'Million Revolts' in the making

Water conflicts in India have now percolated to every level. They are aggravated by the relative paucity of frameworks, policies and mechanisms to govern use of water resources. This collection of articles, part of a larger compendium, is an attempt to offer analyses of different aspects of water conflicts that plague India today.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2006
Biksham Gujja, K J Joy, Suhas Paranjape & et al
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Resources, Rivers, Water Management, Water Policy, Water Quality, Dams, Displacement, Water Privatisation, Water Disputes, India
Agriculture

 Arrested development

Bihar s flood drought oscillation still has little recognition

Publication Date: 
14/01/2006
Amarnath
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Water Management, Irrigation, Floods, Drought, Legislation, Bihar

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