India

 In crisis

The desert city of Jodhpur in Rajasthan is an excellent example of how Thoughtless processes of modernisation and urbanisation have destroyed an extraordinary water management system

Publication Date: 
30/03/1997
Ganesh Pangare
Down to Earth
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Water Management, Water Harvesting, Traditional Knowledge, India, Rajasthan
India

 Thirsty islands

Islands in the Bay of Bengal have to contend with increasing scarcity of fresh water

Publication Date: 
30/03/1997
Kailash
Down to Earth
Tags:
Islands, Bay Of Bengal, Water Management, Population, Andamans
India

 Water strongholds

Chittor and Ranthambhore. Proud traditions of valour, chivalry and patriotism are complemented by one of common sense in the storage and use of water resource

Publication Date: 
30/03/1997
Ganesh Pangare
Down to Earth
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Water Management, Water Harvesting, Traditional Knowledge, India, Rajasthan
India

 "We are starved of funds"

KALYAN BANERJEE, director of the National Institute of Virology NIV in Pune, speaks to MAX MARTIN about the emergence and re emergence of viral diseases in India. Banerjee warns that the hantavirus, one of the most lethal killers discovered till date, m

Publication Date: 
30/03/1997
Down to Earth
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Water Management, Health, Viral Diseases, India
Transport

 Pure stuff

Total water management envisaging supply, use and recycling of wastewater is what Akshyadhara is all about

Publication Date: 
30/01/1997
S K Gupta, P Sharma
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Management, Environmental Science, Ahmedabad (D)
India

 Finding the course at last

Bihar, which uses a large amount of water from upstream Ganga, criticises the Indo Bangladesh water treaty apprehending adverse impact on its irrigation development

Publication Date: 
14/01/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Management, Bangladesh, India
India

 In Focus

Parched and thirsty. A more gloo

Publication Date: 
14/01/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Management, Drinking Water
Agriculture

Irrigation, health, and the environment: a literature review with examples from Sri Lanka

This paper attempts to present the linkages between irrigated agriculture, human health and the environment based on a review of data available from Sri Lanka.

 

Publication Date: 
01/01/1997
P Steele, F Konradsen, K A U S Imbulana
International Irrigation Management Institute
Tags:
Irrigation, Environment, Sri Lanka, Waterborne diseases, Health, Food Supply, Pesticides, Water Quality, Waterlogging, Agriculture, Water Management
Water Resources

Dying wisdom: the state of India's environment fourth citizen's report

Dying Wisdom: Rise, Fall and Potential of India's Traditional Water Harvesting System provides a comprehensive overview of India's millennia-old traditions of water harvesting. This book triggered a nationwide interest in community-based water management.

for more: http://csestore.cse.org.in/usd/review/product/list/id/62/category/33/

Publication Date: 
Dec 1996
Anil Agarwal, Sunita Narain
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Brahmaputra Valley, Deccan Plateau, Eastern Coastal Plains, Eastern Ghats, Himalaya, Indo-Gangetic Plains, Thar Desert, Western Coastal Plains, Western Ghats, Water Management, Traditional Water Harvesting, India
Environment

 Water rows

a new United Nations ( un ) agency, set up primarily to resolve conflicts of the sea, has taken shape. Inaugurated mid-October in Hamburg by the un secretary general, Boutros Boutros

Publication Date: 
29/11/1996
Down to Earth
Tags:
Oceans and Seas, Water Management, UN

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