Environment

Japan Finds Radiation Spread Over a Wide Area

The first comprehensive soil survey from areas around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant showed extensive ground contamination and another report warned of the continued threat to Japan's food cha

Publication Date: 
31/08/2011
Asian Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong)
Tags:
Japan, Nuclear Accidents, Radiation, Hazardous Waste, Health Effects, Environment, Agriculture, Nuclear Power Plants, Forests, Fish, Water Policy, Food Contamination
Water Supply

Officials contemplating to impose water tax?

KOLKATA, 23 AUG: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has proposed to upgrade the Gardenreach water works under public-private-partnership (PPP) model with the loan available from the Asian Deve

Publication Date: 
24/08/2011
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Water Policy, Water Pricing, Municipal Corporation, Calcutta (D), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Solid Waste, Waste Management
Water Supply

Get ready to shell out up to 4 times as water tax this year

LUCKNOW: Be prepared for a rude shock when you get your water tax bill.

Publication Date: 
03/08/2011
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Water Policy, Water Pricing, Lucknow (D), Urban Development, Municipal Corporation
Water Resources

Water ethics and water resource management

This report examines ethical issues associated with water resource utilization and management, including its uses in energy and other domains.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Jie Liu, Amarbayasgalan Dorjderem, Jinhua Fu, & et al
UNESCO
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Management, Conflicts, Water Policy, Water Quality, Water Pollution, India, Global, Water Distribution
Water Resources

The politics of water discourse in Pakistan

The policy brief explores the evolving discourse on water issues in Pakistan where the process of political articulation, securitization and mobilization which often links water to Kashmir is studied. The rationale for undertaking such an approach is to provide useful insights to understand Pakistan‟s thinking on strategizing water.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Medha Bisht
ICRIER
Tags:
River Linking, Rivers, India, Pakistan, Water Resources, Water Policy, Baglihar HP, Dams, Hydroelectricity, South Asia
Water Resources

Towards integrated urban water management

The twin engines of urbanisation and resource depletion will undermine efforts to achieve water security: water availability will be eroded and conflicts will escalate. The assumptions underlying conventional urban water management must be revisited.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Global Water Partnership
Tags:
Water Management, Urbanisation, Water Resources, Developing Countries, Water Policy, Water Harvesting
Water Supply

Delhi chokes Santa CMC’s cash tap: Price of water tax refusal

Calcutta, July 31: The Centre has stopped giving the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission because of its refusal to levy water tax an

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Municipal Corporation, Water Policy, Water Pricing, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Calcutta (D)
Water Supply

Water crisis: state again demands special status

JAIPUR: The state has reiterated its demand for a special status from the Centre in view of an impending water crisis.

The water resource minister Mahipal Maderna made the demand to the Union minster for water resources Vincent H Pala at a national water policy (2002) review meeting here on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
16/07/2011
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Water Policy, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Drinking Water, Agriculture, Haryana
Water Resources

Water policy my top priority: Bansal

New Delhi: Assuming charge as the water resources minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Wednesday that the finalization of the national water policy by March 2012 would be his first priority. “We are very keen to meet the March 2012 deadline. My predecessor Salman b h a idid a very good job. I hope to take it forward...

Publication Date: 
14/07/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
River Linking, Water Policy, Rivers, Panchayats, Anna Hazare, Ralegan Siddhi (Ralegan Shindi), Canal Irrigation
Water Resources

Social equity and integrated water resources management

This new paper by Global Water Partnership sets out an overarching framework for the analysis of equity in the context of water development and management.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2011
Humberto Peña
Global Water Partnership
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Management, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Irrigation, India, Human Rights, Global, Water Policy

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