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Water Resources

 Water wars

Thirst pangs lead to violence in various states

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
Down to Earth
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Water Resources, Water Management, Water Demand, Governance, India, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
Water Resources

 Power to the people

Heads of panchayats arrived in the Capital to demand the power to effectively run the traditional self government

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Minerals, Water Resources, Minor Forest Produce, Rural Development, Finance, Legislation, Governance, Parliament, Panchayats, Gram Sabhas, NGO, Kerala
Water Resources

 Encashing a crisis

Water tankers are cashing in on water shortage in Karachi. Residents of the water-starved localities have complained that private water tankers are charging between Rs 450 and Rs 500 per tanker. The

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
Down to Earth
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Water Resources, Water Demand, Karachi
Water Resources

 India

Trespassers moved: The glory of Dal lake is being revived. Thirteen hotels situated in the lake area are being shifted to Humhama near

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
Down to Earth
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Pollution Control, Lake Pollution, Cotton, Water Resources, Lakes, Dal Lake, Trees, Transport, Waste Disposal, Legislation, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra
Water Resources

 Controlling water

People in Andhra Pradesh now need official consent to sink new wells

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
Nitin Sethi
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Water Pollution Control, Land Resources, Water Resources, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water, Trees, Compensation, Legislation, Public Participation, India, Andhra Pradesh
Economy

 Ecology over economics

LESTER Brown, founder of Worldwatch Institute, recently published the book 'Eco-Economy' - an ambitious and broad sketch of a new global economy that prioritises the ecological imperatives of our

Publication Date: 
29/04/2002
Down to Earth
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Water Resources, Economy, Solar Energy, Hydrogen Energy, UN, Global, Climate
Water Resources

National water policy 2002

This policy emphasises planning, development and management of water resources in a national perspective through a well-developed information system and river basin organisations for the integrated and multidisciplinary management of entire drainage basins. It has prioritised water allocation

Publication Date: 
08/04/2002
Ministry of Water Resources (India)
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Water Resources, Groundwater, Water Policy, Water Conservation, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Irrigation, India
India

 The Redeemer

Dada, as a child in a Marathi family, was a witness to the discordant practices. But unlike most people, he couldn't turn a Nelson's eye to existing conventions. Finally in 1958, he founded Swadhyaya

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
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Religious Places, Water Resources, Water Management, Water Distribution, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Water Demand, Religious Beliefs, Education, NGO, India, Gujarat, Rajasthan
India

 Bapu s homecoming

He shares his name with the father of the nation. But that's not where the similarity ends. If an incident in South Africa was to change Mahatma Gandhi's life forever, Gujarat's second Bapu's

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
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Religious Places, Water Resources, Water Management, Water Distribution, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Water Demand, Religious Beliefs, Education, NGO, India, Gujarat, Rajasthan
India

 Born again

Village Hatiyaniki. Fifteen-odd people have gathered to discuss water harvesting activities in the vicinity. But there's just one face among the crowd, which is conspicuous enough to attract

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
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