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Sustainable resources management for food security and sustainable livelihoods - Action – A newsletter of AFPRO – Volume 2, Issue 3 of October 2011

Action for Food Production (AFPRO) newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 3 of October 2011, focuses on wider promotion of location-specific-low-cost technologies for better management of natural resources, such as soil and water conservation measures, integrated farming, diversion based irrigation systems, sustainable agriculture, tree-based farming to name a few.

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"Idol immersion without pollution" - A citizens' group initiative that is instrumental in reviving a dying lake attempts to protect it with innovative methods

Guest post by: Usha Rajagopalan

"How a citizens' group that is instrumental in reviving a dying lake in an urban locality attempts to protect it with innovative methods that are effective yet sensitive to people's genuine needs and beliefs. PNLIT believes that an inclusive problem solving approach will encourage public participation which is the key to sustaining not just the Puttenahalli lake but all water bodies." 

Spot bill duck

Photo credit: Sujesh S

As caretakers of the Puttenahalli Lake in J.P. Nagar 7th Phase, a festival like Ganesh Chaturthi sends a shiver down our backs. Our Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust is the first citizens' group to sign an MOU with the BBMP to maintain a lake and we do take our assignment rather seriously. About two months before Ganesh Chaturthi, we began worrying about how we were going to prevent people from immersing their idols in the lake. What if the chemicals kill the fish? Only now we have been able to partially control sewage water from entering the water. Won't the flowers, the plantain leaves, the plastic cover and of course, the painted idol undo all the good work?

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Cost-effective urinals established for Musiri Boys High School, Trichy - A case-study of SCOPE's work

Guest post by: SCOPE
Forwarded to the Portal by: Ramesh Sakthivel

This article briefly describes the expreriences of SCOPE Trichy, under the UNICEF – IIT Delhi project, in setting up a pilot urinal facility in Musiri Boys High School, Trichy District, Tamilnadu, and the utilisation of the urine in agriculture.

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Optimal water resource management in water stress condition - Action – A newsletter of AFPRO – Volume 2, Issue 2 of July 2011

AFPROAction for Food Production (AFPRO) newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 2 of July 2011, focuses on water scarcity, drought and salinity, which are among the most important environmental constraints related to food security in rainfed agriculture systems. Small and marginal farmers are most affected from water stress situations, and need simple, sustainable and effective measures for water conservation and management.

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Volunteer with India Water Portal

There are several things that could be done to improve the content on India Water Portal. With this, we aim to start a series of posts listing some of the tasks that you could take up to contribute to the India Water Portal and the broader vision of "Safe sustainable water for all".

We have a set of basic resources that introduce the broad topic of water in India, for any visitor to the India Water Portal. One such resource is our page on water facts, which is a work in progress.

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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Article and Image Courtesy: Blog Action Day

Blog Action Day 2010

Last month we asked you what topic you wanted to write about for Blog Action Day 2010, and thousands of you responded. Dozens of issues received support, but one stood out above the others, gathering nearly one-third of the vote.Read More

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Analysis of the UN General Assembly's Resolution on Right to Water and Sanitation

Guest Post by : Depinder Kapur

The author is the Secretary for India WASH Forum

The historic UN General Assembly Resolution declaring Water and Sanitation as a Right, was passed on the 28th July 2010. 

What is surprising is the complete silence to this UN Resolution from some of the countries who have been traditional champions of human rights, in terms of celebrating it as a historic achievement in advocating a basic right to water and sanitation. Instead some of them went one step short of openly opposing and vetoing the UN Resolution and have heaped criticism on Bolivia for tabling this UN Resolution.

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'Draft Paper' on 'Monitoring Compliance of Environment / CRZ clearance Conditions – A New Approach'

Forwarded to the Portal by: Tathagata Sengupta

Article and Image Courtesy: Environment Support Group (ESG)

Environment Support Group (ESG)

Please consider signing this online petition drafted by the Environmental Support Group, who have been AID's partner for 10 years now (esgindia.org). This letter is regarding a 'Draft Paper' on 'Monitoring Compliance of Environment/CRZ clearance Conditions – A New Approach' drafted by an in-house Review Committee constituted on 25th August 2010 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests.Read More

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Groundwater regulation under consideration for Andhra Pradesh

Alarmed at the unsustainable groundwater usage in farming and resulting enormous public distress, the AP government is working on legislation to remedy the situation. The legislation is likely to be in the form of an upgrade to the AP Water Land and Trees Act (WALTA).

Andhra Pradesh map

Click here for the current Act 

Attached are two working documents that are being used to frame the discussion for the new regulations.

PLEASE NOTE: These in no way represent final or official positions of the AP Government or other organisations and are not to be taken as such.

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Uttar Pradesh State Government invites public opinion on Groundwater Bill

In an attempt to tackle the deteriorating ground water situation in the state, the Uttar Pradesh State Government has drafted the Uttar Pradesh Groundwater Conservation, Protection and Development (Management, Control and Regulation) Bill (2010), and has invited feedback from the public.

Comments have to be sent before 5 July 2010 by email to up.gwd@rediffmail.com or by post to this address: Director, Utttar Pradesh Groundwater Department, Navam Tal, Indira Bhavan, Ashok Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

The draft copy of the Act is uploaded on the UP State Groundwater Department website and can be downloaded here, and is also attached with this post.Read More

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