Rivers

Water quality monitoring of lakes in and around Bangalore city - A report by KSPCB (2001)

This report by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) both in Kannada and English highlights the deteriorating condition of the lakes in and around Bangalore city and describes the efforts undertaken by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board to launch a programme to monitor the water quality of some of the lakes in Bangalore so as to focus the attention of concerned governmental organisations to take up remedial measures to safe guard the water bodies of the "Garden City". Read More

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Water quality monitoring of lakes in and around Bangalore city - A report in Kannada and English by KSPCB (2001)	196.97 MB

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Content Type: Research, Maps, Data, Case Studies
Category: Groundwater Aquifers, Ecology, Encroachment, Siltation, Streams, Irrigation, Drinking Water, Effluents, Environment, Eutrophication, Groundwater Recharge, Hydrology, Lake Pollution, Lakes, Rivers, Sewage, Water Bodies, Water Pollution, Water Quality, Water Scarcity
Author: Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB)
Source: Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB)
Location / Time: Karnataka, India, Bangalore, 2001
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

"It is necessary to move away from a project-based approach towards a holistic perspective": Report of the dialogue on mainstreaming river basin planning held from 9 to 11 August 2011 (New Delhi)

This three day dialogue workshop on 'Mainstreaming river basin planning' held from 9th to 11th August 2011 in New Delhi intended to bring together activists involved in dam movements and other social and environmental movements, civil society groups, experts in water resources management, environment, river basin planning, officials from all the relevant ministries and departments and others concerned. Selected invitees from South Asian countries were also invited for sharing their views on transboundary issues.

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Difficulties in adopting the IWRM and integrated basin planning concepts in India - AD Mohile - Dialogue on mainstreaming river basin planning (2011)	43.59 KB
Ganga river basin environment management plan - IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee - Dialogue on mainstreaming river basin planning (2011)	1.56 MB
From micro-watershed to river basin - Issues and prospects of upscaling - KJ Joy and Suhas Paranjpye - Dialogue on mainstreaming river basin planning (2011)	754.64 KB
Master plan for integrated development & management of water resources of Godavari basin - DM More - Dialogue on river basin planning (2011)	1.22 MB
Cumulative impact assessments in river basins - Neeraj Wagholikar - Dialogue on mainstreaming river basin planning (2011)	6.33 MB
Some issues for trans-boundary river basin management and planning - Gopal Siwakoti - Dialogue on mainstreaming river basin planning (2011)	240.38 KB
Pollution management at a basin level - Vishwanath Srikantaiah - Dialogue on mainstreaming river basin planning (2011)	6.69 MB
India's tryst with the big dams: The performance and future perspectives of large dams in the river basin context - Himanshu Thakkar - Dialogue on mainstreaming river basin planning (2011)	1.91 MB
Are river flows to the sea a waste ? - A Latha - Dialogue on mainstreaming river basin planning (2011)	5.93 MB
Environmental flows and its assessment for upper stretch of river Ganga - Nitin Kaushal - Dialogue on mainstreaming river basin planning (2011)	398.95 KB

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New Delhi, DL, India
Latitude: 28.635308, Longitude: 77.224960

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Content Type: Media
Media Type: Presentations
Category: Ecology, Farming, Fishing Communities, Hydropower, LIvelihoods, Marginalisation, River Basins, Tribal Communities, Irrigation, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Dams, Drinking Water, Environment, Environmental Flows, Forests, Hydrology, Mining, River Pollution, Rivers, Water Bodies, Water Privatisation
Associated People / Organizations: Biome Environmental Solutions Private Limited, Gomukh Environmental Trust for Sustainable Development, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), International Rivers, Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment, Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, River Research Centre, SOPPECOM, South Asian Network for Dams Rivers and People (SANDRP)
Author: DM More, Gopal Siwakoti, Himanshu Thakkar, KJ Joy, Latha Anantha, Neeraj Vagholikar, Nitin Kaushal, Ramaswamy Iyer, Suhas Paranjape, Vinod Tare, Vishwanath S
Source: Gomukh Environmental Trust for Sustainable Development Pune, International Rivers, Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, River Research Centre
Location / Time: 2011, Brahmaputra, Chalukudy, Ganga, Godavari, Kerala, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Teesta
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

India, Pakistan and water - Lecture by Ramaswamy Iyer - MIDS - 2nd January 2012

This lecture by Ramaswamy Iyer delivered at the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) highlights the conflicts over water sharing in India and Pakistan by tracing the roots of the conflicts to the strained relations between India and Pakistan following the partition and the framing of the Indus Water Treaty in 1960. The paper highlights the acute sense of anxiety over water in Pakistan, the reasons for blaming of India by Pakistan in this context, what India can do about it and the sense of insecurity and vulnerability that Pakistan has harboured since then, which the paper argues, exists even today. Read More

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India, Pakistan and water - Lecture by Ramaswamy Iyer - Madras Institute of Development Studies - (MIDS) (2012)	135.05 KB

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Content Type: Research, Case Studies
Category: Water Conflicts, Hydropower Projects, Flooding, Water Sharing, Indus Water Treaty, Irrigation, Rivers
Author: Ramaswamy Iyer
Source: Ramaswamy Iyer
Location / Time: Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir, India, 2012
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Floods in Orissa: No lessons learnt – An article in EPW

This article by Kishore C Samal in the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) discusses how in the natural disater prone state of Orissa the authorities have not been able to draw up an effective disaster management plan and politicians continue to play politics with relief works. It argues that for dealing with these disasters and the relief and rehabilitation work that follows what is needed is the participation of the local community and functionaries of panchayati raj institutions, and coordination with national and international bodies.

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Floods in Orissa: No lessons learnt – An article by Kishore C Samal in EPW (2011)	484.04 KB

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Balasore, OR, India
Latitude: 21.494167, Longitude: 86.931667

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Content Type: Research, Case Studies
Category: Disaster, Runoff, Relief Works, Flood Management, Disaster Mitigation, Disaster Management, Soil Erosion, Siltation, Catchment, Dams, Deforestation, Floods, Rivers
Associated People / Organizations: Development Research Institute (Bhubaneswar)
Author: Kishor C Samal
Source: Economic and Political Weekly (EPW)
Location / Time: Subarnarekha, Rushikulya, Orissa, Mahanadi, Kendrapada, Jajpur, India, Budhabalanga, Brahmani, Bhadrak, Bay of Bengal, Bansadhara, Balasore, Baitarani, 2011, 1993, 1982, 1980, 1957, 1939, 1938, 1928, 1859
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Big dams and protests in India: A study of Hirakud dam – An article in EPW

This article by Arun Kumar Nayak in the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) examines the movement against the construction of the Hirakud dam in Orissa. It is evident that the domestic resistance to the project was variously compromised by nationalist rhetoric, imperatives of state development and absence of transnational support. The Hirakud dam project has failed on all of its objectives – flood management, hydropower production, irrigation and navigation. Its socio-economic impact has been devastating.

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