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"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.

Map of the Teesta basin showing the various planned damsRead More

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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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Future water solutions for India - A paper by Himanshu Thakkar in the Palgrave Development journal

This paper by Himanshu Thakkar published in the journal Development looks at the daunting challenges that future water demand places on India and the possible solutions to address these probelems. The challenges that the paper highlights includes:Read More

  • Increase in population, industralisation and urbanisation
  • Increase in food grain demand
  • Increased demand for water
  • Increase in power demand
  • Lack of access to sanitation, water, electricity for majority of the population
  • Challenges due to climate change leading to increase in natural disaters such as floods, droughts, destruction of environment
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Hydro-power guidelines flawed - An article from India Together

"Hydro-power guidelines flawed", is a critique by Himanshu Thakkar, written in June 2006, of the recent guidelines from the Ministry of Power, that encRead More

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Centre absent from water projects - An article from India Together

"Centre absent from water projects", is a report by Himanshu Thakkar, written in May 2007, on the need for developing procedures to ensure that projectRead More

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Unreasoned push for large storage projects - An article from India Together

"Unreasoned push for large storage projects", is a note by Himanshu Thakkar written in July 2006, on the central government's unreasoned preference forRead More

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Wake up call on reservoir siltation nationwide

"Wake up call on reservoir siltation nationwide", is a note by Himanshu Thakkar & Swarup Bhattacharyya, written in October 2006, on how storage capacities of the reservoirs have been dropping at an alarming rate, and how little is being to done to stop the wastage. The note is based on siltation studies of 27 dam-created reservoirs spanning the nation, obtained using the RTI law.
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