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Sometome back, in one of the interviews discussing large dams (with ADB) Ramaswamy Iyer said,
If we say "No" to big dams, we should be prepared to say "No" to those other things as well. But this requires a rethinking of what we see as "development," and at the moment, it is difficult to imagine such a radical exercise taking place.
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M.Gopalakrishnan speaking on Policy Issues (Photo: Praveena Sridhar)
M. Gopalkrishnan speaks on policy support issues in basin management. He believes, small is beautiful... big is beautiful too! Both have their own relevance. He goes on to compare small scale water harvesting sytems with large dams , citing how each one of them stand as an answer in different situations.
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Working Group Meetings formed by a panel of experts in the respective field, formed a significant aspect of WHSC Conference. The conference is geared towards effecting a change in the way water resources are governed and managed. Towards this, the working group meeting's recommendations were valuable, and awaited.
The group on Policy Issues identified the main issues in Water Harvesting as:
- Regulatory requirements for rainwater harvesting
- Policy initiatives for rainwater harvesting in different states - Rural vs. Urban scenario
- Development of surface water bodies vis-à-vis groundwater recharge
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All these decades from early twentieth century, storm water and artificial recharge of aquifers have seldom been an area of consideration for planners and policy makers. The country appeared to be oblivious to the fact that these too are integral part of the resources that we need to take care of before it starts hitting back at us in our daily lives! But then, such has been the case with every other resource base in India, which starts with "abundance" , runs into "shortage" and then graduates to being "scarce" and finally the "crisis" sets in.
I have to admit here that I have never been to a conference where storm water management and artificial recharge methods were discussed...
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On technology and policy, on what works and what doesn't, on what should work and what can be scaled up... there have been numerous approaches and methodologies presented here at WHSC. That too, with a good number of case studies, substatiating the effectiveness of the chosen approach. Planning at micro and macro levels too, have been deliberated upon. But what seems to be the real limitation of any of these absolutely amazing projects to deliver change, is, decision making.
There could be a community led micro watershed development program showing good results, and there could also be large scale urban area artificial recharge project which has...
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Observing water harvesting from many different geographies, demographies and cultural setups, we have different approaches emerging to address the situation! The following are the cases presented by the speakers from their regions of work, who have come to understand and identify what works in RWH.
Jyoti Sharma shared her organisation's work in Urban Community Rain Water Harvesting indicating that Four Way Partnership holds the key. She shares the developments and successful implementations from Delhi region. Download the presentation from...
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The special track on Sanitation today was the best part of the whole series of sessions. Insightful and sometimes funny, like this one. Here is a story about the "WC" as meant by a british woman intending to travel to india, and as understood by her probable indian host.
This story is from Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak's (of Sulabh Sanitation and Social Reform Movement) presentation. He had a large set of slides to show, and I would highly suggest you to download it from...
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It looked unreal then! It appeared a little relevant afterwards. Centuries later it made sense. And only in the recent times has the intensity and appropriateness of Leonardo Da Vinci's observation that water is the driver of nature, struck us!
His understanding of the importance of water to the society and nature, was an observation out of intense observation and careful analysis of the fine dynamics between man and the environment. Much of it has been pursued in a scientific manner only recently!
It is said, what gets measured gets done. The water crisis across most parts of the world needs to be tackled with this quantifying approach. In 1984,... -
Kanpur, November 24, 2009: Shri Alok Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, UP Urban Development and Environment, inaugurated the workshop organized by WWF India, Kanpur Nagar Nigam and IIT Kanpur. The workshop was organized by WWF-India’s Living Ganga Programme under HSBC Climate Partnership on Bio-remediation to standardize and mainstream effective waste water management leading to pollution abatement in the Ganga basin. He acknowledged the success of the pilot projects conducted by WWF-India and highlighted the potential of bioremediation as a low-cost and eco-friendly technology. Mr. Alok Ranjan in his address said, “Bioremediation is a promising technology solution with...
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Rajendra Singh, Tarun Bharat Sangh, Rajasthan
Community-driven decentralized water management is a solution for equitable distribution of water
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