Proposed Draft for Drinking Water and Sanitation
[Date:March 2010 Source:Public Health Engineering Deaprtment]
The Government of Bihar is working towards a State Water and Sanitation Policy. The main aim of this policy is to make water available to each and every household of the Bihar State. This draft also emphasis on to provide household as well as school level Sanitation in the Bihar State. For this purpose State is seeking for your comments/ suggestion and want to table a final Draft in the State Assembly on the 22nd of March, 2010.
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Squatting with Dignity: Lessons from India
[Date:December 2009 Source:Kumar Alok, Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council]
This is the story of the successes and challenges faced in building the fast expanding rural sanitation network in India. It presents a detailed account of the development of the rural sanitation movement in India in the last decade. It is a story of breaking of sanitation taboos in India and teaching people to defecate with dignity and privacy.
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NPC Report on Giving in India
[Date:September 2009 Source:New Philanthropy Capital]
NPC's report on giving in India is the result of a year spent in India researching social needs and analysing dozens of charities working in Rajasthan, Delhi and across India. It provides a practical and useful toolkit for funders looking to give in the country. It also includes a simple framework that donors can use when thinking about where to allocate their funds, and suggests the solutions needed to fix the problems associated with giving in India.
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Invitation letter for Round Table Discussion on 21st October 09
[Date:October 2009 Source:Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development]
In case of rural drinking water sector, in four years of Bharat Nirman, an increasing investment has been made by the Centre on rural drinking water component, with concomitant physical achievements. The rural sanitation scenario has seen tremendous changes in the last 5 years. To reach the goal of ensuring universal usage of sanitation facilities DDWS organised a one day countable discussion on 21st October, 2009.
Background Note
SACOSAN III- Delhi Declaration
[Date:November 2008 Source:SACOSAN III Secretariat, New Delhi]
South Asia Ministerial Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN III) has ended successfully. Over 1200 participants from South Asia region were participated in the conference and 60 technical papers were presented in 10 thematic sessions. SACOSAN III came up with very effective declaration (Delhi Declaration) including access to sanitation and drinking water is a basic right. For more details, please visit SACOSAN III official website
http://www.ddws.nic.in/infosacosan/ppt/Delhi%20Declaration%207.pdf.
Clean India Photo - Contest 2008
[Date:05/06/08 Source:WES-Net India]
Chronicling the sanitation saga through the camera, photojournalists from across the country have put the spotlight of attention on various aspects of cleanliness, water waste management and environment through a unique photo-contest that testifies the aphorism : "A photograph can speak more than thousand words".
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 Solution Exchange for WES-Net
Current topic of Discussion is:
- "Involving community in Construction andmaintenance of Flood Shelters. Advice." Shakeb Nabi, ActionAid International, Bangladesh
Please provide your inputs on or before 12th March 2010.
- "Material for Integrated Water Resources Managementcourse. Referrals, Examples." M. S. Vaidyanathan, TN-IAMWARM Project, Chennai
Please provide your inputs on or before 11th March 2010.
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New Press Releases..
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Shri Bansal Releases a Report on Groundwater Overexploitation in India
[Date: 05/03/10 Source: Public Information Bureau]
Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, the Union Minister for Water Resources released a “Report On Deep Wells and Prudence : Towards Pragmatic Action for addressing Groundwater Overexploitation in India” here today. Addressing on the occasion, Shri Bansal said that the highly diversified occurrence and considerable variations in the availability and utilization of groundwater in the country makes its management a challenging task.
For more information, please visit: http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=59047&kwd=
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Setting up of Ground Water Authority
[Date: 04/03/10 Source: Public Information Bureau]
The Ministry of Water Resources had drafted a model bill to regulate and control the development of ground water and circulated it to States and UTs in 1970, re-circulated in 1992, 1996 and 2005 to enable them to enact suitable legislation on the lines of the model bill.
For more information, please visit: http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=58862&kwd=
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Invitation
[Date: 04/03/10 Source: Public Information Bureau]
Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, the Union Minister of Water Resources will release a “Report of the World Bank study and the technical assistance initiatives on Groundwater management in India”
For more information, please visit: http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=58896&kwd=
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