Fwd: Newsletter: Living with floods in north Bihar

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 10:30 AM, India Water Portal <contact@indiawaterportal.org> wrote:

Greetings from India Water Portal! This is our fortnightly newsletter bringing you news and knowledge from the past 15 days. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Lead Story "Living with floods" – A film about Nav Jagriti's work with farmers in flood-affected districts of north Bihar This documentary by Sanjay Barnela and Samreen Farooqui, takes a look at the serious situation created by north Bihar's rivers bursting their banks almost every year, and the development models chosen and implemented by the Government to "protect people from floods". In particular, they study the impact of embankments built by the Government, which have led to man-made floods and water logging over vast patches of agricultural land leading to widespread impoverishment of the local people. The film highlights the work of Nav Jagriti to cope with the floods. Read more Articles   Advice to all those who plan on installing Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems - A primer by Indukanth Ragade - Read more IMD district-wise monthly rainfall data from 2004-2010 for the whole of India - Read more   Video: Water scarcity in Delhi – Soaring demand or mismanagement – Panel discussion organized by Toxics Link and India International Centre at New Delhi, in August 2012 - Watch video   Report on the "National level workshop on appropriate toilet technologies", organised by Gramalaya, Arghyam and UNICEF at Trichy, Tamil Nadu, in May 2012 - Read more "Delhi gets its first solar water purification plant" - Roundup of the week's news - Read more Opportunities   The Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India invites abstracts on "Sector reform experiences around drinking water and sanitation in India" - Submit by September 22, 2012  Third National Research Conference on Climate Change, November 3-4, 2012, Bangalore, - Submit abstracts by September 14, 2012 Events International Conference on Biodiversity & Sustainable Energy Development, OMICS Group, September 14-15, 2012, Hyderabad    National Consultation on setting standards and improving accessibility to safe drinking water in India, Healthy You Foundation, September 18, 2012, New Delhi You are receiving this email because you subscribed to our newsletter at www.indiawaterportal.org, or you requested us to add you to our mailing list, or you are special. Contact us  Like us on Follow us on subscribe to this newsletter | unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences