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Andhra to file review petition in Supreme Court on Babli barrage
Issue Date: May 21, 2013
At an all-party meeting convened by Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy in Hyderabad on May 20, it was decided that the government will file a review petition in the Supreme Court, seeking clarifications in the court’s verdict on the controversial Babli barrage.
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New software programme to aid management and development of Cauvery basin
Issue Date: Apr 20, 2013
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi is employing a new hydrological modelling platform, called Source, developed by Australian agency eWater for the management and development of the Cauvery river basin. IIT Delhi has signed an agreement with eWater to share Source for river basin management in India. The aim is to use this modelling platform to manage future water uses and needs, and to enable efficient water allocation.
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Politics of irrigation
Issue Date: Apr 15, 2013
Most irrigation bureaucracies believe problems of farmers end once water is delivered on to a block of land. Irrigation is an essential component of agriculture but it is not neutral. More often than not it reaches rich farmers. This can affect poor farmers unless there is concerted social action to counter the effect. Introducing farmer managed irrigation systems (FMIS), too, has not helped.
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Water ATM
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2013
As dawn breaks, two queues start forming at the only petrol pump in Lakshmangarh, a small town in Rajasthan’s Alwar district. One, obviously, is of people waiting to get their vehicles’ fuel tanks refilled. The other is in front of a simple metal box mounted on the petrol pump’s boundary wall. People like to call it ATM machine.
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Water managers remain lukewarm to use of information communication technology
Issue Date: Dec 18, 2012
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