Full Coverage: Rivers

16.05.2008 Floods in Bihar, a state in eastern India, have devastating impact on women, children, the landless and dalits. Waters Of Despair, a documentary film dives deep to reveal how administrative negligence is an even bigger culprit. It finds holes in disaster preparedness, relief distribution and beneficiary identification.

12.05.2008 Displaced by devastating floods more than two decades ago, residents of Bihar in eastern India have been forced to live on a century-old British constructed levee. Living in abject poverty and in fear of criminals, these landless farm workers have not seen any government official in the last 25 years.

16.04.2008 DHAKA, Apr 16 (OneWorld) - Although illiterate Bangladeshi villagers don't know the climate change lingo, many have shown an awareness of the situation, using local knowledge to innovate and adapt to the natural changes.

19.03.2008 Known as chars in local dialect, these river islands in Bangladesh are home to over 600,000 poor inhabitants, and are prone to acute erosion, flooding and period submersions. Sanitation and access to clean drinking water is particularly calamitous here, say health experts.

04.03.2008 Provinsi Jawa Barat dengan curah hujan lebih dari 2000 mm/tahun merupakan daerah yang memiliki sumber daya alam dengan potensi yang sangat baik. Namun, di balik kekayaan dan keindahan alamnya, Jawa Barat juga menyimpan ancaman dalam bentuk kerusakan lingkungan. Fakta-fakta alam telah memperlihatkan betapa rentannya kondisi ekologis Jawa Barat.

20.02.2008 Despite an apparent lack of interest among the citizenry of Delhi, committed activists led by waterman Rajendra Singh have been sitting in protest in the Indian capital for the past 200 days. Saving the Yamuna river from the ongoing construction of Commonwealth Games Village is their mission.

18.02.2008 In western India, jaladindi (a water procession) is undertaken by a local doctor every year to spread awareness on keeping rivers clean. It was felt that people would relate better if it was linked to the 800-year old spiritual tradition of a march for the realisation of life’s noble values.

18.02.2008 In western India, jaladindi (a water procession) is undertaken by a local doctor every year to spread awareness on keeping rivers clean. It was felt that people would relate better if it was linked to the 800-year old spiritual tradition of a march for the realisation of life’s noble values.

07.02.2008 After having spent 25 billion US dollars on building dams between 1990-2004, the actual area under irrigation in India has shrunk. Reasons vary from siltation to bad maintenance to diverting the water for urban and industrial use.

05.02.2008 Tingkat dan akselerasi kerusakan lingkungan saat ini telah lebih jauh berubah menjadi masalah sosial yang pelik. Aktivitas pembangunan saat ini telah menimbulkan masalah-masalah sosial seperti mengabaikan hak-hak rakyat atas kekayaan alam, marjinalisasi, dan pemikisnan.

15.01.2008 Tulvavesi uhkaa muutenkin eristyksissä olevia alueita, joilla asuu köyhiä perheitä. Kymmenet tuhannet ovat paenneet asuinsijoiltaan, ja viitisenkymmentä tuhatta ihmistä on evakuoitu.

12.12.2007 Magsaysay awardee Rajender Singh spoke to OneWorld South Asia, on December 9, in an interview after the culmination of nine-day long march to save the groundwater resources. His satyagrah on the banks of the Yamuna in New Delhi has been going on for the past more than 100 days. Following are the excerpts:

07.12.2007 A two-day national seminar on ‘Adapting to Climate Change’ in Pune, a city in Indian state of Maharashtra was held to take a dedicated view of global warming and its impact on water resources in the wake of projections about intense changes in the hydrological cycle. It has called for a review of five-year old national water policy to counter climate change.

30.11.2007

16.11.2007 Järjestöt 30 maasta vaativat Mekongin jokikomissiolta kriittisyyttä Mekongin pääuomaan suunniteltuja suurpatoja kohtaan. Suomi on mukana tukemassa jokikomission vesivoimaohjelmaa.

09.11.2007 Nel corso dei Development Days, attualmente in corso a Lisbona, le Ong che promuovono la Campagna sulla Banca europea per gli investimenti (BEI), tra cui l'italiana CRBM, hanno chiesto all’istituzione di migliorare i suoi standard e le sue procedure inerenti ai prestiti. Il recente considerevole aumento dei fondi a disposizione fa della BEI la più grande istituzione multilaterale per lo sviluppo. "Tuttavia, se paragonata ad altri enti, la BEI ha degli standard socio-ambientali che lasciano molto a desiderare" - affermano le campagne. Intanto, nei giorni scorsi, i rappresentanti delle Ong convenute a Parigi all'incontro annuale con l’OCSE per discutere in materia di agenzie di credito all’esportazione (Ecas) hanno deciso di abbandonare le consultazioni in protesta contro l'inadeguatezza di linee guida socio-ambientali delle Ecas.

27.10.2007

24.10.2007 Drains stretching over dozens of miles were built to solve the problems of flooding along the Indus in the Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan, but have brought their own social and ecological problems. The World Bank claims to have spent 18 million dollars in 2004-2006 on improving living conditions in areas harmed by the National Drainage Project (NDP). They proposed further measures through 2016 to combat flooding and improve irrigation and drainage

23.10.2007 Water wisdom is part of a larger wisdom – for nations, communities and individuals. This was the theme of a recent book launch at the Indian capital last week. The discussion dealt with various perspectives on water, from traditional to alternative, including the very critical issue of water scarcity.

23.10.2007 Niilin aloite eli tavoite rakentaa Niilin alueelle kestävää vesiyhteistyötä kokosi Helsinkiin joukon yhteistyökumppaneita. Niilin alueen maat ovat edenneet sopimuksessa, jolla pyritään takaamaan tasapuolinen vesivarojen hallinta kaikille alueen valtioille.