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Cauvery row shows why India needs a low-water economy -Rohini Nilekani

-The Economic Times All over the country, every day, there are a million conflicts around water, right from the jostling over the local tap to the sharing of big Rivers. Once in a while, one spills from the courts into the streets and, amplified by media, flows across the troubled conscience of the nation.The Cauvery dispute is only one of these conflicts, though more severe than most. Why has the country's water...

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Unspent Money For Dalits/Tribals, $42.6 Billion = 8 Times Agri Budget -Nikhil M Babu

-IndiaSpend.com It was raining heavily last monsoon when Heerabai’s youngest child, Seshkumari, 4, collapsed with a fever. The family could only watch helplessly as her temperature soared and she turned delirious late night. The nearest primary health centre for Pachkol, Heerabai’s village in Chhindwara district in south-west Madhya Pradesh, is 25 km away. And every monsoon, the swollen Bhagbhel River floods the road linking the village to the health centre. If you...

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From Plate to Plough: Connecting the drops -Ashok Gulati & Bharat Sharma

-The Indian Express An enduring solution to India’s water woes lies in buffer stocking during monsoon months and release during lean seasons. Till June end this year, the government was worried about how to cope with back-to-back drought. But by the second half of August, the scene changed dramatically and several states were in the spate of floods. In Bihar, more than five million people have been affected and 6,50,000 displaced from...

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After floods, drought threat looms large over Bihar

-Deccan Herald Patna: It’s a double whammy for Bihar. While 11 districts face the threat of floods due to a surge in the Ganga, the remaining 27 districts, out of 38, are on the verge of being declared drought-hit. The data procured from the Met department shows that Bihar has witnessed abysmally low rainfall this monsoon. Against a normal average rainfall of 803 mm, Bihar has received only 635.9 mm rainfall since...

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Drop in fish stocks for illegal fishing -Lalmohan Patnaik

-The Telegraph Cuttack: The threat of extinction looms large over the state's natural fish stocks in Rivers and lakes because of unregulated inland fishing during the breeding season. The impact of unrestricted fishing is already being felt in the state's Rivers, especially in the Mahanadi. There has reportedly been a drastic downslide in fish catch. The annual freshwater fish production in the state is around three lakh tonnes. While 87 per cent fishes...

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