Full Coverage: Rivers

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.

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.

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

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.

11.10.2007

05.10.2007 Small glaciers in Kashmir, India have disappeared while big ones are decreasing in size because of global warming, says a recent report by Action Aid International.

04.10.2007 Water activists from different parts of India gathered at Rajghat, New Delhi, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2. Marking the day as one of dedication to Gandhi's values, the activists protested against the concretization of the Yamuna flood plains - the largest water recharge zones of the capital.

08.09.2007

14.08.2007

09.08.2007 According to the United Nations, the north India, Nepal and Bangladesh suffer their worst flooding in a century. Some 20 million people are believed to be affected in all three countries. The unprecedented torrential rains in also inviting diseases like malaria, encephalitis and gastroenteritis.

02.08.2007

12.07.2007 The Jal Biradari that consists of water campaigners’ across India has appealed to the Indian President to stop the construction of the Commonwealth games village on the bed of river Yamuna and relocate it to another site. Construction of buildings on the riverbed will harm the river and deplete drinking water.