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JULY 2010 issue of Yojana Focusses on “WATER Resource Management ”.

• Efficient water Management: Challenges and Initiatives- Umesh Narayan Panjiar

All sections of the society have to join hands and contribute to addressing the challenges in the water sector- be it the centre, the states, panchayati Raj Institutions, Urban local Bodies, Industrial Houses or the Civil Society - so that the demand for water by different sectors can be adequately met. While doing so, it is necessary to ensure that environmental issues are properly addressed.

• Water Security in India- Bedanga Bordoloi / Etali Sarmah Bordoloi

Unless local and national communities come together and dramatically improve the way we envision and manage water, there will be many hungry villages and degraded environments and the economic development of the country will be put at risk. Stakeholders that include farmers, industries, policy makers, administrators, non government organizations etc will need to come together to formulate an integrated road map towards water resource security in India.

• Artificial Recharge of Ground Water - the Indian Experience- B M Jha/R C Jain

The efforts of Central and State Governments and NGOs/VOs over the years have succeeded in creating awareness among the population of the importance of ensuring the long - term sustainability of our limited ground water resources. Various studies/demonstrative projects have also established the importance and efficacy of artificial recharge as a viable means for ground water resource augmentation in diverse hydrogeological settings

• Kharamal - A Green spot in a Brown Belt- Ranjan K Panda

Kurmila and her family members, as well as many others in the village have stopped migrating to other places in search of work. She has got money and she has brought back all her land into agriculture again. Not only this, she has constructed a new house and lives a dignified life. From a migrant labourer to a dignified settler, Kurmila is now reaping the benefits of water harvesting.

• Unraveling India's Enduring Urban Drinking Water Indigence- Shubhagato Dasgupta

As one can imagine, with limited research in the sector, policy making is plagued with amateurism, with a wide range of people who make context less suggestions, without any rigorous determination of their effectiveness and feasibility. This leads to a cacophony of ideas, mostly bad, which drive out the well reasoned good ideas.