Catch Water Newsletter December 2002-January 2003

	*A NEW BEGINNING*
	A rich harvest
	*IN FOCUS*
	On the right track? Groundwater or poison? Punjab, ready for desi solutions Saga of tanks
	*CAMPAIGN*
	Ways to destroy Squatters or owners? VIPs strangling Dal Restoring Bis Hazari Lakes in News
	WATER LITERACY
	For water security The facilitator Let us try this out? Water carnival
	INITIATIVE
	Sabdoo, surging ahead Pioneering work Reasserting rights Haryana documents Mission possible
	FACE TO FACE

	JAL BIRADARI
	Common sense, makes sense Unflinching faith
	NEWS FROM GUJARAT
	Jal bachao yatra Checking salt ingress Water accounting
	NEWS FROM CHENNAI
	Legally armed Cultivating temple tanks Syndicate residency’s endeavour Optimising benefits
	JAL YODHAS
	P K Senapati Surinder Bansal Shree Padree Anil Rana M N Mitra
	CSE'S LATEST DESIGNS

	TECHNOLOGY
	Fog collectors Techno tit bits
	FUNDING AGENCY
	CLASSROOM
	WATER WISDOM
	NEWS FROM ABROAD
	South Africa: Water apartheid Kenya: Drought busting Japan: Water wizards Turks & Caicos Islands: A unique system Nepal: Spouts return
	WATER IN NEWS
	REDERS SPACE
	CSE'S LAKENET
	BOOK/DOCUMENTS
	VISUAL WATCH
	WEB INFO
	NOTICE BOARD
	GLIMPSES FROM DTE
	EVENT

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Vol. 4	No. 6	December 2002-January 2003

Map India 2003 is the sixth annual international conference cum
exhibition on mapping technologies. (www.mapindia.org) Jointly organised by GIS development, Survey of India and others, from January 28 - 31, it aims at enhancing public awareness about the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) through seminars, technical sessions and trainings. To promote young enterprising mappers, five awards will be given. The four day meet at Inter Continental, New Delhi, plans to direct foreign investment in Indian GIS industry.

CSE’s Pollution Monitoring Laboratory is an independent analytical research facility. Individuals and institutions are encouraged to get their food, water and air tested, at a nominal cost. Lab also shares the result of the scientific analysis to raise public awareness. (For details: Rashmi at rashmi@cseindia.org)

Indian soils are in bad shape. And, its story has never been a part of the Grand Fictions that comprise the nation’s 56 year existence. Shocking, yet completely unsurprising.It touches us everyday, but we remain distant from it. A basic unit of human - nature interaction, it generates complex equations of survival and wealth, equity and polity. Why not call it the Last Action Hero? How nuked would we be if our Hero loses its strength? FInd out in detail in January 31 issue of Down to Earth, as CSEreporter TVJayan investigates.

We would like to introduce our Catch Water readers to Down to Earth (DTE). It is a unique multi-disciplinary newsmagazine, which focuses on scientific and technological developments with emphasis on matters relating to environment.

DTE is now available online at www.downtoearth.org The subscribers are also extended a unique opportunity to access its archives - all the issues since May 1992. Free of cost. So, what are you waiting for? Fill the attached subscription form and send in your request.

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