2013-14

India Water Partnership

Annual Report

Annual Report

2013-14

India Water Partnership (IWP) Secretariat- WAPCOS Ltd.

76-C, Sector-18, Institutional Area Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana)

Tel. : (+91-124) 2348022 (D); (+91-124) 2399421, Extn : 1404 Fax : (+91-124) 2397392

E-mail : iwpneer@gmail.com ; Website : www.cwp-india.org

Mission Support Action of Sustainable and Integrated Development and Management of Water

Resources at National, Regional, River-basin/Sub-basin

and Local Levels in India.

Message from the President

It gives me an immense pleasure in presenting the Annual Report of India Water Partnership (IWP) for the year 2013-14. IWP was founded in 2001 with the mandate to provide coordinating and networking mechanisms for institutions and organizations associated with development and management of water resources at local, regional and national level. For last 13 years IWP has delivered consistently with the support of its network partners.

In its endeavor to address critical development challenges in the Indian States, specific attention was paid to drought adaptation

& mitigation strategies and water saving technologies. During 2013-14, under core activities of Global Water Partnership (GWP), major thrust was given on policy initiatives for reviewing Groundwater Legislation of Eastern States (Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha), Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), climate change at national and regional level, knowledge sharing, awareness generation and capacity building.

I am also delighted to share that the Water and Climate Resilience Program (WACREP) was launched at the India Water week in April 2013 by GWP-South Asia to improve the climate resilience of South Asian countries to withstand the impact of climate change. The program is also having synergies with Regional Institutions and initiatives on on-going climate change projects to ensure its effectiveness. At South Asia level, the program is being implemented by the Country Water Partnerships of GWP-South Asia namely; Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with the support of national and regional partners. In India, it is being implemented in 8 States namely; Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

The performance of IWP was achieved with the hard work and whole hearted support of IWP staff, IWP network Partners, Zonal Water Partners and Area Water Partners. This Annual Report is a summarization of an effort towards water security through partnership.

R.K.Gupta

Mr. R K Gupta, President, IWP & Chairman-cum-Managing Director,

WAPCOS Ltd.

Contents

1. Overview 1.1. About the organization

1.1.1. Strategic goals 1.1.2. Objectives 1.1.3. Network Partners 1.1.4. Key Areas 1.1.5. Board of Governors 1.1.6. Advisory and program committee

2. Outreach Activities

2.1. Promote Water as Key Part of Sustainable Development 2.2. Coping with Critical Water Challenges through Partnerships to Secure Mutual Goals 2.3. Reinforce Knowledge Sharing and Communications, Capacity Building 2.4. Build a More Effective Network

3. Water and Climate Resilience program (WACREP)

3.1. Introduction 3.2. Objectives 3.3. Launch of the program 3.4. Partners

4. Communication Materials

4.1. India Water partnership 4.2. GWP-South Asia

5. Major Events 6. Finances and Accounts

Acknowledgement

We are grateful to Global Water Partnership (GWP), Stockholm and GWP-South Asia for providing the financial support for undertaking various activities under different strategic goals. We acknowledge with sincere thanks the whole-hearted support received from Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, National Water Development Agency and the WAPCOS Ltd. for organizing two side events of GWP-South Asia during the India Water Week-2013. We are also grateful to them for facilitating participation of India Water Partnership and GWP-South Asia officials in different sessions during this mega event.

We are thankful to our network partners who undertook the various activities in a successful manner and also to those who have given their support in kind contribution. We acknowledge the excellent cooperation and support; the India Water Partnership Secretariat received from its previous Host Institution–AROH Foundation, NOIDA during 2013 and our Secretariat –WAPCOS Ltd., Gurgaon in 2013-2014.

We place on record the excellent contribution of our Board of Governors, Advisory Committee members and Program Committee members who guided us from time to time for smooth and timely completion of all activities during the reporting period. We also acknowledge the support received from communities, farmers, students, PRI members, Women SHGs, State Government officials, Coordinators of Zonal Water Partnerships for smooth implementation of our activities across the different States of India.

Finally, we express our sincere gratitude to WAPCOS Ltd. for providing a fully operational office along with conference room facilities and other infrastructural facilities to our Secretariat at 76-C, Sector-18, Institutional Area, Gurgaon-122015 (Haryana).

Abbreviations

AFPRO: Action for Food Production APAN: Asia Pacific Adaptation Network AWP: Area Water Partnership CBOs: Community Based Organizations CCDU: Communication and Capacity Development Unit CEERI: Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani CEDSJ: Centre for Environmental and Developmental Studies, Jaipur CEGIS: Center for Environment and Geographic Informational Services Dhaka, Bangladesh CWC: Central Water Commission CZWP: Central Zone Water Partnership DA: Development Alternatives GETSD: Gomukh Environmental Trust for Sustainable Development GWP: Global Water Partnership HWTS: Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage ICIMOD: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development IWP: India Water Partnership IWRM: Integrated Water Resources Management IWRS: Indian Water Resources Society MUN: Model United Nations MWRRA: Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority NID: National Institute of Development NFDB: National Fisheries Development Board NWP: National Water Policy PRI: Panchayati Raj Institutions QUT: Queensland University of Technology RISES: Rural Integrated & Social Education Society TERI: The Energy and Resources Institute WACREP: Water and Climate Resilience Program WUG: Water User Group ZWP: Zonal Water Partnership

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Chapter 1. Overview

1.1 About the Organization

Established in 2001, India Water Partnership (IWP) is a not for profit organization with a goal of

promoting Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the country. Mr. R K Gupta, Chairman-

cum-Managing Director, WAPCOS Ltd. is the President of IWP. The IWP has been accredited by the

Global Water Partnership (GWP) headquartered at Stockholm, Sweden as Country Water Partnership

(CWP) of GWP, and hence also known as GWP-India.

1.1.1. Strategic Goals

Since establishment, the IWP had been undertaking the core activities of GWP through four strategic

goals under different thematic areas. However, with effect from October 2013, one more major

program of GWP namely; Water & Climate Resilience Program (WACREP) had been inducted in the

ambit of IWP. Under 1st Phase, the WACREP will run till March, 2015. On successful completion of first

phase, a set of new activities will be taken up during the second phase. This program was launched on

12th April, 2013 during India Water Week-2013.

The four strategic goals of GWP are:

To promote water as key part of sustainable development.

To cope up with critical water challenges through partnerships to secure mutual goals.

To reinforce knowledge sharing and communications, capacity building.

To build a more effective network.

1.1.2. Objectives The IWP has the following broad objectives:

To highlight the critical role of water for future survival of human beings and draw attention to its

increasing scarcity and the resulting implications for policies, programs and projects.

To propagate the role of water as an economic and social good as well as a basic human and animal

right and support policies and programs necessary for an economically efficient, socially acceptable

and environmentally sustainable use of water resources.

To provide a coordinating and networking mechanism for institutions and organizations concerned

with development and management of water resource projects of all dimensions, types and uses

including community initiatives, people centered actions, water harvesting, revival of traditional

practices.

To render assistance in promoting role of women, youth and children in water resources.

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To interact with GWP, GWP-South Asia and other national and international or supra national

agencies dealing with water resources.

To function as a think tank for water related issues.

To provide and strengthen mechanism for exchange of information, experiences, ideas and

approaches among stakeholders and help in evolution of a consensus on water related issues.

To generate an environment for formation of Area Water Partnerships at sub-national levels like

state, river basin/sub-basin, etc.

1.1.3. Network Partners

IWP carries out its activity through its network partners spread across the country. Besides this, the

Zonal Water Partnerships (ZWPs) established in six zones of the country are helping IWP to achieve its

objectives within their zones. There are 109 network partners of IWP as life and annual members.

1.1.4 Meet our New Partners

During the reporting period 16 partners have joined IWP network. Their details are enumerated below:

Individual Partners:

1. Dr. Pramod Salaskar is presently working with Indian Association & Aquatic Biologists (IAAB).

2. Mr. Ranjan Mallick is a visiting faculty member of Sambalpur University and has been working in

the field of research and advocacy.

3. Mr. V. V Krishna Reddy is presently working with Share The Vision. He has worked on projects

related to prevention of water borne diseases, promotion of health hygiene, water and

sanitation and also improving socio economic status of women.

Organisational Partners:

1. SSJV Projects Pvt. Ltd. was established in 1998 and is working in the field of Infrastructure

development for hydro electric power projects. Its main focus is to build safe structures,

adhering to environmental norms and guidelines.

2. NAVDEEP is headed by Mr. Ravinadrs Shukla, who is also the coordinator Central Zone Water

Partnership. NAVDEEP is actively engaged in the field of sustainable water management.

3. Jaguar Overseas Ltd.(JVL) was established in the year 1991 and is currently headed by Mr. K. S.

Aswathanarayana. The JVL is working in the field of power generation, transmission and

distribution and also on various other projects in the agriculture and water sector.

4. Voluntary Action for Integrated Global Awareness and Innovation Trust (VAIGAI) was

established in 2002. It is presently headed by Mr. S. Annadurai. Some of the thrust areas of

VAIGAI trust include natural resource management, environmental awareness and bio diversity

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conservation, maintaining and preserving the river bank system, empowerment of rural

marginalized groups, etc.

5. Consortium of Training, Research and Development was established in the year 1992 and it is

presently headed by Dr. Amit Kumar Roy. It is involved in the projects related to livelihood

development of marginalized communities, participatory planning in decentralized program

governance and monitoring & evaluation.

6. Medhaj Techno Concept Pvt. Ltd. was established in 2007 and is presently running under the Chairmanship of Mr. Samir Tripathi. It is an engineering and project management consultancy providing its services in the field of power and infrastructure. Medhaj Techno Concept Pvt. Ltd. has worked on a number of electrification schemes of Govt. of India.

7. Safe Water Network India is a not-for-profit Trust, established in 2009 and is presently headed

by Mr. Ravindra Sewak. It is committed towards demonstrating and developing scalable yet

sustainable market driven solutions aimed at delivering safe, affordable drinking water to the

underserved populace in rural India.

8. AROH Foundation registered in 2001, is committed towards empowerment of the rural poor

and backward communities, especially women, so that they create a model society for

themselves. The mission of AROH Foundation is to provide equal opportunity to all and to

address the development concerns through Research, Advocacy, Training, Capacity Building and

grassroots community action.

9. Society for Young Women and Child is a non-profit organisation, working for the empowerment

and upliftment of poor and marginalized communities. Its head office is located in Delhi.

10. National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) was started way back in 1960 and since then

it has been value to the society by imparting quality education through its technical education

programs, research and trainings. It offers a specialized research programme in water resources.

11. Society for Watershed and Rural Development (SWARD) was registered in 1999 and since then

is working in the field of water conservation, watershed management, women empowerment,

health, water & sanitation, agriculture diversification etc. In the past it has worked for the

implementation of Integrated Watershed Development Projects in Bihar and Jharkhand.

12. Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) is a global fluid management solutions provider and the largest

manufacturer and exporter of centrifugal pumps and valves in India.

13. Akshaynagar Pallisri Sangha (APS) was formed in 1989 by a group of social activists under the

leadership of Dr. Basudeb Giri. APS was established with the ideology to ensure social

development and justice in the backwater areas of West Bengal State for the all-round

development of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBC and Downtrodden People, especially

1.1.5. Key Areas

IWP has been active in promotion of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) principles and

practices to support national development priorities. Some of the core priority areas are:

promoting IWRM approach effectively through workshops and consultations to address

adaptation to climate change with the support of Zonal Water Partners (ZWPs) across the

country;

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encouraging use of innovative low cost water saving technologies by the farming communities,

sustainable natural resource management;

integrated domestic water management;

promoting Area Water Partnership (AWP) for river basin management, conflict resolution on

water sharing;

Inter-state transboundary water sharing issues, gender mainstreaming, etc.

1.1.6. Board of Governors

The management of IWP is entrusted with the Board of Governors. The Board comprises of 10 members including the President, three senior officials of Government of India, two senior officials from State Governments and four members from leading network partners. The Board of Governors guide and monitor various activities of IWP as per the country’s priority areas as well as in line with GWP Strategy. The Board also approves the Work Plan and Budget for each year. Details of Board of Governors as on 31st March 2014 are given in the table 1.

Table 1: Board of Governors

S.No. Name Position in the Board

Designation & Institution

1 Mr. R K Gupta

President President India Water Partnership & Chairman-cum-Managing Director, WAPCOS Ltd., Kailash, 5th Floor, 26, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi - 110 001

2 Dr. A.K.Sikka (Central Govt. nominee)

Member

Deputy Director General (Natural Resource Management) Division of Natural Resource Management, Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan-II, Ministry of Agriculture), New Delhi - 110 012

3 Dr. Ashok Kumar Jain (Central Govt. nominee)

Member

Adviser (Rural Development) Planning Commission 205, Yojana Bhawan Government of India, New Delhi

4 Shri Pradeep Mathur (State Govt. nominee)

Member Chief Engineer, State Water Resources Planning Department, Govt. of Rajasthan

5 Shri. Harmail Singh (State Govt. nominee)

Member Engineer-in- Chief Irrigation & Water Resources Department Govt. of Haryana

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S.No. Name Position in the Board

Designation & Institution

6. (Central Govt. nominee)

Member Position is vacant on the demise of Shri N S Samant, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India on 27th May, 2014 (Nomination sought from Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India)

7 Mr. D K Manavalan, I.A.S. (Retd.)

Vice President

Executive Director Action for Food Production (AFPRO) 25/1-A, Pankha Road, D-Block, Janakpuri, New Delhi-110058

8 Dr. Aman Sharma

General Secretary

General Manager (Environment) WAPCOS Ltd., 76-C, Institutional Area, Sector-18, Gurgaon

9 Ms. Aditi Kapoor

Joint Secretary

Director, Alternative Futures B-177, East of Kailash, New Delhi 110 065

10 Dr. Neelam Gupta

Treasurer Founder President & CEO, AROH Foundation F-52, Sec-8, Noida, Uttar Pradesh-201301

1.1.7. Advisory Committee and Program Committee

There is an Advisory Committee and a Program Committee of IWP to advise on the technical matters related to program management. The Advisory Committee consists of six members and Program Committee comprises of five members from IWP network partners. The list of Advisory Committee and Program Committee is given in the table 2 and 3 respectively.

Table 2: Advisory Committee

S.No. Name Institution & Designation

1 Dr. G.S.Kainth

Director, Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies 14- Preet Avenue, Majitha Road, P.O Naushera, Amritsar-143008 (Punjab)

2 Prof. R.K.Verma Director, Corporate Affairs Cell SHARDA University, NOIDA (Uttar Pradesh)

3 Dr. Joseph Viruthiyel

Honorary Director, Institute for Development Initiative, New Delhi

4 Dr. U.D.Kulkarni

Professor, Department of Civil and Water Management Engineering, SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded 431606 (Maharashtra)

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S.No. Name Institution & Designation

5 Ms. Shipra Tripathi

Vice President & Head Corporate Global Marketing & Communications Kirloskar Brothers Limited 10 Corporate Park, Sion Trombay Road, Swatik Mills Compound, Chembur, Mumbai-400 071

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Prof. M S Rathore

Director, Centre for Environment & Development Studies, B-92 Nityanand Nagar, Gandhi Path, Queen’s RoadJaipur-302021 (Rajasthan)

Table 3: Program Committee

S.No. Name Designation & Institution

1. Dr. Neelam Gupta

Founder President & CEO AROH Foundation F-52, Sec-8, NOIDA – 201301 (Uttar Pradesh)

2. Prof. Vijay Paranjpye Chairman, Gomukh Environmental Trust for Sustainable Development, Pune (Maharashtra)

3. Mr. Ravindra Shukla Chairman, NAVADEEP, E-8 /7, M.O.G. Lines, Indore- 452002 (Madhya Pradesh)

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Prof. M S Rathore

Director, Centre for Environment & Development Studies B-92 Nityanand Nagar, Gandhi Path, Queen’s Road Jaipur-302021 (Rajasthan)

5. Dr. Veena Khanduri Executive Secretary, India Water Partnership, Secretariat – WAPCOS Ltd., Sector-18, Institutional Area Gurgaon- - 122015 (Haryana)

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Chapter 2. Outreach activities

During 2013-14, under core activities of GWP, the major thrust was given on policy initiatives for reviewing groundwater legislation of Eastern States, National Water Policy-2012, IWRM & governance, climate change at national and regional level, knowledge sharing, awareness generation and capacity building through seminars/workshops for water conservation, health & hygiene. Highlights of activities undertaken by IWP both under core and WACREP have been captured in this report.

2.1. Goal I: Promote Water as Key Part of Sustainable Development

Activity-1: Review of Ground Water Legislation in the Eastern States of India (Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha)

National Institute for Development (NID), the

coordinating agency for East Zone Water Partnership with

the assistance of IWP took up a study on “Policy initiative

on Ground Water Legislation in the Eastern

States of India (Bihar, Jharkhand, West

Bengal & Odisha)”. Under this assignment,

NID did the desk research on ground water

legislations of four states of Eastern India,

namely, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and

Orissa which was followed by a multi

stakeholders consultation on ground water

and participatory irrigation management (PIM)

for the Eastern States to discuss the research

findings.

1.1. Brief about the research study: NID

undertook detailed study of the

groundwater bills of the above mentioned

states and then compared with the 2011

Groundwater Model Bill prepared by the

Planning Commission. Following are some

of the broad findings of the study:

None of the above four states have based

their Ground Water Acts to contain the

water quality deterioration or to wane away people

from using contaminated groundwater.

The new thinking in the area of ground water management facilitated by the Planning Commission,

Govt. of India to put into a framework in terms of Model Ground Water Bill 2011, has not been a

part of any of the ground water legislations in the eastern states.

In none of the States’ Acts, the ownership of groundwater is under the public trust at appropriate

levels of authority.

Policies reviewed

Model Ground Water Bill 2011, Planning Commission

Model Bill to Regulate and Control the Development and Management of Ground Water, 2005

Ground Water Model Bill, 1996

The Odisha Ground Water (Regulation, Development And Management) Bill, 2011

West Bengal Ground Water Resources (Management, Control and Regulation) Act -2005

Bihar Groundwater (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Legislation, 2006

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None of the Acts accord any right over the ground water irrespective of the land ownership and

neither talk of equity. The State Acts are primarily aimed at regulation and control of ground water

extraction without much thought over precautionary measures or ensuring that the water quality

does not deteriorate further. With the exception of West Bengal, these enactments primarily

addresses the emerging situation only after an area has become critical or overexploited and the

Authorities have the reasons to declare the area as notified areas. A holistic thinking on ground

water management is entirely missing.

1.2. Multi stakeholders’ consultation on Ground Water and Participatory Irrigation Management for

the Eastern States of the country.

NID with the help of IWP and in collaboration with

Odisha Water Forum organized a Multi

stakeholders’ consultation on Ground Water and

Participatory Irrigation Management for the

Eastern States of the country (Odisha, West

Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand) on 11th December,

2013 at Bhubaneswar (Orissa). Issues regarding

ground water management and status of

Participatory Irrigation Management were

discussed during the sessions. The workshop

concluded with the recommendation that the

groundwater bills of the eastern states should be

re-drafted according to the Draft Ground Water Bill (2011) to have holistic and decentralized

governance on ground water. An action plan to strengthen the East Zone Water Partnership to carry

forward the work of ground water and participatory irrigation management was also discussed.

Based on the discussions, the following major resolutions were passed:

A booklet on ground water need to be prepared both in English and Odia (to begin with but later need to be in regional languages for other states) that will emphasize on the status of ground water in the state of Odisha and the issues associated with it for circulation among a larger audience to garner support and build pressure on the government.

To influence the ground water legislation, developing a memorandum for the policy makers, generating articles for the media and intervening into the process of developing election manifesto to incorporate the concerns about ground water.

East Zone Water Partnership needs to be strengthened and energized to take up the issues on water by building the capacities of the organizations and individuals in a systematic and sustained manner.

All the states in the Eastern India should come out with fresh ground water legislation in line with the model bill 2011 and get into a holistic, decentralized governance of ground water in the respective states before the groundwater condition of the states further deteriorates.

Participants interacting during the multi-stake holders consultation

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Activity 2. National Workshop on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage organized by Development Alternatives (DA)

Development Alternatives, a Delhi based organization had been working on “Capacity Building

Initiatives for Dissemination of Improved Water Technologies especially on Domestic Water

Consumption for Water Users Associations, Community Based Organizations and Local Governance

Bodies”. Different slums were visited by the DA team to understand various method adopted by slum

dwellers for treating the water before consumption. Community anchors were also selected by the DA

team from the slums and were trained with regard to affordable household water treatment. Several

meetings were conducted to bring the issue of household water safety of slum dwellers at policy level.

Following are the two important meetings which were held in the latter half of the year:

2.1. Expert Group Meeting: An expert group meeting was organized on 2nd July, 2013 at Development

Alternatives Headquarters, New Delhi. The objective of the meeting was to discuss issues related to

drinking water quality and the challenges faced by the people living in the urban slum area. Focus of the

discussion was on “how household water treatment and safe storage can be taken up at policy level”.

2.2. National Workshop on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS): In order to discuss

issues on appropriate technologies on household water treatment and safe storage and the policy

imperative with larger stakeholders, a national level workshop on Household Water Treatment and Safe

Storage (HWTS) was organized on 10th July 2013 by Development Alternatives, New Delhi with the

support of IWP. The workshop was attended by 58 participants from various organizations working in

the water sector. The participants were addressed by government officials who highlighted the issues of

water quantity and quality and emphasized on the need for appropriate HWTS methods and awareness

generation. A panel discussion on the policies and programs for HWTS was also organized.

Activity 3. Consultation/Workshop on National Water Policy 2012 (NWP-2012): Preparing a Roadmap for implementation in North and West Zone of India

The National Water Policy-2012 was formally launched by Honorable President of India at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi during India Water Week-2013. The most distinctive feature of National Water Policy (2012) was the emergence of policy recommendations through consultative meetings with Members of Parliament, Academia, Water experts/ Professionals, Non-Governmental Organizations, representatives of the Corporate Sector and Panchayati Raj Institutions. However, implementation of policy is the responsibility of the respective State Governments as “water” is listed as State Subject in India’s Constitution. Also the water related issues are state specific depending upon the location, availability of resource and utilization pattern, i.e., supply and demand factors. Further a state may be governed by different political parties and may have different perspective on the subject. The new water policy is claimed to have taken cognizance of the

National Water Policy, 2012

The policy has taken into account the

recommendations which have emerged

from various stakeholder consultations.

Members of Parliament; Academia,

Experts and Professionals; Non-

Governmental Organizations;

representatives of the Corporate Sector;

and officials of Panchayati Raj

Institutions were part of the

consultations.

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existing situation and proposes a framework for creation of a system of laws and institutions and plan of action with unified national perspective. However, the implementation may vary across the states. Thus to create implementation plan of a state/(s) in accordance with the National Water Policy 2012, India Water Partnership supported its two network partners, namely, Gomukh Environmental Trust for Sustainable Development, Pune and Centre for Environment and Development Studies, Jaipur to organize a consultation/workshop for their respective states/zones to prepare a roadmap for effective implementation of National Water Policy, 2012. Accordingly, the following two workshops were conducted at Jodhpur (Rajasthan) on 16th and 17th December, 2013 and at Pune (Maharashtra) on 4th January, 2014. Details of the same are given below:

3.1.Two day consultation “National Water Policy 2012: Preparing a roadmap for its implementation” by Centre of Development Studies, Jaipur: IWP partner organization, Centre for Environment and Development Studies, Jaipur (CESDJ) organized a two day consultation workshop on “National Water Policy 2012: Preparing a roadmap for its implementation” at Jodhpur on 16th-17th December, 2013. Objective of the consultation was to discuss whether the National Water Policy 2012 addresses the critical water related issues of the States of the North Zone. Few such issues are: interstate water sharing and conflicts, environmental flow in the rivers, damming the rivers in Himalaya, river water pollution, intensive agriculture and depletion of

groundwater, urban area water crisis, sewage disposal and treatment, water contamination, waterlogging & salinity and unequal access to water. The consultation was also supported by Jal Bhagirathi Foundation and European Union. Mr. Suresh Prabhu, former Chairman GWP-South Asia and former Union Minister, Govt. of India was the Chief Guest of the event. The eminent speakers were: His Highness Maharaja Gaj Singh; Chairperson, Jal Bhagirathi Foundation, Mr. O.P. Sharma; Country Director, Wells For India, Dr. M.M. Roy; Director, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Er. A. C. Tyagi; Secretary General, International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage, Mr. Mahendra Mehta; Deputy Team Leader, EU SSP, Mr. Pradeep Mathur; Chief Engineer, State Water Resources Planning Department, Govt. of Rajasthan; Dr. T.S. Rathore, Director, Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur; Mr. Rajendra Singh (Magsaysay Awardee), Tarun Bharat Sangh, etc. In total 129 people participated in the consultation, out of these 40 were the resource persons representing eight Northern States.

3.2.One day Workshop on “Roadmap for Effective implementation of the National Water Policy-2012” by Gomukh Environmental Trust for Sustainable Development, Pune: The Gomukh Environmental Trust for Sustainable Development, Pune organized a similar workshop on the 4th January 2014 at Pune. The objective was to highlight the need for revision of the State Water Policy of Maharashtra, 2003 in line with NWP (2012) and to discuss the changes which are needed for revising State Water Policy.

Address by Shri Suresh Prabhu during the Workshop

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Activity 4: Preparation of 20 years Perspective Plan for Water Management in Central India by Central Zone Water Partnership

NAVADEEP, the Coordinating Agency of Central Zone Water Partnership (CZWP) with the support of India Water Partnership prepared “20 years Perspective Plan for Water Management in Central India.” The report presents a study on the water requirement of the Central India (covering states of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh) for the coming twenty years with reference to climate change and IWRM. The draft perspective plan was presented by Mr. Ravindra Shukla, Coordinator of CZWP on 24th May, 2013 in a meeting organized by Development Foundation. The special guests were Members of Parliament Shri Kailash Joshi (Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh) and Shri Vikram Verma (Former Union Minister of Youth Welfare and Sports). Mr. Ravindra Shukla presented summary of the 20 years draft Perspective Plan in the weekly meeting of "Lokmaitri" a group of Gandhian Academicians, thinkers and social activists. Dr. Ram Das Prasad, retired Professor, Sociology and veteran scholar concluded the discussions with the remarks that such futuristic analysis can help sharpen the state developmental plans to make them accurate and peoples oriented.

Highlights of 20 years Perspective Plan

for Water Management in Central India

In the coming twenty years, it is

reported that Chhattisgarh would

have surplus amount approximately

21.18 BCM of water.

As for Madhya Pradesh (M.P) the

water requirement in the coming 20

years would exceed than the

availability thus it is postulated that

M.P would experience water stress.

Ground Water Bill of both the states

should be reviewed as per the

National Water Policy-2012.

Conjunctive use of surface and

groundwater as well as Participatory

management of irrigation should be

encouraged.

Cooperation of NGOs and voluntary

organizations at various levels of

administration should be emphasized.

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2.2. Goal II: Coping with Critical Water Challenges through Partnerships to Secure Mutual Goals

Activity 1: Farmers Stakeholders’ Dialogue on “Inland Fisheries and Policy Implication” by South Zone Water Partnership

DHAN Foundation, the coordinating agency of South Zone Water Partnership with the support of India

Water Partnership organized a farmer stakeholders’ dialogue on “Inland fisheries and policy

implications” on 4th May 2013 at Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Farmers who were involved in fish rearing

activities from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Pondicherry were invited. The dialogue

focused on the topics such as selection of suitable techniques for different water resources, inland

fisheries-needed policy changes, role of different stakeholders–scope for enhancement and youth and

inland fisheries. Senior officials from fisheries department of Tamil Nadu and few professors of Fisheries

College interacted with farmers. Assistant Director, Fisheries Department shared the government

schemes and also possible areas in developing fisheries in rural areas. Following broad

recommendations emerged from the dialogue:

Need of formation of exclusive Ministry for Fisheries at national level and development of

National Inland Fishery Policy for resource sustenance and promotion of fishery based livelihood

through rural aquaculture.

National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) to work with NGOs and other civil society

organizations with grant fund or seed money to promote and strengthen Inland fisheries

through rural youths and women in rain fed tanks and ponds in food and nutritional perspective

rather than commercial fisheries.

Leasing period of water bodies to be increased from three years to ten years with preference to

Water Users Associations (WUGs) and Panchayat agreement to be made with WUAs, which will

encourage the farmers to take up maintenance of traditional water resources by themselves.

Based on the deliberations of the dialogue, proposals were submitted to Assistant Director (Fishery) of

National Fishery Development Board, Adilabad district in Telengana region of Andhra Pradesh and

Chittoor district in Seemandhra Region of Andhra Pradesh to support the farmers’ association to

undertake fish rearing in small water bodies in their respective villages.

Activity 2: Workshop on IWRM and Governance in Basin Management

DHAN Foundation organized a workshop on “IWRM and Governance in Basin Management” on 15

September, 2013. Around 50 stakeholders from government, academia and research, general public,

Vayalagam farmers’ leaders, women self-help group members participated in the workshop.

Mr. A. Gurunathan, Chief Executive, DHAN Vayalagam (Tank) Foundation presented the lead paper on

defining IWRM as a process that promotes coordinated actions on water resources development,

management and equitable distribution for multiple uses including vital ecosystems. Following were the

recommendations of the workshop:

It was proposed to make IWRM an effective process mechanism with bottom-up approach by

networking at watershed, sub-basin and basin levels in all river basins in the country.

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It was opined to promote community governance in IWRM and it should be established at all

relevant basins by the respective governments with the involvement of capable NGOs and Civil

Society Organizations.

The government should convene “Roundtable” by inviting all relevant stakeholders of all river

basins in Tamil Nadu and also at national level to build consensus on IWRM and water governance.

Activity 3. Consultation workshop on Integrated River Basin Management for Mitigation of Flood and Erosion Disasters in Interstate Rivers of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam: Perspective in context of Climate Change

India Water Partnership provided a platform by facilitating talks between the state of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on the sensitive issue of trans boundary rivers by organizing a one day consultation on “Integrated River Basin Management for Mitigation of Flood and Erosion Disasters in interstate rivers of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam: Perspective in context of Climate Change”. This consultation was organized by IWP partner organization Aaryanak on 10th December, 2013 at Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. The consultation was co-organised by Arunachal Citizens’ Rights and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). The workshop was attended by representatives of government departments and academic institutions from Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

It was acknowledged by the participants that the flood and erosion problems cannot be mitigated only by taking structural or non-structural measures in the flood plains of Assam without addressing the river’s morphology in the upstream catchments that lie in the hills of Arunachal Pradesh. The delegates also recommended to enhance the knowledge base about the shared rivers and their basins including traditional knowledge of communities to address the issues of integrated river basin management by creating a “Knowledge and Action Network” for shared River Basins of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

This consultation helped in creating a roadway for further talks on the sensitive issues of trans boundary rivers between the two states as this was first workshop dedicated to promoting interstate cooperation for mitigating water hazards in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The participants agreed to continue the bilateral engagements at different levels in the coming months to take forward the agenda of promoting interstate cooperation for mitigating water hazards in both states.

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh share at

least 15 rivers with each other. These

rivers originate from the state of

Arunachal Pradesh and enter into the

flood plains of Assam to finally meet

the Brahmaputra that drains the larger

part of water of Assam. These rivers

carry a lot of discharge and sediment

load with them. During rainy seasons,

floods in these rivers cause disastrous

loss to the people and damage to the

infrastructure of both the states.

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2.3. Goal III: Reinforce Knowledge Sharing and Communications, Capacity Building

Activity 1: Seminar on “Different Capacities, Different Roles–Empowering South Asian Women for Climate Change Adaptation” organized by IWP during India Water Week, 2013

India Water Partnership in association with WAPCOS Ltd. and GWP-South Asia organized a seminar on “Different Capacities, Different Roles–Empowering South Asian Women for Climate Change Adaptation” during India Water Week-2013 on 11th April, 2013 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The seminar was inaugurated by Mr. Harish Rawat, Honorable Minister of Water Resources, Government of India. Mr. Rawat in his inaugural address pointed out that the focus on women in the context of climate change adaptation clearly indicates the global recognition of role of women with regard to water management as highlighted in the Dublin Rio Principles. He opined that women should be treated as partners and not as passive recipients of aid and should work together with men in decision making and planning process at local, national and international level. He praised India Water Partnership for bringing up the important topic of gender in India Water Week, 2013.

Mr. G. Mohan Kumar, Special Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India said that while discussing water in all the forums of India Water Week, it is refreshing that IWP has taken a step to reflect on behalf of humanity, who are actually managing the water. He also shared that in large parts of India, community based watershed management programs are being implemented at the panchayat level. In all these areas, the need to involve women has become paramount importance. Furthermore, it will enable women to have a better say in issues pertaining to water.

During this event a thematic presentation session was also organized which was chaired by Mr. Som Nath Poudel, Vice Chair, Global Water Partnership (GWP) Nepal and the presenters were Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, The Energy Research Institute (TERI); Dr. Neena Rao, SACI Waters; Ms. Aditi Kapoor, Alternative Futures; Ms. Jakia Akter, Center for Environment and Geographic Informational Services (CEGIS) Dhaka, Bangladesh and Mr. R K Khanna, Former, Chief Engineer, Central Water Commission. The presentation dealt with examples through case studies and success stories of how women can play a catalytic role in bringing resilience to climate change in South Asia. The presentations also highlighted

Dublin Rio Principle-3 states that:

Women play a central part in the

provision, management and

safeguarding of water. This pivotal role

of women as providers and users of

water and guardians of the living

environment has seldom been

reflected in institutional arrangements

for the development and management

of water resources. Acceptance and

implementation of this principle

requires positive policies to address

women’s specific needs and to equip

and empower them to participate at

all levels in water resources programs,

including decision-making and

implementation, in ways defined by

them.

Inaugural Address by Mr. Harish Rawat, Honourable Minister of Water Resources, Govt. of India during India Water Week-2013

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gender related effects of climate change and the importance of women’s access to information and networking. The thematic presentations were followed by panel discussions which were chaired by Prof. S R Hashim, Former, President, IWP.

More than 500 delegates from India and abroad participated in the seminar. The International delegates were from GWP and GWP-South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka). The national delegates included senior officials of the Ministry of Water Resources, National Water Development Agency, Central Water Commission, Central Ground Water Board, WAPCOS Ltd., India Water Partnership network and zonal water partners, NGOs, and water and climate change professionals.

Key Message of the Seminar are enumerated as below:

Climate change is becoming a major challenge for sustaining agriculture and other rural livelihoods, in the face of already declining natural resource base.

Especially at risk are poor women and other marginalized groups, who are highly dependent on earnings from agricultural labor and livestock rearing dependent on forests and other common lands and, have fewer resources and options to combat the damages to the resource base because of climate change. Research shows that men and women have different access to and control of water and this in turn affects water efficiency. Also, internalization of discrimination and exclusion continues to deprive women of their social, economic and political rights and opportunities

Women’s social and economic vulnerabilities place a greater strain on their adaptive capacity to climate change and ability to deal with shocks, stresses and change. Men and women are affected by climate change in different ways.

Worldwide, compared to men, women tend to have more limited access to resources that would enhance their capacity to adapt to climate change—including land, credit, agricultural inputs, decision-making bodies, technology and training services. Furthermore, they face social, economic and political barriers that limit their coping capacity.

There is a need to build capacity of women stakeholders who must become full and effective partners so that they can make optimum use of water resources in the current scenario of climate change. Much misery is caused to families and communities due to water stress and it is important that we have a special focus on empowerment, especially for women who carry the greater part of the burden.

Adaptation is critical to protecting the millions of women and international adaptation efforts must target their needs and priorities.

Gender mainstreaming is a cross-cutting concern and designing gender-sensitive community adaptation programs is the need of the day. With collaborative action, adequate capacity building and empowerment through policy initiatives, professional networks, grass-root level movements and advocacy, South Asian women can be empowered to be proactive players in climate change adaptation and mitigation.

There is also the need for strengthening managerial capabilities of water-user groups, including women to improve water use efficiency. Institutional reforms that promote an integrated approach and full participation of women are required.

Activity 2: GWP-South Asia Regional Day during India Water Week-2013

South Asia region is most vulnerable to the effects of climate change in the form of erratic rainfall pattern, increased frequency of floods, droughts, cyclones and other water related hazards. Most of the countries in South Asia are experiencing same problems with respect to water situation. UNDP Human Development Report-2006 estimated that in South Asia alone, 2.5 billion people will be affected by water stress and scarcity by 2050. In such a scenario, it is imperative that water

management should be appropriately addressed for future water security. Promotion of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approach should be made mandatory at local and regional level.

Highlighting the above issues, India Water Partnership with the support of WAPCOS Ltd. and GWP-South Asia organized a Regional day Program on “Improved Efficiency for Increased Resilience to Climate Change: An Integrated Water Resources Management Perspective” during India Water Week-2013. The program was organized on 12th April, 2013 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The event was inaugurated by Dr. S K Sarkar, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. Dr. Sarkar in his address stated that government, public and private stakeholders should recognize the complexity of the management of water. He also emphasized that innovative institutional solutions and local coping strategies and mechanism need to be developed and adopted to address climate change effects.

The regional day was divided into two sessions. The theme of the first session was “Linking water use efficiency to climate change adaptation through integrated water resources management”. The key message that emerged from the discussion in the first session was to recognize land, water, and energy and climate change inter-linkages, reducing consumptive use, reusing water wherever feasible, recycling wastewater and adopting a risk based approach as the key for increasing water use efficiency The theme of the second session was Water cooperation: Across sectors and borders for the efficient and sustainable use of water. The highlight was on inter-sectoral cooperation stressing the tradeoffs between different sectors as well as across boundaries. GWP being a neutral platform can help negotiating partisan interests and improve cooperation among the countries.

The event was attended by more than 350 delegates from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka including representatives of State Water Resources Department of India and Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. The event provided a platform for diverse set of water experts, academics, researchers and civil society members to come together and share their experiences and formulate solutions to link water use efficiency to climate change adaptation through IWRM. Experts from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and India shared their countries’ experience, knowledge and case studies to discuss how to increase water use efficiency through IWRM to create more resilience to climate change as some of the river water is shared by many countries of the region. Also GWP being a neutral platform helped in facilitating talks on the regional cooperation in regard to trans boundary rivers between the South Asian countries

Inaugural address by Dr.S K Sarkar, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt.of India

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Activity 3: One day Training-cum-Consultation Program on “Dissemination of Improved Technologies and Best Practices Used for Water Harvesting and Conservation”

Centre for Environment and Development

Studies, Jaipur (CEDSJ), with the support of

India Water Partnership organized a one day

training/consultation program on

“Dissemination of Improved Technologies and

Best Practices Used for Water Harvesting and

Conservation” on 22nd August, 2013 in

association with Ramkrishna Jaidyal Dalmia

Seva Sansthan (RJDSS), and Samagra Vikas

Sansthan (SVS), Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. The

program was organized at RJDSS Sports

complex, Chirawa, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan.

Around 90 farmers (from 14 villages of the

Jhunjhunu district), Panchayati Raj Institution

representatives, State Government officials and experts participated in the training-cum-consultation

program. Objectives of the program were (i) To share information on the State Water Policy, Projects,

Programs and activities undertaken by the State Government to support the water sector reform in the

State; (ii) To share the concept and status of IWRM implementation in the state; and (iii) To disseminate

improved technologies and practices used for water harvesting and conservation, including domestic

water use.

Dr. M. S. Rathore, Director, CEDSJ and Advisory Committee member of India Water Partnership

explained about the traditional technology being used in Rajasthan for meeting domestic water needs

and irrigation demand and also the modern technology being used for domestic water and irrigation. He

emphasized that modern technology is much more capital intensive and demand higher level of

education status of the users. However, there is whole range of technology options available to the

consumers and it is his/her choice to adopt the technology based on the resource endowment of the

users. Dr. Suneet Shethi of CCDU delivered lecture on the water quality testing technique and gave

practical demonstration. A presentation on roof top rainwater harvesting technology and rainwater

harvesting for recharge of groundwater and technique of monitoring groundwater

fluctuations/change was shown to the participants.

Dr. Sharikant, a scientist from Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), Pilani spoke on

“Innovative and User Friendly Technique of measuring Water Quality Parameters in Rural Areas”. Dr.

Sharikant has developed a peoples’ friendly cost effective technology to measure the quality of water

and also recommended solutions to the users to overcome the problem of water quality. He gave a

demonstration through equipment and suggested the PRI and Government representatives to purchase

it for their Panchayats. The workshop ended with a presentation by Dr. Hanuman Prasad, Agriculture

Scientist on the methods to minimize water wastages in agriculture.

Activity 4: Model United Nation Conference on Water Scarcity and Desertification Session

Sensitization of youth towards water conservation has been one of the primary focuses of IWP. Involving

youth in discussions related to environment will help in motivating them to play a vital role in

Introductory Speech by Dr. M S Rathore in the training

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sustainable management of the natural environment. In this regard India Water Partnership supported a

Delhi based youth organization namely; Brain wiz to organize a special session on “Water Scarcity and

Desertification” during Model United Nations (MUN) Conference at TERI University, New Delhi during

5th & 6th October, 2013. More than 500 school children, college students etc. participated in the MUN

posing as delegates of various countries and shared their views. Dr. Veena Khanduri, Executive

Secretary, India Water Partnership shared the stage with Mr. Doughlas, Minister Counselor for Public

Affairs, US Embassy and Dr. D. Hulme, Professor, Alma College-Advisor of MUN during the inaugural

session.

The inaugural session was followed by session on “Combatting Desertification and Water Scarcity”. As MUN is an academic simulation of United Nations, therefore, all rules as observed during a United Nations’ sessions were followed during the MUN session. This session was moderated by an executive board and the participating students posed as delegates of different countries. The participants shared how the countries represented by them are combatting desertification and how the countries are dealing with water scarcity. At the end of the session, various reasons of desertification and water scarcity were discussed for probable solutions.

Activity 5: Workshop on “Water Resource Management and Conservation to the Community

Based Organization in Chitravathi River basin area”

India Water Partnership assisted Rural Integrated and Social Education Society (RISES), one of IWP’s partners, working in the remote areas of Ananthapur District, Andhra Pradesh to spread awareness regarding sustainable water management. RISES organized a two day workshop on Water Resource Management and Conservation to the Community Based Organizations (CBOs) in Chitravathi River basin area on 19th and 20th November, 2013. The objective of the workshop was to empower the community based organizations i.e. Water Users Groups, Water User Associations, Women Self Help Groups to utilize the existing water resources in a sustainable manner, to promote basin level integrated water resources management and to enhance the livelihood opportunities of the people living in the basin area. About 50 participants from various groups like farmers, youth, and rural communities attended the workshop. Mr. A Narayana Reddy, President, RISES welcomed all the guests and informed the participants about the aims and objectives of India Water Partnership. The workshop was inaugurated by Shri. Govinda Naik, Assistant Project Director, District Water Management Authority, Ananatpur who spoke on the importance of water conservation in the drought prone areas. Mr. Gangaraju a social scientist spoke on the important role that CBOs can play in water conservation. After which different methods of ground water recharge were discussed. The second day of the workshop started with a session by Dr. K. Devedanam (Retired Deputy Director of Agriculture) on conservation of natural resources like water bodies, rivers and channels. Thereafter, Mr. P Gangi Reddy, Project Director of Chaitanya Rural Education & Development Society informed the audience about the strategies for improvement of biomass/greenery on common land. Additional Project Director of Andhra Pradesh Micro Irrigation Project and Mr. K.Vijaya Sankar Reddy spoke on adaption of Water Saving Technologies like Micro Irrigation methods. The workshop ended with a vote of thanks from Mr. Narayana Reddy.

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2.4. Goal IV: Build a More Effective Network

Activity 1: Promotion and Strengthening of Area Water Partnerships (AWPs)

The Area Water Partnership focuses on a specific river basin where water stress is already a problem or is anticipated within the next 25 years. AWP provides a platform for water related institutions and stakeholders for interaction to achieve IWRM at the local level. The focus of AWPs is to identify and discuss local level issues, resolve conflicts and disputes, find solutions and finally present water related problems of sub basins to the higher authorities.

In the past the India Water Partnership had helped promotion of several Area Water Partnerships in different part of India. Since 2010, four new AWPs have been promoted and strengthened by India Water Partnership. The details of works undertaken by each of the AWP are given below:

1.1 Shivana Area Water Partnership (Shivana AWP) The mandate of Shivana AWP is (a) to recharge Shivana river so that it has sufficient water round the year for drinking as well as for agriculture purpose (The Shivana river becomes dry during the summer); and (b) to control pollution in the Shivana river. The Shivana AWP is operating from Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh. Activities of Shivana AWP during 2013: During 2013 representatives of Shivana AWP organized three stakeholder meetings in different villages of Mandsaur district.

The first meeting was organized on 29th April, 2013 in which farmers who had constructed stop dams on Shivana River for water conservation were felicitated. Also a special lecture on low cost water saving technologies for irrigation was organized in which the participating farmers interacted with agriculture and water experts. The meeting helped in the dissemination of the knowledge and concept of IWRM at the local level.

The second meeting was conducted in Bhavgarh village of Mandsaur district. Use of appropriate water saving technologies by the farmers was the theme of the meeting. Experts from different departments of Mandsaur district administration e.g water resources, public health engineering, rural development, women and child welfare and district panchayat attended the meeting and discussed various issues pertaining to water and food security. More than 1000 farmers attended the meeting and agreed to cooperate in all activities to rejuvenate the Shivana river.

The third meeting was held in Badakhedi village. The meeting was aimed to consider poverty alleviation through water conservation in which the members of Shivana AWP interacted with the villagers. This meeting helped the representatives of Shivana AWP to reach to the poorest of the poor of the village and get feedback from them as to what they needed and how the campaign of IWRM can help to resolve their problems.

1.2 Peoples Area Water Partnership (PAWP)

The basic purpose of forming Peoples AWP is to ensure availability of water in river Ramial, a tributary of river Brahmini and Indrajeet Nallah which is fed by a weir-cum-reservoir; and renovation of existing water structures/water bodies. This AWP looks after the water and sanitation

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needs of the people in Dhenkanal district, Orissa. The Peoples AWP is functioning from its headquarters at Dhenkanal Township. The following activities were undertaken by PAWP in 2013:

Liaison with networks and organizations working on water, sanitation/water quality and Natural Resource sector

To strengthen the partnership, representatives of PAWP from time to time associated with

different organizations working in water and sanitation sector in the Dhenkenal district. A meeting

was organized on 12th May, 2013 with the local community leaders of villages Kateni, Upar Taila,

Julang and Tumusinga under the umbrella organization called Zilla Chasa O Paribesh Surakshya

Parishad, Dhenkanal. In the meeting a detailed discussion was held on the problems faced by the

farmers of the above mentioned villagers concerning mal-functioning of irrigation machines,

shortage of seeds and manures provided by the Agriculture Department and also problems faced

by the people under PAWP for drinking water and sanitation. A team consisting of the members of

Zilla Chasa O Paribesh Surakshya Parishad and PAWP was constituted to visit the District Agriculture

Office and Rural Water & Sanitation Office for submission of memorandum to resolve the issues

pertaining to agriculture, water and sanitation in these villages.

Meetings for Planning for summer cropping by Peoples’ Area Water Partnership, Dhenkanal District, Odisha

Apart from issues related to water resources management, representatives of PAWP had also taken up the issues related to agriculture. A meeting on “Crop planning for the monsoon crops and seeds requirement by the farmers” was organized during the month of May at Rekula village. In the meeting the crop planning for the region and decision was taken to place demand for immediate supply of seeds by the Agriculture Department. About 42 farmers participated in the meeting.

Dialogue with Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) /other stakeholders on water inclusive of water regulators

Two dialogues were organized at Manitri and Rainrusinghapur on 6th June, 2013 and 15th June, 2013 respectively. Heads of the two Local Area Water Partnerships discussed the water related issues. Case studies of the natural drains in the district were taken up. Issues regarding reviving the natural drains, additional plans for proper recharging of ground water, creating additional water sources for the communities in the periphery were also discussed.

1.3. Jajmau Area Water Partnership (Jajmau AWP)

The Jajmau AWP has been formed by India Water Partnership with a view to make Ganga river free from pollution, initially in Kanpur city, Uttar Pradesh and to solve the water problems (both quantity and quality) of the city. The Jajmau AWP is headquartered at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The details of activities undertaken by this AWP in 2013 are given below:

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In the month of February 2013 the representatives of Jajmau AWP formed Nagar Pairshad

Mahasabha with the purpose to provide platform for the stakeholders to initiate dialogue with

local self-Government, civil society organizations and State Govt. officials regarding issues of

relating to Ganga river pollution and water scarcity problems in the Kanpur city.

Representatives of AWP had prepared a draft report on the causes of Ganga river water

pollution in the previous year, which was recently finalized. The final version of the report was

published and disseminated widely among the stakeholders in Kanpur and other cities.

Furthermore the AWP was able to engage in sustained dialogue with various stakeholders in

different parts of Kanpur city and state government for addressing the challenges of pollution to

Ganga river in Kanpur.

In the latter half of the year, meetings with the owners of the tannery associations were

organized. The meetings focused on the issues of tannery pollution and initiate action to find a

definite solution to this problem. The tannery industry associations welcomed the initiative of

AWP in this regard. It is expected that more active coordination will be materializing by next

year. The Global Greens, an international NGO has provided support for this component of the

activity of the Jajmau AWP. The State government has taken a decision to set up an exclusive

wastewater treatment plant for the tanneries in Kanpur, instead of the current arrangement

where tannery waste water goes through a Common Effluent Treatment Plant. However

differences remain on the institutional modalities of setting up this plant, either directly by the

tannery associations or by Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam. The demand from certain quarters to close

down the tanneries in Kanpur and/or shift them to another location continues to be a

contentious issue.

1.4. Wainganga Area Water Partnership (Wainganga AWP) The Wainganga AWP is established and operating from Gondia district of Maharashtra. This

AWP will take care of the basic needs of the communities living near the Wainganga river sub-basin, especially the fishery communities and the tribal living in and around the nearby forests.

Activity 2: Governance

With respect to governance, the following activities were undertaken by India Water Partnership:

2.1. 22nd Board of Governors’ Meeting of India Water Partnership

The 22nd Board of Governors’ Meeting of IWP was held on 7th November, 2013 at WAPCOS Ltd. Head

Office, New Delhi. In the meeting, new governing body and an Advisory Committee for India Water

Partnership were formed and new office bearers for IWP were elected. The Progress Report of India

Water Partnership for the period June-October, 2013 was presented before the Board of Governors. In

the meeting, approval for appointment of a consultant for Water and Climate Resilience Program

(WACREP) was also obtained.

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2.2. 11th Annual General Body Meeting of India Water Partnership

The 11th Annual General Body Meeting of India Water Partnership was convened on 16th December, 2013 at WAPCOS Ltd. Head Office, New Delhi. In the meeting the annual progress report of IWP for the year was presented before the members. The Work Plan & Budget for 2014 was also put up before the members for their information and approval.

The General Body was informed about the GWP-South Asia Water & Climate Change Resilience Program (WACREP) which is being implemented buy India Water Partnership w.e.f October 2013. The members were also informed about the activities identified for implementation under 8 different Work Packages by India Water Partnership through its network partners. During the meeting, the implementing partners also made presentation on their activities undertaken by them till mid-December, 2013.

The General Body was also informed about the newly formed Area Water Partnerships (AWPs) with the

initiatives of India Water Partnership and the activities taken-up by these AWPs in the recent past. The

General Body was also informed about the visit of Dr. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Chair, GWP to India Water

Partnership Secretariat, WAPCOS Ltd., Gurgaon (Haryana) on 2nd May, 2013. In the meeting the

governance issues were also discussed and suggestions were sought from the members for further

improvement. The Audit Reports for both GWP funds and Indi Water Partnership institutional funds

were also presented before the members for their information and adoption.

2.3. Reregistration of India Water Partnership as per Haryana Societies Registration & Regulation Act 2012

Earlier India Water Partnership was registered under Societies Registration Act 1860. In 2013 it has been re-registered under Haryana Societies Registration & Regulation Act 2012. Accordingly the India Water Partnership has amended its Memorandum & Articles of Association as per the new Act.

Activity 3: Strengthening Partnerships (Representation of IWP in important forums)

3.1. Visit of Dr. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Chair, GWP to India Water Partnership (GWP-India)

Dr. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss visited India

Water Partnership Secretariat, WAPCOS

Ltd., Gurgaon (Haryana) on 2nd May, 2013.

A meeting was organized her honour by

India Water Partnership which was

attended by senior officials of WAPCOS Ltd.

and Delhi based India Water Partnership

and GWP partners. Dr. R.K. Gupta,

President, India Water Partnership and

Chairman-cum- Managing Director

WAPCOS extended a warm welcome to Dr.

Ursula. A short presentation on the

services rendered by WAPCOS Ltd. in

water, power & infrastructure sector, its GWP Chair, President, IWP, senior officials of WAPCOS and IWP partners

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presence in India and abroad and various achievements was presented by Mr. R K Agrawal, Chief

Engineer, WAPCOS Ltd. At the end, Dr. Veena Khanduri presented about core areas of India Water

Partnership, governance issues and the important activities taken up by India Water Partnership in the

recent past. The Chair, GWP said that India is a big country and so are the challenges. She appreciated

that India Water Partnership’s contributions at local, national and regional level. Lastly the meeting

ended with vote of thanks by Dr. Veena Khanduri.

3.2. Participation of Dr. Veena Khanduri, Executive Secretary, IWP in the Ninth Annual International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Renewal and Reconstruction held from 8th July to 11th July, 2013 at Brisbane, Australia

On the invitation of Australian Aid (AusAid) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), sponsors of the 9th Annual International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Renewal and Reconstruction, Dr. Veena Khanduri, Executive Secretary, India Water Partnership participated in this conference which was organized from 8th July to 11th July, 2013 Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia. During the conference, Dr. Khanduri also made a presentation on “Women in Disaster Resilience – Indian Context”.

The Conference provided Dr. Veena Khanduri an opportunity to understand disasters in detail about Risk Informed Disaster Management: Planning for Response, Recovery & Resilience. The topics covered under this conference were from different backgrounds ranging from risk assessment, prevention, mitigation, preparedness and response to techno-legal regime, response, relief and rehabilitation, reconstruction and recovery and creating & sustaining community resilience. On return from the conference, Dr. Veena Khanduri submitted a report to the organizers on the lessons learnt, emergence of new ideas from the conference for future disaster management and infrastructure protection goals, benefits to the participating countries from the conference, etc.

3.3. First Meeting of Technical Committee of India Water Week-2014

The first meeting of the Technical Committee for organizing India Water Week- 2014 (IWW-2014) was held on 13.08.2013 under the chairmanship of Chairman, Central Water Commission (CWC). Dr. Veena Khanduri, Executive Secretary (IWP) and Mr. V.U. Koundanya, Executive Director (Planning) WAPCOS Ltd. in the capacity of the Technical Committee members participated in the meeting. The main outcome of the meeting was to finalize the dates and venue for the IWW-2014. Accordingly, it was decided that IWW-2014 inauguration and plenary session would be held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 2nd December, 2014 while the conferences and exhibitions would be held at India Exposition Mart Limited (IEML), Greater Noida from 3-6th December, 2014.

During the meeting, program structure was discussed in detail and indicative topics were also proposed. It was also decided that special events would be organized by leading organizations. Committee members appreciating the role of GWP, GWP-SAS and GWP- India, suggested to involve GWP for special events.Dr. Veena Khanduri said that GWP-India will send all the important communications to GWP to play active role in IWW- 2014. She also suggested that WAPCOS Ltd can facilitate in organizing ministerial delegation from Africa and South East Asia. The suggested theme for IWW-2014 is “Water Management for Sustainable Development.”

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3.4. Executive Committee Meeting of Indian Water Resources Society (IWRS)

The Executive Committee meeting of IWRS (a partner of IWP) was held on 19th August, 2013 at Central

Water Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India under the Chairmanship of Mr. A B

Pandya, President, IWRS and Chairman, Central Water Commission. Dr. Veena Khanduri, Executive

Secretary, IWP as a member of IWRS participated in the meeting.

Mr. A.B. Pandya in his inaugural address cited serious challenges being faced by the water sector in the

country. He particularly mentioned the unscientific and one sided debate being held in the media on

various issues, the recent one is floods in Uttarakhand where the main cause of flood was cloud burst

which took away a number of thousands of human and animal lives and damaged the infrastructure

heavily.But the debate on the issue unfortunately turned later on that construction of dams was the

reason for such havoc, as if dams have created the floods. He pointed out that the IWRS was created for

this very purpose of taking any discussion/debate in water sector as sensible, scientific and well

informed manner, which is not happening. He implored the IWRS to initiate systematic work in this

direction.

Dr. M.K. Sinha, Member, IWRS and Commissioner (PP), Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India

suggested that IWRS should also discuss the current policy issues and support the Government with

relevant and appropriate recommendations. He further suggested that a half day session may be

organized on River Conservation Zone, the need of which has been felt strongly after Uttarakhand

floods. Dr. Veena Khanduri supported the idea and informed that GWP-India and IWRS have almost

similar objectives and such initiate would be fully supported by GWP-India also. She offered to support

organization of the event.

3.5. GWP Consulting Partners Meeting and Stockholm World Water Week-2013 Mr. R K Gupta, President, India Water Partnership and Chairman-cum-Managing Director, WAPCOS Ltd. participated in the Global Water Partnership (GWP) Annual Consulting Partners Meeting on 1st September, 2013. Dr. Veena Khanduri, Executive Secretary, India Water Partnership accompanied Mr. R K Gupta for the meeting. During the meeting, Dr. Gupta suggested to include the short-term and long-term targets to achieve the goals of GWP strategy-2020.Mr. R K Gupta also attended the Stockholm World Water Week from 2nd September to 6th September, 2013 and participated in various events/seminars. During the discussions on Draft GWP Strategy “Towards 2020”, Dr. Veena Khanduri suggested that countries will incorporate their respective focus areas with the thematic areas identified in the new strategy. Both the above officials also attended the GWP Annual lecture which was delivered by Ambassador Robert Van Lierop “Adapt or Die: Compelling questions for the future of climate adaptation”. During the meeting, Dr. Veena Khanduri

Mr. R K Gupta, President, IWP and Dr. Veena Khanduri, Executive Secretary, IWP in the GWP Annual Consulting Partners Meeting-2013

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was interviewed by Ms. Eva Blassar, Writer & Media Officer, GWP which has been uploaded on YouTube. The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arUDxo5T3CM. Her interview mainly focused on India’s National Water Policy-2012. The GWP Consulting Partners Meeting and Stockholm Water Week were also attended by Mr. Alok Rawat, I.A.S., Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India and Mr. S Masood Hussain, Director General, National Water Development Agency, Govt. of India. 3.6. Participation of Dr Veena Khanduri, Executive Secretary, India Water Partnership in Regional Workshop on “Training Needs and Gaps Assessment on Adaptation and Resilience to a Changing Climate in South Asia” at Kathmandu on 4th& 5th Sept, 2013 Dr. Veena Khanduri, Executive Secretary, IWP and Prof. Santosh Kumar, Director, SAARC Disaster Management Centre, New Delhi participated in the Regional workshop on Training Needs and Gaps Assessment on Adaptation and Resilience to a Changing Climate in South Asia on 4th& 5th September, 2013 at Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop was organized jointly by Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) & GWP-South Asia (one of the thematic nodes of APAN in collaboration with its partners). The workshop was also attended by policy makers from the respective Country Water Partnerships and International experts on water and climate change. On 4th September, 2013, Prof. Santosh Kumar chaired a session on “Water Security Progress and Success Stories” and Dr. Veena Khanduri was one of the panellists in the session. Dr Veena Khanduri elaborated on the current context of water security in India. She said that in context of India, the water security means effective responses to changing water conditions in terms of quality, quantity and uneven distribution. On the second day i.e, 5th September, 2013, a session on “IWRM for Water Security: Coherent Policies or Strategies and Institutional Policies” was organized under the Chairmanship of Mr.Tadashige Kawasaki of NARBO. In this session also Dr. Veena Khanduri was one of the panelists and made presentation on “IWRM as Water Security”. Dr. Khanduri focused on the IWRM policies and how that is being implemented at the ground level, what are the institutional mechanisms and barriers for implementation in India. She shared the success stories of some of the India Water Partnership’s partners who are engaged in the promotion of IWRM at local level in India.

3.7. Participation of Mr. S C Jain, Dr. K Vijya Lakshmi, Regional Council Members and Dr. Veena Khanduri, Executive Secretary, India Water Partnership in the 19th Regional Council Meeting and Country Coordinators Meeting at Thimpu, Bhutan

On the invitation of Regional Office, GWP-South Asia, Mr. S C Jain, Regional Council Member, Dr. K Vijya Lakshmi, Regional Council Member and Dr. Veena Khanduri, Executive Secretary, India Water Partnership participated in the 19th Regional Council meeting of GWP-South Asia held at Thimpu, Bhutan from 20th to 24th November, 2013.

Dr. Veena Khanduri also participated in the Country Coordinators’ meeting which was held on 23rd November, 2013 at the same venue. During this meeting, she presented the India Water Partnership’s Work Plan-2014 and also made a presentation on the implementation of WACREP Program in India in detail.

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Chapter 3: Water and Climate Resilience Program (WACREP)

3.1. Introduction South Asia is endowed with vast water resources, which are essential for basic human needs, agriculture, hydropower, industries and to sustain aquatic environment. However, as per UNDP estimates around 2.5 billion people in South Asia, will be affected by water stress and scarcity by 2050.The sub-region has a low resilience due to low per capita water storage capacity. As a result region is likely to be particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate variability, including increased frequency and severity of drought or flood events (Asian Development Outlook 2013).

3.2. Objectives Water and Climate Resilience Program (WACREP), an innovative initiative of Global Water Partnership (GWP) South Asia has been devised to improve the climate resilience of South Asian countries to withstand the impact of climate change. More than 40 climate resilience interventions are planned for the first phase (October, 2013 to March, 2015) of the program with the financial support of GWPO1 and DFID2. On successful completion of first phase, a set of new activities will be taken up during the second phase. The main objectives of the program are

Develop and integrate 'no regrets' water security and climate resilience investments into their development plans, budgets and programs;

Identify solutions to address critical water security challenges to enhance climate resilience of countries and communities;

Build knowledge and capacity to enhance water security and climate resilience; and

Operationalize the GWP network with strategic allies and stakeholders to integrate water security and climate resilience in the development process.

3.3. Launch of WACREP and Countries implementing the Program The WACREP was launched at the India Water week in April 2013 by GWP-South Asia to improve the climate resilience of South Asian countries to withstand the impact of climate change through the implementation of 8 work packages aligned with GWP strategic goals. The program is being implemented by the Country Water Partnerships of GWP-South Asia namely; Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with the support of national and regional partners. The program is also having synergies with Regional Institutions and initiatives on on-going climate change projects to ensure effectiveness of the program. The first Phase of WACREP Program started in October 2013 and will continue until March 2015. This program under second phase will take up new set of activities with additional funding.

The program intends to enhance Water security & climate resilience through better water resources management in South Asia. It also aims to boost the capacities of partnership, institutes and stakeholders to integrate water security and climate resilience in development planning and decision making process leading to local climate resilience investment program and plans.

1 Global Water Partnership Secretariat (GWPO)

2 United Kingdom Department of International Development

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3.4. Partners of WACREP in India India Water Partnership is implementing the different activities under WACREP w.e.f October, 2013 through six implementing partners in India, details of which are given in the table 4.

Table 4: WACREP Partners and Activities

S.No. Activity Implementing Partner/(s)

1. High level consultation to improve regional cooperation between SAARC countries

SAARC Disaster Management Centre, New Delhi and India Water Partnership, Gurgaon, Haryana

2. Compilation of No/Low Regret Investment Options and Opportunities for Water Harvesting in Maharashtra-India

Institute for Development Initiatives, New Delhi

3. Climate change: Coping and adaptation in rural and coaster ecosystems in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

Dhan Foundation, Madurai

4. Identifying strategies for building climate change in Wainganga river basin

Gomukh Environmental Trust for Sustainable Development, Pune

5. Climate Resilient Development in Bundelkhand Region of Madhya Pradesh

Development Alternatives, New Delhi

6. Improved community resilience against climate change in semi-arid area (Sinhar watershed, Bhinder block, Udaipur district, South Rajasthan

Action for Food Production, New Delhi

7. Study on traditional copying mechanisms adopted by rural communities and their relevance for adaptation to climate change in North-East India (Meghalaya & Mizoram)

Institute for Development Initiatives, New Delhi

8. Project coordination including Monitoring & Evaluation India Water Partnership, Gurgaon, Haryana

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Chapter 4: Communication Materials 4.1. India Water Partnership During the reporting period IWP developed three newslines on:

(i) Formation of an Area Water Partnership to rejuvenate Shivana River;

(ii) Identification of Priority Issues on Water, Agriculture and Climate Change in India under Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) Initiative; and

(iii) India Water Week-2013 (based on two side events organized by GWP-South Asia in association with IWP and WAPCOS Ltd. on the topic (a) Improved Efficiency for increased Resilience to Climate Change – an Integrated Water Resources Management Perspective; (b) Seminar on Different Capacities, Different Roles – Empowering South Asian Women for Climate Change Adaptation.

4.2. GWP-South Asia With the technical inputs provided by IWP and other Country Water Partnerships of GWP- South Asia, the Regional Office, GWP-South Asia has prepared a Technical Report under GWP-South Asia and Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) initiatives for the countries of Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka towards the initiatives taken-up by these countries for water security with regard to climate change. The Regional Office has also prepared a policy brief on “Coping with the increased intensities of floods and droughts in South Asia: The Way Forward” with the technical inputs of IWP and other Country Water Partnerships of GWP- South Asia. All the above documents have been widely disseminated through workshops/seminars and websites of IWP and Regional Office, GWP-South Asia.

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Chapter 5: Major Events Celebrated

5.1. Celebration of World Water Day in Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh World Water Day was celebrated by India Water Partnership with the support of its network partner; Safe Water Network India (SWNI) in 14 villages of Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh from March 13 to March 22, 2014, with different kinds of activities organized as a means to focus the community attention on critical water issues like water scarcity, water conservation etc. Banners and posters were placed at all Jal Stations (small water kiosks) in the villages, to raise awareness on the importance of water resources and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.

5.2. Celebration of World Water Day In Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh

India Water Partnership with the support of Neer Foundation, India Water Portal and The Institution of Engineers (India) celebrated World Water Day, 2014 at Meerut by organizing a one day workshop on “Water & Energy - Efficiency, Security & Sustainability’. The workshop and was organized at Meerut Chambers of Commerce, Uttar Pradesh.

Dr. Veena Khanduri, Executive Secretary, India Water Partnership was the Chief Guest on the occasion and shared the dais with Mr. C.P Gupta, Chairman of The Institution of Engineers (India), Dr. Anil Joshi of Himalayan Environmental Studies & Conservation Organization (HESCO), Ms. Amita Bhaduri of India Water Portal, Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Honorable Secretary, MLC and Mr. Raman Kant Tyagi, President, Neer Foundation. On this occasion, Dr. Veena Khanduri launched the new strategy of GWP “Towards 2020”. In her address, she emphasized the need to bring all stakeholders in the water sector under a platform for sustainable management of the water resources.

Posters displayed in the project villages

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Mr. C P Gupta said that water and energy are closely interconnected and choices made in one sector affects the other, positively or negatively. He also added that Uttar Pradesh is grappling with an acute power as well as water crisis. Gupta stressed that the flat rate that farmers are charged for power leaves them no incentive for adopting water conservation practices.

Ms. Amita Bhaduri of India Water Portal

discussed the prominent role of water

resources in energy generation; be it hydel,

thermal or nuclear. The workshop ended

with the release of book ‘History of

Parikshitgarh’ written By Mr. Harishankar

Sharma.

5.3. Celebration of World Water Day, 2014 by Action for Food Production (AFPRO) at Udaipur,

Rajasthan

India Water Partnership with support of its network partner AFPRO celebrated World Water Day, 2014 at Govt. Upper Primary School of Phoosariya village, Bhinder block of Udaipur district. Around 100 school children of the Government school participated in the event. Phoosariya village is one of the 10 selected villages for intervention under Water and Climate Resilience Programme (WACREP).

Mr. Hari Singh Ranawat, Principal of the Government school welcomed the team members of AFPRO. Sr. Specialist-Natural Resources Management from AFPRO gave an introductory speech about the concpt of “Water and Climate Resilience Programme” (WACREP) which is linking water conservation and its sustainable use for improvement of livelihood sources and water harvesting for water conservation. Mr. C.P. Choubisa, Chief Functionary of Apna Santhan sensitized school children about the information related to five elements of planet viz. Water, Air, Earth, Light and Fire. At the end Dr. GPS Jhala from AFPRO shared the information about water cycle through a poster for the children. The talk was concluded with vote of thanks from School principal Mr. Hari Singh Ranawat.

Mr. C.P. Choubisa is interacting with the participants

Dr. Veena Khanduri (at Centre) launching the GWP-Strategy “Towards 2020” along with other dignitaries during the workshop

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The school children participated in the message and slogan writing competition emphasizing the importance of water and its conservation. Thereafter a rally was oragnised in Phoosariya village. 30 girls and 70 boys and about 30 persons from the village participated in the rally. The songs and slogan in local language was voiced in the rally. The slogan was also tagged by children during the rally.

5.4. Celebration of World Water Day, 2014 by Udyama, Bolangir District, Odisha

Udyama, one of the network partner of India Water Partnership observed World Water Day, 2014 at Jhalap village which lies in the Bongamunda Block of Titlagada Revenue Division, of Bolangir district of Odisha. The aim was to sensitize the people living in the Jhalap village on safe water use, better sanitation habits, hygiene, conservation of biodiversity, and water conservation. Events like cleaning of local water bodies, water quality testing of the local water bodies, etc. On this occasion, a rally was organized in which the school children showcased slogans on water conservation and its importance.

Local Sarapanch, Self Help Group Leaders, women folks of the village, Angawadi workers, teachers, students and local Govt. officials joined and participated in the World Water Day celebration.

5.5. Celebration of World Water Day, 2014 by All India Women Conference at Komaragiri Village, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh

India Water Partnership is supporting All India Women’s Conference (AIWC) for organizing Awareness generation workshops and water quality testing by rural women for using safe drinking water in Kommaragiri Village, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh. The AIWC also celebrated the World Water Day,2014 by organizing a workshop on Awareness Generation & Water Quality Testing by Rural Women for Using Safe Drinking Water as a part of the project. The workshop was organized on 22 March, 2014 at Komaragiri Village by AIWC, Kakinada Branch in Andhra Pradesh. Smt Veena Kholi, President AIWC, New Delhi inaugurated the workshop by launching the new strategy of GWP “Towards 2020”. Shri V.S.Vijaya Kumar Scientist of National Institute of Hydrology, gave a speech on the importance of water and the various methods of harvesting rain water. He also gave a demonstration of the Water Testing Kit which was certified by IIT Chennai.

Shri P.Subramanyam, emphasized on optimum utilization of water in agriculture. Smt. Kalpakam Yechury, the Project Coordinator explained the rationale behind the project and on the problems faced

School children participating in the rally

Observation of World Water Day with school children

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by women while procuring water. She emphasized that women should take lead in water management and plan for better usage of this resource which will become rare in the future years to come. Smt.L.Sesh Kumari, Secretary of the Kakinada Branch ended the workshop by explaining the importance of the World Water Day and giving a vote of thanks to all the participants. The workshop was attended by representatives of the Self Help Groups and villagers.

5.6. Celebration of World Water Day by Shivana Area Water Partnership at Mandsaur Town,

Madhya Pradesh

Shivana Area Water Partnership (AWP) formed by India Water Partnership celebrated the World Water Day on 22nd March, 2014 at Mandsaur town, Madhya Pradesh, the Headquarters of Shivana AWP. The event was chaired by Mr. Narendra Singh Sipani, President, Shivana AWP. On this occasion, Mr. Sipani said that the water crisis is increasing day by day throughout the World. This is the reason the whole World celebrates the World Water Day to fight with the water crisis and to take suitable measures for its conservation. Mr. Sipani further told that Shivana river is the lifeline for the Mandsaur town. However, the water does not flow round the year. Therefore, Shivana AWP is making concerted efforts to rejuvenate the Shivana river and to make it pollution free through people’s participation and awareness generation.

Mr. Brajesh Joshi, an active member of Shivana AWP and Senior Journalist told that attempt is being made from the past 15 years to clean and purify this river and planning is also done but there remain some gaps in implementation. He further said that there is need to make Shivana river pollution free through better planning and coordination.

Dr. J K Jain proposed to give a Memorandum to the Government of Madhya Pradesh for prohibiting sand mining for stopping river bank erosion. He said that we will take this action as early as possible. Mr. Sudip Das told that we should utilize the water as we do our bank transaction. For example; we deposit more money in the bank and withdraw less so that the remaining money left in bank, can be used in future and so should be case with water utilization. Hence the water utilization should be done with utmost care. The students present in the celebration were told about the water conservation through different means.

Er. Sunil Vyas told that due to ground

water extraction to the tune of 136 % in

the Mandsaur district, water table has

gone very down leading to water crisis.

Hence the awareness generation for

conjunctive use of water and its

recharging/replenishment is necessary.

The event was also addressed by Prof. V

P Gupta of Horticulture College, Mr.

Shashikant Garg, an entrepreneur, Mr. Rao

Vijay Singh, Treasurer, Shivana AWP. The

vote of thanks was given by Mr. Vikram Vidyarthi, member, Shivana AWP. The event was covered by the

local print media.

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Chapter 6: Accounts and Finances

The financial year for GWP is from January to December. The audited statements of accounts for the year 2013 in respect of GWP funds and IWP Institutional fund is given below:

(i) Audited Statements of GWP Funds for 2013 (As on 31st December, 2013)

(ii) Audited Accounts of IWP Institutional Funds for 2013-2014 (As on 31st March, 2014)

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