Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India (Forum to be brief), in collaboration with Aaranyak (Guwahati); Centre for the Environment, IIT (Guwahati); Arghyam (Bangalore); SaciWATERs-CapNet Network (SCaN) and Cap-Net, organised the Training Workshop on Understanding and Resolving Water Conflicts in the North East at Guwahati from 23-26 January 2012.

[The following is an open letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared in Economic and Political Weekly (December 17, 2011; Vol. XLVI No.

From Pranab Ranjan Choudhury and Priyabrata Satapathy, Baitarani initiative, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

'Dam Concern' From The Sentinel, Arunachal Pradesh edition, August 14, 2010

We just came to know from Doraiswamy of Jalaspandana that Shri K.V. Rao expired due to cardiac arrest on 24 August 2009 at 8 pm at his residence Kolluru village and mandal, near Tenali, Guntur District. As you all know he has been closely associated with the work of the Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India and in the first phase he was also part of the Steering Committee.

by Darryl D'Monte

Judging by the 16 years it took for the right to education to be legislated, the right to water and sanitation is a long way off. But there is much to be learned from the efforts of NGOs, meanwhile. Darryl D'Monte reports.