The study conducts an extensive water quality survey in sixteen reaches of Kali river in western Uttar Pradesh to estimate the inflow of two major nutrients from point and non-point sources.
Often groundwater pumping is undertaken assuming the resource to be infinite. This myth has been shattered in the last few decades with increasing scarcity and deterioration in terms of quality as a consequence of over-exploitation and mismanagement of this resource to meet competing demands for drinking water and other needs in urban cities. However, managing groundwater is not an easy task. This is simply because a groundwater molecule underground is always in motion but never visible in situ. This inherent dynamic and hidden nature of ground water in terms of quality and quantity makes it difficult to manage groundwater resources
आइये इस ब्लॉग में जानते हैं कि द फिनांसेस एंड पब्लिक वर्क्स ऑफ इंडिया सन् 1869-1881’ से लिए गए इस उद्धरण से समझ में आएगा कि चुटकी भर नमक के ऊपर लगे पसेरी भर कर का भयानक वर्णन करने वाली इस पुस्तक का नाम लेखक रॉय मॉक्सहम ने बाड़ से जोड़कर कैसे रखा है | Let us know about the quote taken from 'The Finances and Public Works of India, 1869-1881' will help you understand how the author Roy Moxham has associated the name of this book with the fence, which gives a horrific description of the Paseri Bhar tax imposed on a pinch of salt.
In the recent past, Dr. Dipul Choudhury from Guwahati (Assam), managed to ensure rainwater harvesting arrangements in his newly constructed multistoried building at Tarun Nagar, Guwahati (Assam). The results have been very satisfactory and he is proudly nicknamed "Resident Water Manager".
The fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) mentioned the “potential for population migration” due to increase in the number of areas affected by droughts and an increase in the intense tropical cyclones activities. Available scientific evidences indicate that a large number of people might be displaced due to climate change. However, much of the literature on this issue refers to the question of whether the people forced to migrate as a consequence of climate change should be described as climate refugees. The international community is yet to recognise this new category of migrants.
i3 aims to capture the innovative ideas from the Indian innovators in the age group of 18 years and above, including students and professional innovators.
The Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council's (WSSCC) Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) calls for a country programme manager for a sanitation and hygiene programme in India
The Apr- May 2010 issue focusses on thhe state government policies, programmes and practices in water resources and the need to bring focus of water & agriculture policies onto rainfed farming.
Neel Ka Dhabba recounts how Gandhiji washed away the stain of cruel oppression of Champaran's Indigo farmers forcibly made to grow Indigo by processors-traders, using caution, non-violence, courage and humility. The essay is narrated by Gandhiji himself.
Climate change has been denied, labelled as a myth and a political manoeuvre or synergised with individual weather events. Many states have failed to come up with an Action Plan on Climate Change.
