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Administrative areas categorised as overexploited with respect to groundwater (2006)
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 05:26 PMThe table below provides a categorization of blocks, mandals, taluks and watersheds as overexploited and dark on an all India basis with respect to status of groundwater use and availability.
Data on urban water supply and sewerage for all major cities in India from the CPHEEO (2001)
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 05:15 PMThis database aims to evolve suitable policy in the field of water supply and sanitation sector and is useful in analyzing the data for implementing suitable programmes in India. As a first step, it was proposed to collect data for all 423 Class I cities in the country, as per census 2001 in the already devised and approved formats for Water Supply Sewerage and Solid Waste Management.
Class 1 (population greater than 1,00,000) towns and cities across India (2001 census) by Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO)
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 05:06 PMThe Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO) is a technical wing of the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, and deals with the matters related to urban water supply and sanitation including solid waste management in the country.
Basin and water quality map for all major rivers of the country
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:53 PMWatershed atlas of India from the Central Ground Water Board provides quite detailed basin maps for all major rivers of the country. To view the map by Central Ground Water Board click here
Master plan (2002) for artificial recharge to groundwater by Central Ground Water Board
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:49 PMRealising the necessity and urgency to provide sustainability to ground water resources in the critical areas of the country, Central Ground Water Board prepared a "Master Plan for Artificial Recharge to Ground Water" in 2002, for different States and Union Territories of the country.
State-wise data of groundwater contamination by Central Pollution Control Board
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:41 PMCentral Pollution Control Board (CPCB) presents a table of groundwater contamination in different states, as well as a table of areas with particularly high chemical contamination due to industrial activity.
Hydro-power guidelines flawed - An article from India Together
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:37 PM"Hydro-power guidelines flawed", is a critique by Himanshu Thakkar, written in June 2006, of the recent guidelines from the Ministry of Power, that encourage private sector participation in the development of large hydro projects.
Data on river basins, water pollution, water quality, projects and financing from ministry of water resources
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:34 PMWebsite of Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India. contains summary or data on river basins, water resources, water pollution, water quality, projects and financing etc.
Centre absent from water projects - An article from India Together
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:31 PM"Centre absent from water projects", is a report by Himanshu Thakkar, written in May 2007, on the need for developing procedures to ensure that projects that have not been approved by either CWC or the Planning Commission do not get statutory clearances, so that such central agencies do not work more like agents for sub-optimal development.
Information on droughts and floods in India by ministry of water resources
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:24 PMFloods: In India, out of the total geographical area of 329 m ha., the flood prone area has been estimated as 45.64 m.ha. Heavy flood damages were experienced in the country during the monsoon of 1955, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1998, 2001 & 2004.