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Assessing the health of river Ganga
Posted on 08 Dec, 2022 07:07 PMDams can bind and gag rivers
Structures such as locks, dams, barrages, and weirs are known to drastically reduce the longitudinal connectivity of rivers, impact downstream flow, and alter riverine ecosystems.
Small scale inland open water fisheries of India
Posted on 04 Dec, 2022 11:24 AMWhat are inland waters
The Cauvery - dammed and fractured
Posted on 23 Nov, 2022 03:58 PMIndia is a dammed country. According to the National Registry for Large Dams (NRLD), in 2016 a total of 4877 dams were built in India and 313 dams were still under construction.
Improving community resilience in ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in India
Posted on 16 Nov, 2022 10:54 PMSince 2019, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in-collaboration with Partners for Resilience (PfR) have developed and implemented scalable Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) models, working a
Wheat sowing dates influences yields in Eastern Gangetic Plains
Posted on 02 Nov, 2022 07:51 PMWheat is a principal crop staple in South Asia with current cultivation extending across 36.1 million ha; around 73% of this area is in India where wheat provides approximately 21% of the aggregate food energy and 17% o
Assessing Udaipur’s groundwater reserves
Posted on 29 Oct, 2022 03:21 PMPopulation increase has placed ever-increasing demands on the available groundwater resources, particularly for intensive agricultural activities.
Groundwater policy affects stubble burning in the north west
Posted on 29 Oct, 2022 11:20 AMAn estimated 620 million tons of crop residue is generated annually in India, of which 16% is burnt in field. The major contribution in stubble burning is paddy straw (43%), wheat straw (21%) followed by sugarcane (19%).
Groundwater prospective zones in Bundelkhand
Posted on 22 Oct, 2022 08:07 PMIn the Bundelkhand craton region, groundwater is the primary source of drinking water. Due to low rainfall, agriculture mainly depends on the goundwater supply, which comes through bore wells. Most of the time, the region faces a water crisis during the summer season as the wells and tube wells go dry.
What causes tropical cyclone driven floods in India?
Posted on 22 Oct, 2022 07:10 PMTropical cyclones are intense circular storms that originate over tropical oceans and are among the most significant threats to human life and property in the world. Tropical cyclones are associated with heavy rainfall and strong winds, which cause hazards such as storm surges and inland flooding.
Minimising the impact of floods: The role of income and governmental response
Posted on 20 Oct, 2022 02:28 PMIndia is one of the most flood-affected country following China and floods account for 53 percent of the disasters followed by cyclones (21 percent), landslides (10 percent), cold waves (6.4 percent), earthquakes (4.2 percent), and droughts (2 percent).