This book contains 11 chapters covering various essential aspects of spring-shed management like database assessment, standard definitions and classifications, mapping methodologies, discharge measurement
In the hard-rock terrains of Peninsular India groundwater resource management cannot be generally achieved through policy and regulatory actions by government, given the extremely large numbers of individually small users and the limited institutional capacity which needs to be focused on that small proportion of critical aquifers at risk of irreversible degradation.
The article on Groundwater: Towards an aquifer management framework by Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni and P.S. Vijay Shankar, published in the Economic and Political Weekly (Feb 07-13, 2009) was very insightful. The current debates on groundwater issues are quite encouraging as better solutions are being sought to cope through the crisis.
The purpose of this study is to provide an Indian civil society view on the contents of the Indian government
NEW DELHI: Union Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy on Wednesday inaugurated
Ahmedabad : Imagine if Gujarat breaks away into six to seven islands due to floods with sea water gushing inland through the Gulf of Kutch, Gulf of Khambhatt and other coastal areas.
OUR BUREAU The mushrooming of housing estates and their overdependence on groundwater have caused a drastic fall in the city
DEEPANKAR GANGULY AND JAYANTA BASU A third of Calcutta may sink if the drastic fall in the groundwater level is not arrested immediately. The city
Geeta Gupta Posted: Jan 16, 2009 at 2351 hrs IST New Delhi: In a bid to preserve Delhi
AS appeared recently in the media, sharp fall in underground water level will make about three lakh shallow tubewells inoperative during the Boro season hampering cultivation on eight lakh hectares of land, which is 16 per cent of total arable land. BADC sources have reportedly said this problem would ultimately reduce Boro production by about 28 lakh tonnes.
The water table in the city has shown an improvement of 1.08 meters due to good rains last year, which may bring some relief to the residents here.
