Malawi economic monitor, February 2024
Watersheds play a crucial role in sustaining the ecosystem, biodiversity, wildlife, agriculture, and human population by serving as the natural resource base for all forms of life. These natural boundaries
Watershed Development
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The biggest challenge in watershed programme
What is the use of forming green communities if they do not fetch benefits for the rural society? WATER AND DEVELOPMENT
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Use of GIS tools in water resources engineering
<p>Information technology is best thing to happen after industrial revolution for human society. IT has invaded our lives and taken over our work sphere to a great extent. Like in all the professional fields, IT has left its marks on the ways a civil engineer works.
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World Bank launches scheme to green government accounts
The World Bank on Thursday launched a programme to help nations put a value on nature just like GDP in a bid to stop the destruction of forests, wetlands and reefs that underpin businesses and economies. The five-year pilot project backed by India, Mexico and other nations aims to embed nature into national accounts to draw in the full benefits of services such as coastal protection from mangro
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Tap more groundwater for irrigation: CM
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to sink 2,000 more borewells for extending irrigation facilities to cultivable land in Padampur sub-division of Bargarh district, one of the perennially drought-prone areas of Orissa. A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat here today.
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Fluoride characterization of hard rock shallow aquifers of Chittar watershed, Tambaraparani river, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu
<p>For understantind the fluoride characterization, about 82 groundwater samples has been collected at different locations in the study area. Charnockite and biotite gneiss are the major lithounits of the area.</p>
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Selection of potential sites for augmenting groundwater recharge in Manesar nala watershed in Gurgaon (Haryana) using RS-GIS approach
A pilot study was conducted to analyze the potential site suitability for constructing the groundwater recharge structures in Manesar Nala watershed, Gurgaon, Haryana using space technology integrated
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Soil fertility in relation to altitude, slope and aspect in hilly watershed of lower Shivalik
Soil fertility status of hilly microwater watershed in Shivalik hills, was assessed in relation to three locality factors, viz. altitude, slope and aspect. It was found that at higher altitude (440-450
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Watershed management and eco-restoration of degraded lands in Northwest Himalayas
Soil and water are the two important natural resources, which are the backbone of the Indian agriculture. The prime cause for the backwardness of the farmers is reduction in soil fertility and productivity,
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Bioindustrial horticultural watersheds
The only hope of feeding India's future population of 1500 million lies in the sea food and horticulture. National Commission for Farms and Farmers under chairmanship of Prof. M. S. Swaminathan says that
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Gram Panchayats keeping villages clean to get "Ujjwal Gram Puruskar"
Bhopal, Sept 24: Ujjwal Gram Puruskar will be given to Nirmal Gram Panchayats so that villages should become clean and government schemes are implemented there in a better way.