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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Integration of policies in framing water management problem in the Indian Himalayas
While there is growing realization that IWRM policy packages are exploited by various actors, there is inadequate understanding of the integration of these in shaping and reshaping water management. This paper contributes to this understanding by analyzing this policy process using Bayesian network tool
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Application of modified soil conservation service curve number (SCS-CN) method for estimation-cum-comparison of moisture storage values of untreated and treated Shivalik micro watersheds
Computer based programming models are useful analysis tools to understand the watershed planning cum management problem and to find solutions through the best management practices (BMPs) and bio-engineering
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Soil erosion studies of Alanthurai watershed located in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu using USLE model
A field study was conducted at the Alanthurai watershed in order to estimate the soil erosion status using GIS and USLE. The annual soil loss values estimated from the USLE is represented pictorially using
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K R Datye: Visionary of a sustainable and equitable future
K R Datye, a civil engineer by profession, worked for more than half a century on ideas for the water, energy and infrastructure sectors, ideas that were based on a vision for India of a sustainable, equitable and a democratic agro-industrial society. A critical appraisal of KRD
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National award for Watershed dept
The Watershed Development in the district has now got a feather in its cap. It has bagged the National Productivity Award - 2009 for successful implementation of Palar left bank subwatershed project under Sujala programme.
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After 33 yrs, drainage set to see masterplan
Many parts of Delhi were flooded after what the authorities called
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Chhattisgarh govt junks successful tribal scheme
Three Rupees and something more
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Misappropriation in watershed projects
In the backdrop of misappropriation in watershed development projects, Madikeri Taluk Panchayat members demanded the suspension of Watershed department officer at the taluk panchayat meeting on Monday.
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Govt signs pact with World Bank for three projects
New Delhi, Aug. 26 The Government has signed agreements with World Bank for three projects here on Wednesday. The three projects are
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Mid-Himalayan project ushers in prosperity
The World Bank-funded Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project has started making a positive impact on the quality of life of the people. The Rs 365-crore project has, over the past three years, increased returns from farmland and solved the problem of fuel and fodder to a large extent.