Water resources at a glance 2022
Water resources of India are examined in the context of the growing population and the national ambition to become and be seen as a developed nation. Planning, development and management of water resources
Central Water Commission (CWC)
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State wise flood damage statistics
The damage data upto 2017 has been finalized in CWC duly confirmed by the states. State wise damage data and for the country as a whole for the period 1953 to 2017 has been included. <a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/state
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Ganga river basin planning assessment report
The World Bank has assigned Deltares and its partners AECOM India and FutureWater to carry out the project “Analytical Work and Technical Assistance to support Strategic Basin Planning for Ganga River
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Comprehensive flood management in India
Flood may cause innumerable problems like soil erosion. In order to protect the crops, agricultural land and human lives, a sound flood management measures and financial performance of investments in
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Guidelines for sediment management in hydropower and water resources projects
Reservoir sedimentation has been a pertinent issue for diversion structures for a very long time. Sedimentation of reservoirs pose problems like loss of live storage, erosion and turbine coating, frequent
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Study report: Kerala floods of August 2018
This study analyses the August 2018 Kerala floods by examining earlier floods in the region, rainfall data before and during the disaster, and both the reservoir operations and runoff computations of various
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Flood Damage Statistics (Statewise and for the Country as a whole) for the Period 1953 to 2016
The flood damage data upto 2016 has been finalized in CWC duly confirmed by the states. State wise damage data and for the country as a whole for the period 1953 to 201 6 has been included in this document.
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Guildelines for preparation of DPR for flood management works
These guidelines for preparation of Detailed project report for flood management works primarily deals with structural part of flood management. These guidelines deliberated on the outlines of the detailed
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National register of large dams 2018
National Register of Large Dam (NRLD) is a compilation of the dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government/Authority concerned. In NRLD the definition of “large dams”
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Status of trace and toxic metals in Indian rivers 2018
<p>42 rivers in India are polluted with at least two toxic heavy metals reveals this report published by Central Water Commission.Ganga, the national river, is polluted with five heavy metals—chromium, copper, nickel, lead and iron</p>
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Draft report on water quality hotspots in rivers of India other than Ganga, Indus & Brahmaputra Basin
CWC is monitoring water quality at 429 stations spread all over India covering major river basins. The water quality data collected by CWC from the year 2012-13 to 2016-17 was analysed to find out the