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Prioritization of sub-watersheds based on morphometric and land use analysis using remote sensing and GIS techniques
Watershed prioritization has gained importance in natural resources management, especially in the context of watershed management, especially in the context of watershed management. Morphometric analysis has been commonly applied to prioritization of watersheds.
- Date:
- Jun 2010
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- Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing Vol: 37 Issue: 2 pp: 261-274
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In Faridabad, water table up after mining was stopped, says study
Mining of silica sand, quartzite and other construction material in Faridabad has resulted in massive damage to the region’s fragile ecology, especially groundwater.
- Date:
- 12/03/2010
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- Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Water concerns
Occasionally, every once in a while, the news process shifts away from the immediate and looks at the long-term. It is a challenge to fit slow-moving stories, that take months or years to unfold, into the 24-hour news cycle. The report on the state of Goa’s wells (Herald, March 10, ‘All is not well with wells!’) is one such news-story.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Herald (Panjim)
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Cap bore wells in Verna Estate: panel
A committee constituted to survey bore wells by various industrial units in Verna Industrial Estate has unearthed gross illegalities and has recommended immediate capping of all bore wells there for not falling within the purview of the Ground Water Regulation Act, 2002.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Herald (Panjim)
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Brahmaputra Board Act to be amended
Faced with the criticism over its functioning, the Government of India proposes to amend the existing Brahmaputra Board Act 1980. The proposed amendments include expansion of the Board by including West Bengal, Minister of State for Water Resources Vincent H Pala said in a Lok Sabha reply.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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CM talks tough on inter-state issues
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today dwelt on the contentious inter-state issues-transfer of Chandigarh, SYL canal waters and the naming of the upcoming international airport in Chandigarh.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Just a bottle of water can power your home
With one bottle of drinking water and four hours of sunlight, an MIT scientist says he can produce 30 KWh of electricity — enough to power an entire household in the developing world.
- Date:
- 09/03/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Conservation of conventional water resource emphasised
Concerted efforts by the people is the only way to exert pressure on the State and Union governments for the implementation of permanent irrigation facility in the district, said Narayanaswamy, Water Expert and Action Committee President.
- Date:
- 09/03/2010
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- Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
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India’s food security goals in danger
By 2025, 60 per cent aquifers would be in critical state, says World Bank report
Two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured the Parliament of “no-panic” on the food front, an alarming new report by the World Bank has shown that an increasing number of aquifers in India are reaching unsustainable levels of exploitation, endangering long-term food security goals.
- Date:
- 08/03/2010
- Source:
- Tribune (New Delhi)
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MP to host 2nd river festival
The second International River Festival at Bandra Bhan, near the confluence of Rivers Narmada and Tawa in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh, would be held from March 21 to 23. About 600 environmentalists, social workers, economists, agriculture scientists, doctors, teachers and students are expected to join this event.
- Date:
- 08/03/2010
- Source:
- Asian Age (New Delhi)
