Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "Uttarakhand HC License expired why is floating hotel running?" appearing in the Times of India dated 07.01.2024. The MA was registered on the basis of the report dated June 14, 2024 filed by the National Mission for …
Bombay High Court order on Writ Petition No. 97 2011 with Writ Petition No. 98 2011 on sand mining. The court has directed the Maharashtra government not to award any contract for sand mining or allow further excavation until and unless the agency concerned obtains an environmental clearance.
Rohmoria, in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra river in Assam, is severely affected by river-borne erosion. Efforts to get government help in combating this erosion passed through different stages of peaceful agitation and ultimately took a political character. People
Watershed response to produce runoff by a rainfall event depends upon the watershed characteristic and each watershed has its exclusive characteristics. However, most of the watersheds lacks in the facility of recording runoff, in such a case, morphometric parameters of a watershed are valuable information to evaluate watershed capacity to …
The statistical analysis of hydrologic data derives importance in the planning and design of water resource projects which require information on different hydrologic events that are governed by probability distribution. The present study attempts to select an appropriate probability distribution function to forecast maximum hourly rainfall intensity during southwest monsoon …
This paper presents a methodology for assessing spatial and temporal uncertainty associated with flood risk management. Traditional modelling approaches focus on either temporal or spatial variability, but not both. There is a need to understand the dynamic characteristics of flood risk and its spatial variability. The traditional two-dimensional (2D) fuzzy …
We present a diagnostic framework to assess changes in flood risk across multiple scales in a river network, under nonstationary conditions or in the absence of historical hydro-meteorological data. The framework combines calibration-free hydrological and hydraulic models with urban development information to demonstrate altered flood risk. Our models utilize hydraulic …
Ungauged basins are challenges for hydrological study, the key discipline to analyse for planning and the operation of water resources projects. Several river basins have no hydrologic measurements where there is feasibility of promising water resources schemes. This study deals with the use of the Hydrologiska Byrans avdeling for Vattenbalans …
The process of finding optimal solution for utilization of hydro-energetic potential of a river flow is a very complex procedure, because it is necessary to find a compromise between an energetically optimal solution and a solution with lower negative influence on the environment and sociological conditions, which is often contradicatory …
The authors analysed livelihood conditions in 10 river basins over three continents to identify generalizable links between water, agriculture and poverty. There were significant variations in hydrological conditions, livelihood strategies and institutions across basins, but also systematic patterns across levels of economic development. At all levels, access to water is …
This Detailed Project Report has been prepared by Mott MacDonald to present the development of the proposed Luhri hydroelectric project on the Satluj River. The project lies downstream of the proposed Rampur hydroelectric project and upstream of the Koldam project which is currently under construction. http://sjvn.nic.in/projects/projects_luhri.asp
A complete session will be dedicated to the Brahmaputra at an international workshop on river management being held at NASC Complex, DPS Marg, New Delhi with a 3-day programme from December 14. The Indian Water Resources Society, Roorkee and the Department of Water Resources Development and Management, IIT, Roorkee are …
To provide the background hydrological information for the assessment of environmental flow requirements at four selected ‘Environmental Flow’ (EF) sites, a hydrological model was set up to simulate the catchment in the present state (with water regulation infrastructure) and to generate the natural flows (without water regulation infrastructure). The report …
This article will present basic facts on limitations and efficacy of large water storage versus small dams & popularly known as rain water harvesting structures (rwhs) for recharging ground water and suggests serious examination of mother statements about relation of forests and hydrologic elements.
The Guidelines for Submission, Appraisal and Clearance of Irrigation and Multipurpose Project, 1989 had been prepared by the Project Appraisal Organisation (PAO), Central Water commission (CWC) on the basis of the recommendations of the National Conference of Irrigation and Water Resources Ministers held in July, 1986. The present modified Guidelines …
GROUNDWATER is becoming important to sustain agriculture, industry and drinking water. But as we exploit aquifers, more water becomes part of the hydrological cycle. A recent study shows evaporation and precipitation of groundwater is responsible for a fourth of the annual sea level rise of 3.1 mm. The study, to …
USAID recognizes the need to proactively address the implications of glacier melt, including the drivers of the process and the factors that may impede adaptation. This report provides approaches to vulnerabilities associated with glacier melt and ways to strengthen the ability of countries and their communities to adapt to potential …
More than half of the solar energy absorbed by land surfaces is currently used to evaporate water. Climate change is expected to intensify the hydrological cycle and to alter evapotranspiration, with implications for ecosystem services and feedback to regional and global climate. Evapotranspiration changes may already be under way, but …
The Roorkee based National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) will now undertake studies in collaboration with the Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (USAC) on various important aspects related to water in the State. It is hoped that the collaboration between USAC and NIH would pave the way for various important research and …
