River Basin

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding deterioration of Nayar river, Uttarakhand, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …

Jairam defers Bengal trip after Mamata cries foul

Minister Was To Share Dais With CM Buddha New Delhi: With Trinamool Congress objecting to any sort of cohabitation with the Left Front government in West Bengal, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has deferred plans to travel to Kolkata for a programme related to the Ganga basin project initiated by Prime …

Ban on polythene bags near Narmada banks

Hoshangabad: Use of polythene bags has been banned in an area of 200 metres limit from banks of the river Narmada in Hoshangabad. The Sub Divisional Magistrate issued an order in this regard under the IPC. The Chief Municipality Officer Hoshangabad has been instructed to install boards on all the …

Indus water: Facing heat at home, Pak looks to pin blame outside

With Pakistan raising the river water sharing issue during the Foreign Secretary level talks over a fortnight ago, officials here are trying to get to the bottom of the reason behind Islamabad

Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture: A developing country perspective

This document contains the presentation made by Umesh Babu at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. Central to global measures to contain climate change is reduction in emissions of GHGs. Several times, non-annex countries like India and China are blamed for Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, particularly …

Assessing for climate-sustainable development in the Ganges Basin

Assessing for climate-sustainable development in the Ganges Basin by Divya Mohan and Shirish Sinha presented at the National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. http://www.cseindia.org/docs/IIT_Climate_change/Divya%20Mohan.pdf

Negotiate: reaching agreements over water

Negotiate is a vital new resource for those interested in designing, leading, or participating in negotiation and consensus building on sustainable water resources management. Water practitioners are increasingly called upon to negotiate workable agreements about how to best use, manage and care for water resources. Negotiate makes the case for …

Mapping the resilience of international river basins to future climate change-induced water variability

Transboundary watercourses pose a variety of challenges to the management of water resources. Basin-wide management approaches often clash with state sovereignty. Efforts in cooperatively managing shared water resources are therefore of great importance for the sustainable management of transboundary river and lake basins. The World Bank has long been engaged …

Rs 315-crore UP project to clean Ganga of effluents

With an aim to upgrade the sewage system of Allahabad, the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has sanctioned over Rs 315 crore project for this holy city.

Grant for memorial

The Centre has sanctioned Rs 105 crore for the upgrade of the Hooghly banks in the state, as well as the Nimtala burning ghat and the adjoining Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Garden. The CMDA will execute the projects, with the Centre bearing 70 per cent of the cost and the state …

Using RESOURCESAT-1 data for determination of snow cover and snowline altitude, Baspa Basin, India

This paper presents a method for deriving the snowline altitude using a combined analysis of terrain elevation and multispectral Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS) data from the RESOURCESAT-1 satellite, launched by India on 17 October 2003. AWiFS is a unique instrument capable of acquiring imagery of the world repeatedly every …

Executive summary of environmental impact assessment report: Bajoli Holi H. E. Project (180 MW), Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

The proposed project by GMR Bajoli Holi Power Pvt. Ltd. is located in Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh and is one of the projects that are being developed in Ravi River basin. Ravi River is one of the four major river systems of Western Himalaya in Himachal Pradesh, the other …

Simple water-use accounting of the Indus basin

This paper applies the principles of water-use accounts, developed in the first of the series, to the Indus River basin in South Asia. The Indus Basin covers 3 countries, rises in the Tibetan plateau in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in China. Irrigated agriculture in the Basin is extensive with …

Irrigation water management for food security in India: the forgotten realities

The purpose of this paper is to: challenge some of the misplaced notions of food security challenges posed by the country; by examining how far water becomes a constraint in achieving food security in different regions; analyze the potential future impacts of problems on nation

Simple water-use accounting of the Ganges basin

This paper applies the principles of water-use accounts, developed in the first of the series, to the Ganges river basin in South Asia. The Ganges basin covers six countries, the river rises in the western Himalayas in the Uttarakhand state of India, A unique feature is the strong seasonal variation …

The Indus water treaty in light of climate change

This treaty gives Pakistan control over the western rivers, the Jhelum, Chenab and Indus, while India controls the eastern rivers

Water and development

Faced with mounting shortages of water, a worsening trend in water pollution and growing damages from climate change, the international community must find additional ways to support countries in managing their water resources. The challenge, according to the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group, is to meet today's water needs while …

Assessment of climate change impact on streamflow in the Chaliyar basin

In this study, a general methodology is presented in order to use the downscaled output from a RCM (Regional Climate Models) directly in a hydrologic model for evaluating the impact of climate change on water resources. The hydrologic model used is the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). The study …

A recap: Climate change, its likely impacts on freshwaters and adaptive measures to ensure sustainable development in India

The article traces the history of global initiatives on assessing present and projections of climate change (CC), describes the scope/status of current activities and program in hand for mitigation and adaptation in near future. It brings out the extent of adverse impacts of CC on water resources alongwith shortcomings of …

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