National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee
National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee
Effect of climate change on water resources - a preliminary consolidated report by Central Water Commission and the National Institute of Hydrology
Posted on 28 May, 2009 01:12 PMThis report on the Effect of Climate Change on Water Resources, prepared by the Central Water Commission and the National Institute of Hydrology, under the guidance of the Ministry of Water Resources in 2008, is one of the first official reports made available by the Government of India, of a reliable quantitative assessment based on field data, of the likely effect of climate change on the availability of water resources, i.e. on the glaciers and snow melt, on rainfall and their effect on run off into the river system and their contribution to ground water.