West Bengal
State of fisheries in the Gangetic basin
Posted on 10 Dec, 2009 03:51 PMInland fisheries form an integral part of the vast gangetic basin.
Water conservation in industry - A case study of ACC Damodhar Cement Works Limited
Posted on 17 Nov, 2009 03:48 PMThis work that included domestic waste-water recycling, reduction in river water usage, and by close circuiting of process water.won the
Volunteers required in Kolkata for a National Children's Science Exhibition
Posted on 13 Nov, 2009 05:56 PMDate: 17th to 21st November 2009
Venue: Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Job Description:
International conference on “Food Security and Environmental Sustainability – FSES 2009”, IIT Kharagpur
Posted on 12 Nov, 2009 12:14 PMDepartment of Agricultural and Food Engineering, IIT Kharagpur is organising an International Conference on Food Security and Environmental Sustainability.
Migration and displacement due to sea-level rise: Mega-cities like Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai could be hit hard
Posted on 26 Aug, 2009 05:34 PM125 million people are likely to migrate in the coming century of which 75 million will be from Bangladesh. The people from Bangladesh will most likely migrate to India in addition to our own 50 to 60 million people who will be displaced due to sea-level rise, shrinking water sources due to CC in the densely populated coastal regions of India.
Rainwater harvesting in India: Traditional and contemporary
Posted on 21 Aug, 2009 12:41 PMThe document informs that traditionally Indians worshipped both water and rain as “Jala” and “Varuna”. Even rivers were worshipped. Till 3000 B.C., RWH happened without human effort as rain got collected in rivers and natural depressions. Civilizations flourished on river banks all over the world Indus valley civilization in India.
Map depicting areas prone to flooding in India
Posted on 19 Aug, 2009 03:48 PMThis map shows the regions in the country that are regularly affected by floods.
The major flood prone regions are Punjab, Haryana, most of the Gangetic plains including Uttar Pradesh, North Bihar and West Bengal, the Brahmaputra valley, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, and South Gujarat.
Map: International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre's global overview of salinity in groundwater
Posted on 19 Aug, 2009 10:20 AMIn India, salinity has three types of genesis - one, by dissolution (areas concentrated in Kutch, North Rajasthan and bordering Punjab, South Rajasthan and bordering areas of Madhya Pradesh and parts of Western Uttar Pradesh; two, by irrigation (areas concentrated in the Deccan Peninsular region of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu) and parts of Orissa and West Bengal; and three, by late
Map depicting the salinity affected areas in India
Posted on 18 Aug, 2009 12:52 PMThe map shows that Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat are high salinity zones, and Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal are moderate salinity zones.
Click here to view the map - IRFC
Central Ground Water Board's hydrogeological survey of West Bengal
Posted on 12 Aug, 2009 01:26 PM
Courtesy: CGWB