Irrigation

India gets its first soil moisture map developed using hydrological model

Wildlife Board clears Lower Demwe hydel project despite flaws in report

Every time there is a huge flood in India with massive loss of lives and extensive physical damage, there is a hue and cry. Especially, if this takes place in an area not normally prone to such floods. Assam and Bihar, for instance, are regularly laid waste by floods and so, there is not much agitation over that anymore.

NGT asks CPCB to monitor industrial waste discharge of states

As the Ganga emerges from the glaciers and glides along the foothills of the mighty Himalayas through the towns and cities with their sprawling ghats, engineered embankments, hydroelectric dams, and interrupted flows at barrages, the icy chilliness of its waters is lost.

Clean chit to dam management, CWC says congested Vembanad lake worsened floods in Kerala

A new study has pointed out that increased irrigation efficiency does not translate to more water availability for other uses at the watershed level. The subsidies for increasing irrigation efficiency are intended to increase crop production as well as more return flow from irrigated areas that can be allocated to urban, domestic and industrial uses.

More than 1000 people dead in three months in India due to heavy rains

Nearly 30 percent of springs in the Himalayas are drying up: Niti Ayog

India is highly vulnerable to desertification.