Tanks

State-wise report of first Census of Water bodies - Volume-2

Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched the 1st Census of Water Bodies in convergence with the 6th Minor Irrigation (MI) Census under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme “Irrigation Census”.

Publication Date:

31/03/2023

Source: Ministry of Jal Shakti

Tags:

Water Resources, Tanks, Lakes, Reservoirs, India, Water Conservation, Check Dam, Irrigation

Water Resources

All India report of first census of water bodies - Volume-1

Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched the 1st Census of Water Bodies in convergence with the 6th Minor Irrigation (MI) Census under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme “Irrigation Census”.

Publication Date:

31/03/2023

Source: Ministry of Jal Shakti

Tags:

Water Resources, Tanks, Lakes, Reservoirs, Water Conservation, Check Dam, India, Irrigation

Water Resources

Augmenting water security and food security of small farmers in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in India

Across India, the magnitude and intensity of extreme weather events like drought and floods is increasing.

Publication Date:

01/03/2018

Source: Global Water Partnership

Tags:

Traditional Water Harvesting, Irrigation, Tanks, Climate Adaptation, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Agriculture, Farmers, Drinking Water

Water Resources

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Decrease in Water Bodies, 20/07/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Decrease in Water Bodies, 20/07/2017. As per the 4th Minor Irrigation Census conducted by the Ministry, there are 5,23,816 water bodies in the rural areas being used for minor irrigation. Of these 4,43,688 water bodies were in use and 80,128 were not in use. Reasons given by states for water bodies not being in use are; encroachments, urbanisation, polluted water, non availability of water due to less and erratic rainfall, siltation etc. State wise details are at Annexure.

Publication Date:

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Source: Lok Sabha

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Tags:

Irrigation, Reservoirs, Tanks, India, Statistics, Parliament

Water Resources

The Uttar Pradesh Pond Development, Protection and Conservation Authority Bill, 2017

A Bill to provide for establishment of a Pond Development, Protection and Conservation Authority. Due to rapid urbanization, industrialization and population explosion, water bodies like ponds and tanks are being converted into urban, industrial and agricultural land use.

Publication Date:

24/04/2017

Source: Government of Uttar Pradesh

Tags:

Water Resources, Water Conservation, Uttar Pradesh, Tanks, Groundwater

Water Resources

Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies- Encroachment on Water Bodies and Steps Required to Remove the Encroachment and Restore the Water Bodies: Standing Committee on Water Resources (2015-16)

The Standing Committee on Water Resources (2015-16) present the Tenth Report on “Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies- Encroachment on Water Bodies and Steps Required to Remove the Encroachment and Restore the Water Bodies”.

Publication Date:

02/08/2016

Source: Lok Sabha Secretariat

Tags:

Water Resources, Water Quality, India, Groundwater, Lakes, Wetlands, Wetland Conservation, Tanks, Rivers, Water Pollution, Parliament, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)

Habitat And Urbanisation

Judiciary and the destruction of Chennai’s wetlands

This article investigates the impact of court verdicts on Chennai’s canals, tanks and related wetlands. It discusses three interlinked cases surrounding Buckingham Canal area and argues that the verdicts in these cases allowed the administration to destroy sophisticated water systems. It also argues that these waterbodies could have mitigated, if not prevented, the November–December 2015 fl oods in Chennai.

Publication Date:

13/02/2016

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

51

Issue:

7

pp:

17-20

Tags:

Wetlands, Chennai (T), Urban Waterlogging, Supreme Court, Adyar, Cooum, Drainage, High Court, Groundwater, Tanks, Floods, Urban Encroachments

Dams/ Irrigation

An over view of irrigation tanks rehabilitation in semi arid hard rock terrain

Tank rehabilitation presently in vogue, in many states of India and neighbouring Sri Lanka, needs a holistic approach involving scientific planning and execution and people`s participation to save the tank and meet basic objective of providing water for irrigation. The article brings into focus the essential inputs to make the initiative successful. The main inputs include specialists’ reports on successful and failed initiatives in Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Pondicherry states and Sri Lanka.

Publication Date:

01/10/2015

Author(s): P. R. Reddy

Source: Journal of Indian Geophysical Union

Vol:

19

Issue:

4

pp:

481-487

Tags:

Tanks, Tank Irrigation, Public Participation, India, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Telangana

Water Resources

Order of the High Court of Madras regarding sharing of water for irrigation between the Ayacutdars of three irrigation tanks, 16/06/2015

Order of the High Court of Judicature at Madras dated 16/06/2015. This Writ Petition, designed as a Public Interest Litigation, has been filed by a society consisting of members who are 'Ayacutdars'.

Judgement Date:

16/06/2015

Tags:

Irrigation, Tanks, Tamil Nadu, Court, Water Management, Water Distribution, Public Interest Litigation (PIL)

Climate Change

Climate change, out-migration and agrarian stress: the potential for upscaling small-scale water storage in Nepal

Climate change could have a critical impact on agriculture in Nepal due to changes in the variability of water availability and associated uncertainty. In this context, small-scale water storage—most notably ponds and tanks—can moderate this variability. This report explores the potential role of small-scale storage

Publication Date:

01/11/2014

Author(s): Fraser Sugden, Lata Shrestha, Luna Bharati, & et al

Source: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Tags:

Climate Change, Agriculture, Water Resources, Nepal, Irrigation, Farmers, Women, Tanks, Hydrology