This policy emphasises planning, development and management of water resources in a national perspective through a well-developed information system and river basin organisations for the integrated and multidisciplinary management of entire drainage basins. It has prioritised water allocation
At a workshop on groundwater management in Nepal, water experts were unanimous that the lack of policy and control mechanism to limit groundwater extraction could lead the country to an uncertain
the land of the mighty Chomolungma (Mt Everest) and the mother of many 8,000-metre-high snow-capped peaks, Nepal has no less than 6,000 odd fast-flowing rivers and a total annual outflow of 150
The book looks at the value of water as a basic need instead of valuing water in terms of productivity in agriculture and industry, or in terms of the costs of supply. It examines water in the
If you want to see how water scarcity is created, pay a visit to Gaffurbhai Allahrakhha. Right since he learned to walk, he has been the caretaker of a shrine of a saint, built on the embankment of
the World Bank has held the central government responsible for the severe water crisis experienced in different parts of the country. It said that the drought situation was a direct result of the
The real issues of global water management took a backseat as crisis mongering and anti dam protests hijacked the Second World Water Forum at the Hague