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The government has decided to re-open for negotiations a benchmark power tariff of 3.1 cents per unit for private hydro-electric power projects because of refusal by international financial

The water experts, technocrats and participants of the regional conference on water issues on Thursday rejected the construction of all big dams including Kalabagh Dam at upstream of Indus River and

Parts of the 274 districts across 16 states have shown more than 20 cm annual decline in the groundwater levels, severely affecting of the availability of water for various purposes.Minister of

The northern coastline, of the Gulf of Thailand is retreating at a rate of 65 metres per year and in about 50 years the sea will be more than three kilometres closer to Suvanabhumi Airport Samut

Calcutta High Court on Wednesday put a seal of approval on the state government's decision to make it mandatory for commercial vehicles more than 15 years old to be replaced with new Bharat Stage

The state holds water resources in trust; it exercises proprietory rights over them

Dam construction facilitates

This Report of the Standing Committee on Water Resources deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in their First Report on Demands for Grants(2004-05) of the Ministry of Water Resources which was presented to Lok Sabha on 23 August 2004.

Soil and water conservation measures are meant to reduce soil erosion and utilize rainwater. The measures include construction of contour bunds, contour trenches, graded terraces, check dams, dugout ponds, open wells, and similar other works. Some of the works done by the agencies of the Madhya Pradesh Govt. are analyzed and discussed in the paper.

Uncertainty in the occurrence of rainfall with respect to time and quantity is a major contraint to agricultural production in rainfed areas. To alleviate the constraint, groundwater is pumped at an unsustainable rate causing continuous water table decline. Groundwater recharge by the rainwater and runoff harvested in percolation tanks can augment the groundwater resource.

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