Water Resources

Ground Water Year Book (2014–2015): Telangana state

Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India, has been carrying out ground water regime studies all over the country for generating historical data base in order to establish dynamics of ground water regime which plays a crucial role for estimation of ground water resour

Publication Date: 
14/01/2016
Central Ground Water Board
Tags:
Groundwater, Water Resources, Groundwater Quality, Drinking Water, Groundwater Irrigation, Waterlogging, Telangana
Habitat And Urbanisation

City should adopt Op Anantha to end waterlogging

KOCHI: On Monday, chief secretary Jiji Thomson said that Kochi was on the verge of facing a Chennai-like flood situation.

Publication Date: 
09/12/2015
Times Of India (Kochi)
Tags:
Kerala, Kochi, Waterlogging, Chennai (T), Waste Management, Disaster Management
Natural Disasters

Rain damaged crops over 1,000 acres: Agriculture Dept

It’s much more, say farmer leaders | Water still stuck in low-lying areas

Publication Date: 
24/09/2015
Perneet Singh
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Rainfall, Crops, Rice, Basmati Rice, Amritsar (D), Waterlogging, Natural Disasters
Water Resources

An overview of impact of subsurface drainage project studies on salinity management in developing countries

Subsurface drainage has been used for more than a century to keep water table at a desired level of salinity and waterlogging control. This paper has been focused on the impact assessment of pilot studies in India and some other countries from 1969 to 2014 . This review article may prove quite useful in deciding the installation of subsurface drainage project depending on main design parameters, such as drain depth and drain spacing, installation area and type of used outlet.

Publication Date: 
21/09/2015
Priyanka Tiwari, Arun Goel
Applied Water Science
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Tags:
Drainage, Water Salinisation, India, Developing Countries, Soil Salinisation, Waterlogging, Groundwater, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka
Natural Disasters

Flood of woes in N K'taka dists

Wading to school: Schoolchildren navigate through floodwater on a bridge over Valakaladinni stream near Kudalasangama in Bagalkot district on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2015
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Floods, Koppal (D), Waterlogging, Rainfall, Soil Erosion, Natural Disasters
Climate Change

Goa to have urban climate resilience policy

Panaji: Goa could become the first state to have a State Urban Climate Resilience Policy.

Publication Date: 
10/09/2015
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, Climate Change, Panaji, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Extreme Weather Events, Waterlogging, Cyclones, TERI, Climate Impacts
Natural Disasters

Sutlej swells, Moga village houses flooded

Water level in the Sutlej has increased to an alarming situation in the Moga district due to heavy rainfall in the catchments areas.

Publication Date: 
12/08/2015
Kulwinder Sandhu
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Moga (D), Floods, Sutlej, Waterlogging, Natural Disasters
Health

79 new diarrhoea patients admitted to Kolkata hospital

Water-logged Howrah, South 24 Parganas adding to number of cases

Publication Date: 
10/08/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
West Bengal, Diarrhoea, Waterlogging, Floods, Health Effects, 24 Parganas (S), Health
Natural Disasters

Bengal flood: 50 killed, lakhs left homeless

The flood in south-Bengal claimed at least 50 people, including four children, rendering a large number of people homeless.

Publication Date: 
03/08/2015
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Floods, Disaster Management, Rainfall, Waterlogging, Natural Disasters
Habitat And Urbanisation

Revive natural drains, remove concretisation, say experts

The massive waterlogging, traffic jams and inconvenience that Delhiites experienced over the weekend could have been avoided if, as environmentalists say, rainwater was diverted and stored, and the

Publication Date: 
14/07/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Waterlogging, Environmentalists, Water Harvesting, Construction Industry, Habitat And Urbanisation

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