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3D Imaging and National Aquifer Mapping Programme
A futuristic programme that intends to define the geometry and hydrochemistry of India’s natural aquifers in a national database which can act as an important point of reference for water resources ma...
Groundwater Exploitation in the Northwest Plains
In the last few decades, there has been a tremendous overexploitation of India’s groundwater resources, particularly in the Punjab-Haryana region, due to cheap and easy groundwater pumping and drillin...
Rivers of India : Perilous or Promising?
With advancements in the science of simulation modelling, climate models have improved their projection capabilities. This can have an important bearing on the future hydrology of flowing surface wate...
Riparian Vs Catchment Hydropolitics
Inter-state water disputes have been the country’s bane ever since reorganization of India into linguistic states. A paradigm shift in water management, wherein riparian hydropolitics is discarded in...
Kerala’s Dwindling Freshwater Resources
Water related problems are acute in many parts of Kerala during summer. The situation could worsen further as rapid urbanisation, indiscriminate sand mining and salinity intrusion into groundwater res...
Water Quality of the Upper Ganga
Several natural and anthropogenic drivers have contributed towards the degradation of water quality in the region of the Upper Ganga. An integrated effort involving every stakeholder is the only way t...
Ganga Doomed
Time and again, plans for cleaning of the Ganga have been put forth by the central government, with little success. For a river like the Ganga that drains through nine states, this is easier said than...
Surface Water Storage and Disasters - DAM failures and flooding in extreme event scenarios
Ever since independence, dams were looked upon as the temples of modern India, our saviour against droughts, and partners in India’s development. However, ill-conceived structures devoid of environmen...
The Lion’s New Home
Even as the population of lions surpassed its saturation point in the core area of the Gir National Park, the Gujarat Government turned a deaf ear to the Supreme Court’s injunction of relocating a few...
Are there still more?-Discovering new species in India
Discovery of new species have aided the understanding of future probabilities. It has been analysed that these newly discovered species are habitants of the few desolate forests that may be home to a...