SR-3/97-98 : Some news regarding hydrological problems of the country

Abstract

Dissemination of any news concerning all of us, particularly, the news about water resources is of utmost importance due to the fact that availability of good water has become the most critical factor for any development activity and for stepping into the next millennium with confidence. The various hydrologic problems of India which vary over space and time are by and large known. But, their occurrence, severity, long term and short term impact on our various development processes, environment, and economy, are not always visualised. The hydrologic events that were occurring across the length and breadth of India are the manifestation of the hydrologic problems and an awareness of the same will definitely be congenial to be the rational starting point to mitigate these. With this thing in view, the hydrologic information and news available from the print media and various government agencies mostly for 1997-98 are collected and compiled in this report state-wise and problemwise and river basin-wise for the whole country. News are categrised in twenty-six sub-sections according to problems faced by the country. Also arranged all the news statewise and river-basin wise. The news have been collected from the five national newspapers. Further for the convenience of the readers, a matrix is provided amongst the problem and the position index of the contents with respect to the problem in the report (Table-1). Table-2 serves as a matrix to indicate the river basins where the different problems have taken place. As such, readers can easily go through the reported hydrologic events according to 26 classified problems statewise and river basin-wise. It is an attempt to cover all the important hydrology and water resources related news and events to the extent possible. However, the present report may be taken as an illustrative compilation of the hydrological information and news and be referred.