SR-4/99-2000 : Some news regarding hydrological problems of the country

Abstract

The hydrological problems of the country are varying time to time. The recurring floods in West Bengal and Bihar and drought in another parts of India are common. Our water and land resources are acute due to steady rise of population and improvement of the standard of living particularly during last two decades or so. River pollution, Water quality, Soil erosion, ground water table, water logging are some of the important example of interdependent problems. As the water availability is one of the main problem of the country in this millennium, it is expedient to make all efforts to instill a sense of awareness and importance of water resources.

By keeping all these objectives in view, this report is an attempt to find the various hydrologic information and events reflecting the problems and indicating the work towards the solutions for hydrologists, planners and managers of water resources in particular. The hydrologic information is collected from various Newspapers for the year 1999. All the information about the various hydrologic problems has been catogrised under twenty-five hydrological sub-fields (Table 1). Also a matrix of the hydrological basin vs. hydrological problems is prepared and given in Table 2. This report entitled "Some News regarding Hydrological Problems of the Country" is a part of work programme of the Hydrological Information System Division of the Institute for the year 1999-2000. This compilation study was carried out by Dr.(Mrs.) Rama Devi Mehta, Scientist 'B' and Mrs. Deepa Chalisgaonkar, Scientist 'E' of the Hydrological Information System Division. Mr. Pradeep, library attendent has assisted during this report.