Irrigation accounts for around 83% of the total freshwater demands in India. With limited availability of water as compared to demands, considerable improvement in efficiency of water use by different sectors, especially ...

Groundwater flow in part of the Western Yamuna Canal (WYC) command area in the Haryana state (India) has been simulated. An area of 7508 km2 of the total 13 543 km2 area of WYC command was selected for modelling. The ...

For developing the operation policies for a reservoir for conservation or flood control purpose, historical inflows into the reservoir forms an important input. In most of the Indian reservoirs, the inflows into the ...

Water resources management in the arid and semi-arid areas is a quite a challenging task owing to the large number of hydrologic, environmental and management factors. The climate change has opened up a new spectrum of ...

The Indian economy is primarily based on agriculture and more than 75 % population depends on agriculture and agro based jobs. Despite the high priority and massive investment in the irrigation sector and its phenomenal ...

Despite high priority, massive investment and phenomenal growth in the irrigation sector since independence, the performance of irrigation systems, both in economic terms of crop yields, farm incomes and cost recovery as ...

Changes in climate over the Inian region, particularly the south west monsoon, would have a significant impact on agricultural production , water resources management and overall economy of the country.Shipra river is one ...

The first requirement for management of water resources is to estimate the available water in respect of time and space. The occurrence of flood in a catchment is generally an effect of a severe combination of hydro-meteorological ...

Bhopal district has been developing at a very fast pace with most of the developmental activities being concentrated in the Bhopal city and along its periphery mostly comprising of the urban-rural fringe areas. This has ...

The Bundelkhand region in Central India is facing several environmental issues since the last decade including recurrent droughts, dominant land use changes due many influencing factors including over exploitation of the ...