Similar research framework, with minor customization, could be applied to any other district in India. Meerut district, with a population of around 3.5 million people is in an abysmal state as the rivers and groundwater are highly polluted. The last resort--the traditional water bodies are also...
Out of an average of around 953 MGD of water that is produced in the city, around 40 percent or 389 MGD comes from the Yamuna. WATER STRESSED COUNTRY Indian government's top policy think tank National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog (commission) has predicted that India will ...
Traditional water bodies and urban resilience: a historical perspective from Bengaluru, IndiaResilienceOpen wellsLakesBengaluruUrbanHistoryResilience of a city is a measure of its ability to retain or adapt form and function in the possibility of change. This is particularly true of urban water ...
To address this issue, we need to strengthen pesticide use management, promote scientific pesticide application techniques, reduce excessive pesticide use, raise farmers' environmental awareness to prevent pesticide waste from being directly discharged into water bodies, and strengthen water quality ...
2023). Thus, rather than blindly increasing the area of green spaces and water bodies in cities facing water scarcity, more attention should be paid to optimizing the spatial configuration of green spaces and water bodies so that more city dwellers can enjoy the ecosystem services they provide. ...
49or integrated water resources management (IWRM)10,50of inland water bodies and transboundary rivers at local, regional, and global scales. The delineation of AB and implementation of RRLCC thus wisely support the new definition of IUCN protected areas (PA) inclusive of fresh waters15....
groundwater bodies. Automobile oil must be reused as much as possible as it reduces the discarded amount of used oil, which generally ends up polluting nearby water bodies otherwise. It is also important to keep vehicles in good condition to avoid the leakage of motor fluids like lubricants, ...
(1.78×10−5m2s−1). These characteristics have been exploited to limit the rate of sulfide-mineral oxidation by covering mine wastes with water. Subaqueous disposal can be achieved by depositing the wastes in natural water bodies, including lakes or marine systems, or in constructed ...
weak bonds with the other molecules. This is often why we refer to water as the universal solvent. Water is a perfect conductor of electricity and this becomes important in the day to day operation of our bodies. For example, the electrical potential is shared between the brain neurons ...
Most of India relies on groundwater for its water needs, instead of traditional water harvesting systems. Decades of drilling into the earth to reach water has led to severe ground water depletion. “This is primarily because of poor management of water bodies. We are completely dependent on th...