WATER SCARCITY IN INDIA AND ITS CONSERVATION STRATEGIESVISHWAKARMA, PRATIMAKUMAR, NARENDRAJournal of Applied Bioscience
water scarcitywater supply managementAgainst the discussion on the rationale and scope for water demand and supply management in India, this paper provides a brief overview of the status and effectiveness, as well as the technical, institutional and financial requirements of six demand management ...
A bunch of foreigners in their photo shoot made their day. While we did not explore this, but one can climb up the hill from here to reach the Kotla Fort. More on Kotla history and fort can be found here: https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/losing-oneself-in-kotla-s-history/...
MUMBAI, Jun 30 (Xinhua) -- Water scarcity in India is turning into a grave crisis leading to a possible halting of residential construction in some cities and rising migration in rural areas due to farm distress. In the country's southern city of Bengaluru -- capital of Karnataka state, th...
The first day in India we went to Seghal Foundation's headquarters in Gurugram. Here, we listened to presentations about SMSF's work and projects. We then learned how to use the sensors we would be using in the field in the following weeks. ...
water scarcity on low flows, although infrastructure such as water storages may also have an impact on high flows in water-scarce regions (Rolls and Bond, 2017). Next, we identify the physical stressors associated with those hydrologic impacts, and the exposure pathways and mechanisms by which...
India relies substantially on monsoon rain for its water supply, but is also prone to severe and extreme weather conditions Delhi, one of the world’s most densely populated cities with over 200 million people, is knee-deep in a water crisis. ...
(NITI) Aayog (commission) has predicted that India will have only half of the water currently available for human consumption by 2030 if corrective measures are not undertaken. As per the report several major cities have already run out of groundwater and many places in the country are in a...
The conditions in Chennai are an extreme example of water shortages affecting many cities across the globe. According to the United Nations, 4 out of every 10 people are affected by water scarcity. Here are 10 other cities at risk of running out of water: Next:Cape Town, South Africa 2/...
Urbanization and climate change are together exacerbating water scarcity—where water demand exceeds availability—for the world’s cities. We quantify global urban water scarcity in 2016 and 2050 under four socioeconomic and climate change scenarios, an