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Harni Motnath Lake is a green lake in Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
01 February, 2024
Water resources
Vellayani Lake of Punchakkari wetland is the largest freshwater lake in Trivandrum, Kerala. The Vellayani Devi Temple, dedicated to Goddess Bhadrakali, is located on the eastern banks of the lake.
26 January, 2024
Water resources
The Ennore Creek is a backwater located in Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu. As an arm of the Kosathalaiyar River, the Creek meets the Bay of Bengal at Mugathwara Kuppam, while the northern channel of the creek connects to the Pulicat Lake. This creek has been demarcated as Coastal Regulation Zone IV (Water Body) in the coastal zone management plan by the Tamil Nadu State Coastal Zone Management Authority. Undertaking any reclamation, bunding, construction or altering the water bodies is illegal under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974 & Environment Protection Act, 1986.
27 December, 2023
Water resources
The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has given approval to construct training walls at the Pazhaverkadu estuary to stabilise the bar mouth, which often gets closed due to silting. Pazhaverkadu or Pulicat is a vast brackish water lake with 3 estuaries situated in Thiruvallur district of Tamilnadu. Pulicat Lake is the 2nd largest brackish water lake in South Asia, after the Chilika Lake in Odisha.
28 November, 2023
Water resources
Groundwater Protection The United Nations-Water Summit on Groundwater 2022 emphasised the importance of groundwater in global food production and food security. Significant Highlights: The conference was hosted by UN-Water, UNESCO, and the International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre. The summit was organised to raise global awareness about groundwater conservation. It also marked the end of the UN-"Groundwater: Water's Making the Invisible Visible" campaign, which ran until 2022. UN-Water Conference in 2023: The United Nations 2023 water conference in New York City offers unprecedented opportunities for progress on SDG 6 (Sustainable Development Goal 6 is about clean water and sanitation for all)…
19 December, 2022
Water resources
Waste Water Management Nearly half, or 43%, of the world's rivers are contaminated with pharmaceutical active components at levels that could be fatal to human health. Waste water management and process controls must be given top priority by the pharmaceutical industry to reduce antibiotic contamination and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In India's many states, notably in pharmaceutical centers like Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana, widespread pharmaceutical contamination has been documented. About Waste Water: Wastewater, often known as sewage, is the polluted form of water produced by rainwater runoff and human activity. Typically, it is classified according to how it is…
25 November, 2022
Water resources
Assessment of the Dynamic Ground Water Resource, 2022 The Dynamic Ground Water Resource Assessment Report for the entire nation for the year 2022 was just released by the Union Minister of Jal Shakti. What are the Assessment's Findings? The annual groundwater extraction is 239.16 BCM, while the total annual groundwater recharge is 437.60 BCM. According to the assessment, groundwater recharge has increased. The annual groundwater recharge was 436 bcm while the annual groundwater extraction was 245 bcm, according to a 2020 assessment. When water from the earth's surface seeps below and collects in aquifers, the process is known as groundwater…
14 November, 2022
Water resources
Jaldoot App & Groundwater Status in India The "JALDOOT App and JALDOOT App e-brochure" was recently released by the Ministry of Rural Development to better measure groundwater levels. ??????? About JALDOOT app The Panchayati Raj and the Ministry of Rural Development collaborated to create the JALDOOT app. This app will be used all throughout the nation to record the water level of a village's chosen one to three wells. Both online and offline usage of the app is supported. Water level can therefore be recorded even in the absence of internet connectivity. Recorded data will be kept on a mobile…
27 September, 2022
Water resources
Glacial Lake Atlas of Ganga River Basin released The present glacial lake atlas is based on the inventoried glacial lakes in part of the Ganga River basin from its origin to the foothills of the Himalayas covering a catchment area of 2,47,109 sq. km. The study portion of the Ganga River basin covers part of India and the transboundary region. The Atlas is available on the Bhuvan portal of NRSC, ISRO (https://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/nhp/ ), India WRIS Portal (www.indiawris.gov.in ) and the NHP website of DoWR, RD & GR (www.nhp.mowr.gov.in). This is an initiative under NHP, a Central Sector Scheme implemented by…
30 June, 2021
Water resources
Water Resources About 71% of our earth is covered by water and hence our earth is called a watery planet. 97% of the earth's water is found in the oceans (Unused due to saltiness-for drinking, growing crops, and most industrial uses except for cooling). 326M cu. miles of water there on the planet. 320 million cubic miles of that is in the oceans 3% of the earth's water is fresh. 2.5% of the earth's freshwater is unavailable: locked up in glaciers, polar ice caps, atmosphere, and soil; highly polluted, or lies too far under the earth's surface to be extracted…
22 March, 2021
Water resources
The Ken-Betwa Link Project The Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) is the River interlinking project that aims to transfer surplus water from the Ken river in MP to Betwa in UP to irrigate the drought-prone Bundelkhand region spread across the districts of two states mainly Jhansi, Banda, Lalitpur and Mahoba districts of UP and Tikamgarh, Panna and Chhatarpur districts of MP. Ken-Betwa is one of the 30 rivers interlinking projects conceived across the country. The project has been delayed due to political and environmental issues Ken and Betwa rivers originate in MP and are the tributaries of Yamuna. Ken meets with…
10 January, 2021
Water resources
5th India Water Impact Summit (IWIS) GS-Paper-1 Resource management (MINS-I.V) Organized by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and Center for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (cGanga) has held virtually. India Water Impact 2020 is hosting experts and academicians from all over the world to discuss and debate issues related to water conservation, water security and river rejuvenation. Theme: Comprehensive analysis and holistic management of local rivers and water bodies with focus on Arth Ganga - river conservation synchronised development. At the event, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research signed a MoU with cGanga for development of a sludge management framework in India. 2019 summit: Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India…
17 December, 2020
Water resources
Karnataka plans to provide tap connections to all rural households under Jal Jeevan Mission by 2022-23 Part of: GS-III- Water resource (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) Karnataka presented its Annual Action Plan for the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission in the State to the Ministry of Jal Shakti. The Ministry of Jal Shakti has been working with the States in preparing a roadmap to implement the Prime Minister’s flagship programme Jal Jeevan Mission, which aims to provide 55 litres of potable water per person per day to every rural household in the country by 2024. Karnataka is planning 100% household coverage by…
09 June, 2020
Water resources
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