Brahmaputra

Hydropower in the Northeast: Potential and harnessing analysis - A critique

This paper was commissioned as an input to the study “Development and Growth in Northeast India: The Natural Resources, Water, and Environment Nexus” by the World Bank. The main objectives of the hydropower study are as follows:

An analysis of the hydropower potential in the Northeast and key elements of the strategy that should be followed for optimal realization of this potential
An overview of the hydropower development options in the Northeast with regard to the water resources in the different river basins, including consideration of flood control and irrigation

Map of the north-east states

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Hydropower in the Northeast: Potential and harnessing analysis VVK Rao (2006)	589.17 KB

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Content Type: Data, Research
Category: Brahmaputra, Dams, Energy, Flooding, Hydroelectricity, Hydropower Planning, Infrastructure, Seismic Hazard, Water Storage
Associated People / Organizations: Brahmaputra Board, Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Government of India, Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR)
Author: VVK Rao
Source: World Bank (WB)
Location / Time: Brahmaputra, Northeast, 2006
Difficulty Level: Expert

Interdisciplinary approach to water management: From the uplands to the coast - The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin

The Climate of Coastal Cooperation explores finding a balance between the needs for development and safeguarding the environment.

In this paper, Jayanta Bandopadhyay explains the need for an interdiscipliinary framework for water resource management. He states that this framework needs to include ecological, social, economic and institutional perspectives. These perspectives are essential to facilitate cooperation over the management of transboundary rivers.

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Interdisciplinary approach to water management: From the uplands to the coast - Bandopadhyay (2011)	2.78 MB

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Content Type: Research
Category: Brahmaputra, Climate Change Impact, Coastal Ecosystems, Discharge Hydrographs, Economic Valuation, Environmental Economics, Ganga, Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) Basin, International River Basin, Meghna (Bangladesh), Mountain Ecosystems, Saltwater Intrusion, Transboundary Cooperation
Associated People / Organizations: Coastal cooperation, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC), South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Author: Jayanta Bandopadhyay
Source: Coastal Cooperation
Location / Time: 2011
Difficulty Level: Expert

Effects on the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta regions

displacement and migration of over 6 million people coastal erosion and land loss and sea-level rise.

The Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghana Delta belt comprises of 105,000 sq. kms of which 2/3rd are in Bangladesh. The Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghana system has the largest catchment area of 1,100,000 km²Read More

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Content Type: Data
Category: Brahmaputra, Climate, Climate Change, Disasters, Ecosystems, Floods, Forests, Ganga, Glaciers, Meghna (Bangladesh), Mountain Ecosystems, Rainfall, River Basins, Rivers, Temperature
Location / Time: Bangladesh, India
Difficulty Level: Expert

Impact On River Deltas and Other Coastal Areas

While global warming is a matter of worldwide concern, among the most vulnerable areas are the coastlines of less developed tropical countries such as India. The river deltas, in particular, are already facing the brunt of climate change and these adverse impacts can be expected to increase dramatically in the course of this century.Read More

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Sundarbans, WB, India
Latitude: 21.945000, Longitude: 88.895800

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Content Type: Data
Category: Agriculture, Aquifers, Biodiversity, Brahmaputra, Cauvery, Climate, Climate Change, Disasters, Drinking Water, Droughts, Ecosystems, Effluents, Fisheries, Forests, Freshwater, Freshwater Ecosystems, Ganga, Godavari, Groundwater, Irrigation, Krishna, Mahanadi, Navigation, Oceans and Seas, Rainfall, River Basins, Rivers, Waste, Wastewater, Water and Health, Water-borne Diseases, Wetlands
Location / Time: India, Sundarbans, West Bengal
Difficulty Level: Expert

Much of the Impact is on our Water Resources

Sea-level rise and coastal delta flooding will result in large-scale migration, affecting traditional fishing communities, agriculture, tourism as well as industries and urban agglomerations along the coast. The stress on water resources will impact agriculture, especially rain-fed agricutlure; as well as health; changing temperatures and moisture levels will affect insects and plants; and also our forests and pasturelands. Livelihoods will be at stake for the millions.Read More

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Content Type: Data
Category: Agriculture, Brahmaputra, Climate, Climate Change, Disasters, Ecosystems, Floods, Forests, Freshwater, Freshwater Ecosystems, Ganga, Groundwater, Groundwater Recharge, Hydrology, Indus, International Development Agencies, Monsoon, Rainfall, River Basins, Rivers, Surface Water, Temperature, Traditional Water-bodies, United Nations (UN), Water Resources
Author: R.S.Singh, R.K.Mall, Ranjeet Singh, L.S.Rathore, Akhilesh Gupta
Location / Time: India, June, 2006
Difficulty Level: Expert

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1.UNEP, 'Worldwide Glacier Melting Underlined in Newly Released Data', 30 January 2007,

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The results of glacier mass balance measurements collected by scientists all over the world and published by the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) in Zurich, Switzerland, confirms the trend in accelerated ice loss during the past two and a half decades and brings the average thickness loss since 1980 of the 30 reference glaciers of nine mountain ranges at about 9.6 metre w.e. Read More

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Highlights-english.pdf	3.32 MB

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Content Type: Data
Category: Agriculture, Brahmaputra, Climate, Climate Change, Disasters, Drinking Water, Ecosystems, Environment, Floods, Freshwater, Freshwater Ecosystems, Ganga, Glaciers, Indus, International Development Agencies, Mountain Ecosystems, River Basins, Rivers, Temperature, United Nations (UN), Water Resources, Wetlands
Location / Time: India
Difficulty Level: Expert

The case of the Himalayas

According to a study led by the United Nations Environment Program and the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (Kathmandu, Nepal) the threat that lakes' overflow poses to the life of millions of people is growing. In the next decade, the Himalayas are projected to suffer from devastating Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) and landslides. GLOFs result from the failure of moraine dams when excessive hydrostatic pressure is exerted on dam walls as a result of increased melting and increased water depth in lakes.Read More

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Content Type: Data
Category: Agriculture, Brahmaputra, Climate, Climate Change, Dams, Disasters, Drinking Water, Ecosystems, Environment, Floods, Forests, Freshwater, Freshwater Ecosystems, Ganga, Glaciers, Indus, Industry, Lakes, Mountain Ecosystems, River Basins, Rivers, Temperature, Traditional Water-bodies, Water Resources, Water Scarcity
Location / Time: India
Difficulty Level: Expert

Impacts of Climate Change in the Humid Sub-tropical agro-ecological region of India

The agro-climate of the region is characterized by warm/hot summer and cool winter. The agro-ecoregion with hot, subhumid (dry) climate and alluvium-derived soils covers a part of the northern Indo-Gangetic plain, including plains of the western Himalayas. It also comprises eastern plateau, Chhattisgarh region and southwest highlands of Bihar State. Read More

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Content Type: Data
Category: Agriculture, Brahmaputra, Climate, Climate Change, Disasters, Drainage, Ecosystems, Forests, Ganga, Groundwater, Humidity, Irrigation, Land Use, Precipitation, Rainfall, River Basins, Rivers, Small and marginal farmers, Soils, Temperature, Water Balance, Water Management, Water Table
Author: Soumyajit Patnaik, K.S.Gajbhiye, C.Mandal
Location / Time: Bihar, Chattisgarh, India
Difficulty Level: Expert

An overview of the water-related aspects of West Bengal

An overview of the water-related aspects of West Bengal from Central Ground Water Board (Eastern Region) -Read More

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Kolkata, WB, India
Latitude: 22.572646, Longitude: 88.363895

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Content Type: Data
Category: Aquifers, Brahmaputra, Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Climate, Drainage, Ganga, Groundwater, Rainfall, River Basins, Rivers, Soils, Subarnarekha, Tubewells, Water Quality, Water Table
Author: Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
Source: Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
Location / Time: India, West Bengal
Difficulty Level: Expert

The status of water resources in West Bengal - A report by Kalyan Rudra

The report on status of water resources in West Bengal by Kalyan Rudra discusses how the management of spatially uneven and temporally skewed rain-water in India is the most serious challenge for the water-managers of this country. The availability of water, water requirement versus supply, water requirements for some major crops, groundwater exploitation, growth of population, and declining per capita water in the State are presented.Read More

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The status of water resources in West Bengal - A report by Kalyan Rudra (2007)	695 KB

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Content Type: Data
Category: Agriculture, Aquifers, Arsenic, Brahmaputra, Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Climate, Contamination, Dams, Disasters, Drinking Water, Droughts, Ecosystems, Floods, Freshwater, Freshwater Ecosystems, Ganga, Groundwater, Groundwater Exploitation, Groundwater Management, Hydrology, Interlinking of Rivers, Irrigation, Mahanadi, Monsoon, Precipitation, Rainfall, Rainwater Harvesting, River Basins, Rivers, Shallow Aquifers, Surface Water, Traditional Water-bodies, Water Demand, Water Management, Water Markets, Water Quality, Water Resources
Author: Kalyan Rudra
Source: Kalyan Rudra
Location / Time: India, Sunderbans, West Bengal, 2007
Difficulty Level: Expert

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Hydropower in the Northeast: Potential and harnessing analysis - A critique

Interdisciplinary approach to water management: From the uplands to the coast - The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin

Effects on the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta regions

Impact On River Deltas and Other Coastal Areas

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Much of the Impact is on our Water Resources

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The case of the Himalayas

Impacts of Climate Change in the Humid Sub-tropical agro-ecological region of India

An overview of the water-related aspects of West Bengal

Location

The status of water resources in West Bengal - A report by Kalyan Rudra

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