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Bracing for flood hazards – A commentary in Current Science

This commentary by K S Valdiya in Current Science deals with the increased incidence of spells of intense-extreme rainfall, the resultant obstructions in floodways, the loss of carrying-holding capacity of rivers and the channelization of floodwater.

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Content Type: Research
Category: Climate Modeling, Cloudbursts, Drought, Embankment, Extreme Rainfall, Flood, Flood Disaster, Flood Hazards, Flood Inundation, Floodplain, Floodwater, Floodways, Rain, Rainfall, River Basin, Rivers, Rivulets, Snow, Stream, Urbanization, Valleys, Waterways
Associated People / Organizations: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Author: K S Valdiya
Source: Current Science
Location / Time: Assam, Bagmati, Bihar, Brahmaputra, Central India, Gandak, Himalayas, India, Indo-Gangetic Plain, Kosi, Lesser Himalayas, Nepal Himalaya, Northeastern Uttar Pradesh, 2011
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Sethusamudram channel project - An epoch making event - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)

This paper discusses the Sethusamudram project which is an attempt to make a shipping canal between the landmasses of Sri Lanka and India. Beginning with the need for a such a shipping lane, the author compares its importance to the Suez and Panama canal. Currently ships have to go round Sri Lanka to go between the two India coasts. This increases the passage time and fuel costs.The canal would lead to a saving of 254 to 424 nautical miles and reduce sailing time of ships by 21 to 36 hours.Read More

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Adams Bridge, TN, India
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Content Type: Case Studies
Category: Canals, Dredging, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Life, Oceans and Seas, Shipping Industry, Waterways
Associated People / Organizations: National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Tuticorin Port Trust
Author: Vinayak Kale
Source: Kannada University, Sahayoga
Location / Time: Adams Bridge, India, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, 2007
Difficulty Level: Expert
Special Tags: General

Salvaging and scapegoating: Slum evictions on Chennai’s waterways - EPW paper

This document discusses how the historical shifts in the governance of urban water and of the urban poor in cities are reflected in the transformed cultural and political imagery of rivers in Chennai. The paper highlights this by presenting the case of recent projects that have been planned on the river Cooum in Chennai.Read More

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Content Type: Case Studies, Research
Category: Eco-restoration, Ecology, Environment, Flood Mitigation, Governance, Hydrology, Infrastructure, LIvelihoods, Rainwater Harvesting, Rivers, Sewage, Slums, Urban Water, Urbanisation, Water Governance, Water Pollution, Waterways
Associated People / Organizations: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB), The Adyar Poonga Trust (APT)
Author: Nithya V Raman, Karen Coelho
Source: Economic and Political Weekly
Location / Time: Chennai, India, 2010
Difficulty Level: Expert

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