Droughts and Floods

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December 27, 2019
Watershed Management Compendium
This compendium by Dr Mihir Kumar Maitra answers all questions that will be of great use to practitioners engaged in both engineering and management aspects of watershed management in the field.
December 26, 2019
Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project
Policy matters this week
December 19, 2019
Parliamentary committee expresses disappointment over slow pace of Namami Gange
Policy matters this week
December 11, 2019
NGT orders 100 percent treatment of sewage entering rivers
Policy matters this week
December 11, 2019
Replacing rice will improve India’s climate resilience
A study calls for solutions that can benefit farmers and the environment and positively impact India's nutrition indicators.
December 6, 2019
Holistic approach needed to clean the Ganga
A report by the India Rivers Forum highlights the need to focus further than the main stem of the Ganga river.
Covid-19 and floods: A double whammy for Assam
Assam is plagued by the annual flood menace, but this time it is battling the fury of floods amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Amita Bhaduri posted 3 months 2 weeks ago
A reflection on multi-faceted droughts in Bundelkhand region
Alternatives have to be re-adapted to the understanding of droughts in the wake of climate change.
Amita Bhaduri posted 3 months 2 weeks ago
Protecting mangroves, to deal with cyclones
Mangroves not only help India economically by protecting coastal assets during cyclones, but also help by protecting people in densely populated coastal areas.
aarti kelkar k… posted 3 months 4 weeks ago
Flood threat looms amid Covid-19 in Bihar
Can Bihar deal with the double whammy of Covid-19 and the annual floods?
Amita Bhaduri posted 3 months 4 weeks ago
Living through cyclone Amphan and Covid-19: Climate change and water security
In the face of frequent cyclones and floods in the region, investment and long term planning is needed on making basic services of drinking water resilient.
Amita Bhaduri posted 4 months 2 weeks ago
Centre approves JJM funds to Odisha and Chhattisgarh for this financial year
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal posted 4 months 2 weeks ago
Cyclone Nisarga hits Maharashtra coast, causes intense rains in western districts
News this week
Swati Bansal posted 4 months 2 weeks ago
Cyclone Amphan wreaks havoc in West Bengal
News this week
Swati Bansal posted 4 months 3 weeks ago
Webinar series by India-UK Water Centre
IUKWC is hosting a brand new series of webinars, brought to you by members of our Open Network of water scientists.
Swati Bansal posted 5 months ago
Covid-19: Managing the disaster in rural India
There is a need to rethink our disaster management policies and the top-down approach that it follows.
Amita Bhaduri posted 5 months ago
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