Rivers: India (issues) - Revision history

Jyoti: /* Pollution in rivers near cities: 1960s, 2008-15 */

2023-02-07T08:29:25Z

‎Pollution in rivers near cities: 1960s, 2008-15

Jyoti: /* Pollution, shrinkage: Measures taken to prevent */

2018-06-06T17:56:02Z

‎Pollution, shrinkage: Measures taken to prevent

Jyoti at 08:12, 19 February 2018

2018-02-19T08:12:35Z

Jyoti: /* Pollution, shrinkage: Measures taken to prevent */

2017-12-24T07:22:16Z

‎Pollution, shrinkage: Measures taken to prevent

Pdewan: /* Measures taken to prevent pollution, shrinkage */

2017-12-23T15:11:58Z

‎Measures taken to prevent pollution, shrinkage

Pdewan: Pdewan moved page The Rivers of India: issues to Rivers: India (issues) without leaving a redirect

2017-12-23T15:09:23Z

Pdewan moved page The Rivers of India: issues to Rivers: India (issues) without leaving a redirect

Jyoti: /* Steps taken */

2017-09-21T10:31:44Z

‎Steps taken

Jyoti: /* Telangana, 2017 */

2017-09-17T10:51:20Z

‎Telangana, 2017

Jyoti: /* Water table depletes, migration increases */

2017-09-17T10:49:24Z

‎Water table depletes, migration increases

Jyoti: /* The shrinking of Indian rivers */

2017-09-17T10:47:07Z

‎The shrinking of Indian rivers

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 There are enough warnings. The World Bank joined environmentalists recently to note that India needs to use its scarce resources of land and water more productively for growth to be sustainable and inclusive. “For higher growth to be sustainable and inclusive, India needs to use its land and water... more productively...” said World Bank’s Junaid Ahmad in a statement.
-Water sources are the most important part of water supply systems, so conservation of local sources, groundwater & waterbodies , is essential... In India, however, they are over-exploited and neglected
+Water sources are the most important part of water supply systems, so conservation of local sources, groundwater & waterbodies , is essential... In India, however, they are over-exploited and neglected.
 ==Afforestation along banks replenishes steams==

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 =Pollution, shrinkage: Measures taken to prevent=
 ==Afforestation along banks replenishes steams==
 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Greens-turn-the-course-of-dying-rivers-04092017006024  Subodh Varma, Greens turn the course of dying rivers, September 4, 2017: The Times of India]

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 [[Category:Environment and pollution |R ]]
 =The shrinking of Indian rivers=
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 In short, India's life-sustaining rivers are dying a slow death. A complete policy overhaul is needed to rejuvenate them. People of the country need to be involved in this endeavour, otherwise it will fail like interventions in the past.
 =Pollution, shrinkage: Measures taken to prevent=
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 ==River Kal improves after CETPs near Mumbai==
-[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Dirty-industry-cluster-takes-green-turn-meets-waste-20092017010028  Nergish Sunavala, `Dirty' industry cluster takes green turn, meets waste treatment norms, Sep 20, 2017: The Times of India]
+[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Dirty-industry-cluster-takes-green-turn-meets-waste-20092017010028  Nergish Sunavala, `Dirty' industry cluster takes green turn, meets waste treatment norms, Sep 20, 2017: ''The Times of India'']
-[[File: Common Effluent Treatment Plant, some details.jpg|Common Effluent Treatment Plant, some details; [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Dirty-industry-cluster-takes-green-turn-meets-waste-20092017010028  Nergish Sunavala, `Dirty' industry cluster takes green turn, meets waste treatment norms, Sep 20, 2017: The Times of India]|frame|500px]]
+[[File: Common Effluent Treatment Plant, some details.jpg|Common Effluent Treatment Plant, some details; [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Dirty-industry-cluster-takes-green-turn-meets-waste-20092017010028  Nergish Sunavala, `Dirty' industry cluster takes green turn, meets waste treatment norms, Sep 20, 2017: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
 '''CETPs Near Mumbai Clean Up Act After Court Orders, River Kal Gets A Breather'''
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 National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government and other authorities to ensure that no blood is allowed to flow directly into Yamuna due to slaughtering of animals. An NGT bench said that animal blood going into the river is against the water act.
 =See also=
 [[Groundwater: India]]

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 While the situation is better now, activists insist it is far from perfect. The fight continues.
 =See also=
 [[Groundwater: India]]

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 The formation of Telangana state has now raised hopes of a shift in the narrative. A government project to dredge lakes and ponds and divert river waters when they overflow is underway .
-=Measures taken to prevent pollution, shrinkage =
+=Pollution, shrinkage: Measures taken to prevent=
 ==Afforestation along banks replenishes steams==
 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Greens-turn-the-course-of-dying-rivers-04092017006024  Subodh Varma, Greens turn the course of dying rivers, September 4, 2017: The Times of India]

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 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=River-of-migration-through-Telangana-16092017011024  Syed Akbar, River of migration through Telangana, September 16, 2017: The Times of India]
-[[File: Problems for irrigation in catchment areas of Godavari and Krishna rivers, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.jpg|Problems for irrigation in catchment area of Godavari and Krishna rivers, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=River-of-migration-through-Telangana-16092017011024  Syed Akbar, River of migration through Telangana, September 16, 2017: The Times of India]|frame|500px]]
+[[File: Problems for irrigation in catchment areas of rivers, Godavari and Krishna, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.jpg|Problems for irrigation in catchment area of Godavari and Krishna rivers, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=River-of-migration-through-Telangana-16092017011024  Syed Akbar, River of migration through Telangana, September 16, 2017: The Times of India]|frame|500px]]
 ''Lakhs Of Farm Hands Head For Cities As Poor Water Mgmt Creates Scarcity, Leaves Land Dry''

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	In short, India's life-sustaining rivers are dying a slow death. A complete policy overhaul is needed to rejuvenate them. People of the country need to be involved in this endeavour, otherwise it will fail like interventions in the past.		In short, India's life-sustaining rivers are dying a slow death. A complete policy overhaul is needed to rejuvenate them. People of the country need to be involved in this endeavour, otherwise it will fail like interventions in the past.
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		+	= Water table depletes, migration increases=
		+	==Telangana, 2017==
		+	[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=River-of-migration-through-Telangana-16092017011024 Syed Akbar, River of migration through Telangana, September 16, 2017: The Times of India]
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		+	[[File: Problems for irrigation in catchment area of Godavari and Krishna rivers, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.jpg\|Problems for irrigation in catchment area of Godavari and Krishna rivers, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=River-of-migration-through-Telangana-16092017011024 Syed Akbar, River of migration through Telangana, September 16, 2017: The Times of India]\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	''Lakhs Of Farm Hands Head For Cities As Poor Water Mgmt Creates Scarcity, Leaves Land Dry''
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		+	It's a blazing afternoon on the edge of the Red Corridor. Buses plying through Sivannagudem and neighbouring vil lages in Nalgonda are running almost empty; the place is virtually deserted except for a few elderly residents and some children.
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		+	A local barber, Satyanarayana, says, “The monsoon failed, everyone was forced to leave in search of employment in big cities.“
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		+	Across Telangana, the story repeats itself.Mahbubnagar, Nalgonda, Medak, they are all afflicted by acute water shortage--despite the presence of two major rivers. Mahbubnagar is where Krishna enters Telangana; Tungabhadra also passes through here. Nalgonda, in fact, hosts Asia's biggest masonry dam-Nagarjunasagar--and Medak is graced by Manjira, a tributary of the Godavari, besides several streams and rivulets which are in spate during monsoon.
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		+	This year, too, there's been no reduction in annual mean rainfall in Telangana (850-900 mm) but lack of watershed management has created scarcity . Impounding of Krishna and Godavari's inflows by Maharashtra and Karnataka did not help matters either.
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		+	Migration, though steady for three decades, has increased at the same pace as the water table has depleted.
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		+	Farm hands make up the exodus, Mahbubnagar sending the biggest contingent in south India, most heading to construction sites. Karimnagar accounts for maximum labourers to the Gulf.
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		+	Activists blame lack of water conservation for the perennial drought. “ At least now the state has embarked on a plan to conserve rain and river water in mega ponds here,“ says environment activist S Srinivas.
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		+	Dependence on groundwater has told even on the health of the local population. Around 1,000 villages in Nalgonda are battling effects of high fluorine content. The WHO limit for fluoride in drinking water is one mg per litre, but it's up to 10 times more in some places here. Many suffer from fluorosis, a disease that affects several parts of the body .Those with congenital fluorosis have stunted growth.
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		+	Deprived of potable water and sources to irrigate farmlands seems an irony for a district traversed by the Krishna and its tributaries. “Every family here has more than one victim. Those who can afford have migrated,“ says K Subhash, who leads an effort to create awareness about fluorosis.
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		+	The formation of Telangana state has now raised hopes of a shift in the narrative. A government project to dredge lakes and ponds and divert river waters when they overflow is underway .

	=Steps taken=		=Steps taken=