National disaster management guidelines - Management of floods …
Jan 21, 2011 · Following the enactment of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, (DM Act, 2005) the Government of India (GOI) constituted the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) as the apex body for Disaster Management (DM) in India with the mandate for laying down policies and guidelines on DM.
India Water Portal
Dec 19, 2024 · Explore water conservation, management, and sustainability on India Water Portal. Join us in safeguarding India's precious water resources.
Bioremediation, its applications to contaminated sites in India - A ...
May 17, 2011 · Bioremediation approach is currently applied to contain contaminants in soil, groundwater, surface water, and sediments including air. These technologies have become attractive alternatives to conventional clean-up technologies due to relatively low capital costs and their inherently aesthetic nature.
Manual on water supply and treatment - CPHEEO (MoUD) - India …
Sep 15, 2010 · This manual has been developed by the Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO), a department under the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) and serves as a standard guide in public health engineering by providing a code of day to day practice for public health engineers to follow.
JJM helps reduce drudgery of marginalised women, but still …
Dec 4, 2024 · The Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)- a flagship program launched by the Government of India aims at ensuring safe, adequate and continuous drinking water through individual household tap connections (Har Ghar Jal) by 2024. The mission aims to provide potable drinking water and prevent deaths and illness due to poor quality water, eliminate drudgery of women in accessing drinking water, and improve ...
Sewerage and sewage treatment - Updated manuals on …
Jan 4, 2013 · These manuals are prepared by the Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO), a department under the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD).These manuals aim at meeting the professional needs of practising engineers dealing with the sanitation sector in the country that focuses on achieving the goal of 'sanitation for all' within a reasonable timeframe.
Explore the challenges and opportunities in improving WASH …
Nov 23, 2024 · This paper ‘Tracking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) indicators in tribal districts of India: a secondary data analysis through 2015–2020’ focuses on WASH coverage among India’s tribal population, which constitutes 10.1% of the country’s population (Census, 2011). Tribes, referred to as Scheduled Tribes in the Indian Constitution, are distributed across the country but ...
Indian Standard for Drinking Water as per BIS specifications (IS …
Feb 20, 2020 · Arghyam has compiled a brief presentation which gives details of the permissible and desirable limits for various parameters in drinking water as per Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) specifications for potable water (IS -10500: 2012).While the standards were first published in 1983, this is the second revision available on the BIS website.
How Faith and Pollution Collide on Delhi’s Yamuna River
Dec 3, 2024 · The Yamuna, originating from the Champasar Glacier in the Himalayas, flows 1,376 kilometers before merging with the Ganges at Allahabad. In Delhi’s 22-kilometer stretch between Wazirabad and Okhla barrages, it transforms into one of the most polluted sections, receiving nearly 50% of the city’s untreated sewage.Dissolved oxygen levels in parts of the river have dropped to zero, rendering ...
Optimising Direct-Seeded Basmati Rice for sustainable water use
Nov 30, 2024 · DSR offers several advantages, including reduced water consumption, lower labor requirements, and improved soil health. In the north-western region of India, recent advancements in mechanization of DSR technology, such as sowing in tar-wattar (field capacity) conditions using seed drills at a depth of 3–4 cm and delaying the first …