BHAKRA NANGAL DAM

STORAGE REQUIREMENT OF INDIA BY 2050

STORAGE REQUIREMENT OF INDIA
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1) THERE IS WIDE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL RAINFALL VARIATION IN INDIA .
 2) 75% OF TOTAL RAINFALL IS RECEIVED DURING THE 4 MONSOON MONTHS .
 3) INDIAN RIVERS , THOSE WHICH ARE NOT FED BY SNOW MELT , CARRY MEAGRE DISCHARGE DURING NON-MONSOON MONTHS .
4) FIVE YEAR PLANS , INITIATED AFTER INDEPENDENCE , LAID EMPHASIS ON CREATION OF STORAGES.
5 ) LIVE STORAGE CAPACITY OF RESERVOIRS
   i. At the time of independence. - 15.6 BCM
   II.At present.                               - 225 BCM
6) ADDITIONAL CAPACITY EXPECTED
   i. Projects under construction.    - 64 BCM
  II. PROJECT UNDER CONTEMPLATION -108 BCM .
7) DEMAND OF WATER 2050
   I. Low projection.            -  973 BCM
  II. High projection.            - 1180 BCM
8. ) STORAGE REQUIRED  -  450BCM
   ) STORAGE THAT WOULD HAVE CREATED - 397 BCM
    SHORTFALL.                    -  53 BCM.

WE WANT MORE STORAGE CAPACITY .

WATER RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF INDIA

WATER RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF INDIA
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ANNUAL AVERAGE  AVAILABLE WATER RESOURCE OF OUR COUNTRY - 1869 BCM.
UTILIZABLE WATER RESOURCE                                                                  - 1123 BCM
SURFACE WATER.                                                                                         - 690 BCM
GROUND WATER.                                                                                          - 433. BCM
ULTIMATE IRRIGATION POTENTIAL ( UIP).                                                    - 113.47 MHa
FROM MAJOR& MEDIUM.                                                                              - 58.47 MHa
MINOR IRRIGATION.                                                                                       - 55 MHa

MULLAIPPERIYAAR ISSUE

" TO RAISE OR NOT TO RAISE THAT  WAS THE QUESTION " 

 The above sentence may remind you of the famous sentence from the drama HAMLET by Shakespeare. "To be or not be that's the question ,whether the nobler in the mind to suffer to die to sleep " 

Hamlet was in a perplex mood the thought of die or to live came to his mind . 

 Similarly, 

It was a life and death problem for the farmers of Tamilnadu and People living downstream of the age old dam . 

Now the final verdict of The Supreme Court of India was delivered on 7th Day of May 2014. 

As an Engineering student , especially the Civil Engineering students should know the History of The Dam . 

Those of you who read news papers might have known something about the issue. 

Now let us Study about the problem . 

To learn about the problem you should study about the design of Dams .

Scenic Beauty of Parambikulam reservoir

Water in the form of ice.

Today in Ashland . There was snow fall of about 3"yesterday . Can we make use of ice to make drinking water?

WATER COPERATION

Today is celebrated as World Water Day.Every year March 22 is earmarked for conducting awareness campaign by UN about the subject 'WATER '. This practice started from the year 1992. They keep the subject alive on a particular theme . This year is the 'Year of International Water Coperation. '
Water is available in atmosphere in all the three forms -Solid,Liquid,Gas-Ice ,Water,and Steam .
The total quantity of Water in atmosphere remains same.It is available in different forms. Atmospheric moisture,surface water,underground water,soil moisture, in plants and trees and in han bodies and in all animals and living beings.
The Sanskrit verse says 'APO VA IDAGUM SARVAM ' means Water is Everything. Without water no living being can exist. Access to fresh quality water should be declared as a Human right. No body can withhold access to any body.
But the greed , had made water as a commodity nay economic commodity. Problem started then onwards. When the natural resources are made as a economic good and tradable item profit making business eyes fell on that . The ownership question over the most essential life sustaining element on earth became a source of profit for those companies . Immediate access to such a vital element is denied to those who do not have the purchasing power.
When I was a child fresh water was available for drinking free of cost .Now I have to pay .My capacity and willingness to pay decide the availability .
Actually in India , the war on water between regions were escalated during nineties.
I am going to tell a story about the good Samaritan who felt making available water for drinking and for irrigation to his neighbors .
Watercoperation between two neighboring states of India is a model . It is an example of Coperation between two ideologies .
Now let us read about ,
PARAMBIKULAM -ALIYAR PRJECT . As I know.