India, the land of agriculture is facing severe energy shortage even though the installed capacity of Indian power sector is increasing continuously, as demand outstrips incremental supply. India has an ambitious target ...

Surface water as a source of drinking water requires costly treatment to make it free from physical, chemical, and bacteriological contamination. Therefore, the managers of various water utilities are exploring the other ...

The channel geometry of a large braided river like the Brahmaputra in India with energy environment and complex adaptive process response system, displays variable and intricate fluvio-geomorphologic characteristics with ...

The management of regional water resources needs careful planning with regard to assessment of their availability and economics of allocation and use without degradation of the environment. An irrigation system which is ...

The models developed to simulate the rainfall-runoff process can be broadly grouped under three categories, with increasing order of complexities involved as: i) empirical; ii) conceptual; and iii) physically based distributed ...

Energy is the fundamental source for powering our lives, and growth of energy is linked to prosperity across the globe. At present, facing energy demand in environmentally affable way is a key challenge. Enhancing power ...

Urbanization refers to the migration of the people from rural areas to cities due to many reasons, most common being better quality of life and safety, diversity in socio-cultural life, better facilities of education and ...

Tunnel construction is a subject involving uncertainties arising due to the geology of the rock formations, efficiency and output of the tunnelling equipment and the management conditions. The resulting cost and time ...

This study is directed to identify the probable effect of increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations and changing climate on rice crop yields in Haridwar Uttarakhand. Fine rice particularly the Basmati contributes substantially ...

The stability of hydraulic structures founded on permeable soil has to be ensured against forces caused by percolating water. The seepage water exerts uplift pressure below the structure and tends to remove the soil particles ...