Irrigation and Interlinking of Indian Rivers
by Thakur Shailendra Nath
ISBN: 9789351301424
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 7995.00
Biblio : xii+218p.,tabls., 25 cm
Author Profile
Thakur Shilendra Nath was born in Sitamarhi District of Bihar. He was written several books and his many articles has been published in prominent national magazines. His other books on White Collar Crime, Environment and Agriculture has been widely appreciated. He Belongs to agriculturists family.
About The Book
All India rivers interlinking is a large scale civil engineering project that aims to join majority of India rivers and proposed to reduce the persistent water shortage in parts of India. Though critics oppose the project yet it is beneficial to India seeing its large dependence of agriculture on monsoon and gradual reduction of agriculture in GDP. Individual Indian major rivers along with its tributaries have been discussed in detail in the book to have an idea about its source, flow and ecolog
Table of Contents
Preface v <BR> 1. Introduction: An Overview 1 <BR> 2. Major Rivers of India 48 <BR> 3. River Water Dispute 107 <BR> 4. River Ecosystem 140 <BR> 5. Irrigation Potential in India 157 <BR> 6. Challenges and Opportunities for Agriculture Development 177 <BR> 7. Environmental, Ecological and Human Impact of Interlinking of Indian Rivers 197 <BR> 8. Project Cost Vis-à-vis Benefit 208 <BR> Index 213
