Newsletter No. 65;
innumerable cattle sheds that are littered across
IRBMS
severe deforestation and
the region. There are long-standing issues over
d) Shortage
of
livelihood
opportunities
high levels of heavy/trace metals and salinity as resulting migrations of people from the
well. However, over 15% of households in the NCT villages.
still rely on hand pumps that draw directly from
IRBMS has supported to build a watershed
the highly-polluted groundwater.
development programs in these two villages to
IRBMS is working with NGOS for Watershed
Development in Jharkhand:
make sure the optimum utilization of water for the
sake of further livelihood development.
IRBMS has got the opportunity to work in two IRBMS is working with JVP (Jharkhand Vikash
watersheds one in Nipania of Bansloi River Parishad),
Catchment area in Pakur District the second is in (Mohammed Bazaar Backward Class Development
Hirapur of Dwarka River Catchment area in Society), Saithiya in Hirapur. Both the program has
Dumka District, both are in Jharkhand. Both the been supported by AID (Association for Indias
watershed receive around average 1200mm of Development) India.
annual rainfall but
Pakur
high
ridges
Nipania
and
MBBCDS
both comes under draught
RIVERS OF INDIA
stricken regions. Both the areas have topography
with
in
and
valleys
bounded
Brahmaputra River
by
mountains and rivers. The hard rocky terrain Tributaries of River Brahmaputra
makes most of the water to flow speedily without Part-6
any storage and underground recharge. The areas A
faces drought due to lack of water and soil tributaries this episode we are trying to cover few
conservation measures coupled with deforestation. more in continuation of earlier episodes;
These watersheds face following problems; Kameng River:
large
river
like
Brahmaputra
has
many
The Kameng River in Arunachal Pradesh and Jia
a) The Acute shortage of water for human
consumption as well as for agriculture,
b) Soil erosion resulting lowering fertility of
the agricultural land.
Bhareli in Assam in the eastern Himalayan
Mountains originates in Tawang district from the
glacial
lake
below
snow-capped
Gori-Chen
Mountain, at a height of 6300 m. on the India-
c) Lowering rainfall over the years due to
Tibet border in South Tibet. It flows through
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