Presently there are 24 districts in Jharkhand. The state falls under the Tropical Monsoon climatic region. Every state was to have a river board to regulate and develop inter-state river basins and valleys. It provided an overarching national legal framework for the protection, conservation, regulation and management of water as a vital but stressed natural resource, while including the management of river basins. NAME OF RIVER BASIN/ SUB-RIVER BASIN: 1: Subernarekha River Basin: 2: Kharkai River Sub- Basin: 3: South Koel River Basin: 4: Barakar River Sub-Basin: 5: Damodar River Basin: 6: Sankh River Basin: 7: North Koel River basin: 8: Punpun River Basin: 9: Sone(Stem)- Kanhar and Kao-Gangi River Composite Basin: 10
All the 20 river basins of the country share the story of the Cauvery: how human interference has changed every river’s form and flow pattern over the past few decades. It is alarming that in the lower parts of the basin — in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and West Bengal — land in many areas has turned barren. The report shows another disturbing trend: between 2004-05 and 2014-15, the catchment area of the Indus reduced by 1 per cent, that of the Ganga by 2.7 per cent, and of the Brahmaputra by 0.6 per cent. All rights reserved. RIVER BASINS/ SUB RIVER BASINS OF JHARKHAND: S.N. Pages in category "Rivers of Jharkhand" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. browser options, then try again. But the policy does not clarify how these two can be merged.
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This website belongs toWater Resources Department. The health of people is intimately intertwined with the health of the rivers and the river basins, he adds. The objective was to protect the rivers and waterbodies by identifying and protecting the flood plains, removing encroachments, checking illegal sand mining and pollution and improving the maintenance of water infrastructure. It is, therefore, not surprising that along with the Ganga, the flow of its major tributaries has also slowed down. It treats preservation of natural water sources and water infrastructure in the same manner. Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name. However, it seems JavaScript is
This river basin witnessed increased runoff and lowered evapotranspiration—when water from the soil and other surfaces transferred to the atmosphere by evaporation and by transpiration from plants.