Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences
Title : | Assessment of Environmental Flows for Himalayan Rivers |
Area of research : | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences |
Focus area : | Hydrology |
Principal Investigator : | Dr Sharad Jain, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee. |
Timeline Start Year : | 2014 |
Timeline End Year : | 2017 |
Details
Executive Summary : | The project proposal aims to compile and create the most likely hydrologic profile of selected rivers in Western Himalayas in pre-large scale
development period; to compile data, reports, results, and other relevant information pertaining to environmental flow assessment in rivers of
India; and to apply and modify the existing suitable Environmental Flow Assessment (EFA) methods for a Himalayan River with limited
ecosystem data. The study will contribute to development of tools for EFA in Indian context and particularly to the Himalayan region wherein a
large number of hydropower projects are in different stages of planning, construction and operation. The expected outcome and deliverable of
the project is a methodology to assess environmental flows of Himalayan rivers with the existing knowledge base. |
Organizations involved