Government plans to measure depth of Himalayan glaciers to assess water availability
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December 20, 2020 20:09 IST
The project will start next summer, sometime in June-July, said, M Rajeevan, the Ministry’s secretary.
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The Himalayan rivers are also a lifeline for the Indo-Gangetic plains, home to several million people. File Photo.
The project will start next summer, sometime in June-July, said, M Rajeevan, the Ministry’s secretary. As global warming affects the Himalayas, the Ministry of Earth Sciences is planning to measure the depth of glaciers in the region to assess their volume and gauge the water available in them, officials said on Sunday.
India plans to measure depth of Himalayan glaciers to assess water availability
The Himalayan glaciers are a major source of water for rivers originating from there.
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. Updated: 20 Dec 2020, 06:30 PM IST PTI
As global warming affects the Himalayas, the Ministry of Earth Sciences is planning to measure the depth of glaciers in the region to assess their volume and gauge the water available in them, officials say
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NEW DELHI :
As global warming affects the Himalayas, the Ministry of Earth Sciences is planning to measure the depth of glaciers in the region to assess their volume and gauge the water available in them, officials said on Sunday.
The project will start next summer, sometime in June-July, said, M Rajeevan, the ministry s secretary. Ravichandran, the Director of the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), which will execute the project, said the country s remote and high-altitude research centre, Himansh, is also studying the Himalayan climate. The centre was established in 2016. The plan is to first study seven glaciers in the Chandra river basin, he said. The Chandra river is a major tributary of the Chenab river which itself is a tributary of the Indus. The Himalayan glaciers are a major source of water for rivers originating from there. The Himalayan rivers are also a lifeline for the Indo-Gangetic plains, home to several million people.
Govt plans to measure depth of Himalayan glaciers to assess water availability
Govt plans to measure depth of Himalayan glaciers to assess water availability
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: As global warming affects the Himalayas, the Ministry of Earth Sciences is planning to measure the depth of glaciers in the region to assess their volume and gauge the water available in them, officials said on Sunday.
The project will start next summer, sometime in June-July, said, M Rajeevan, the ministry’s secretary.
Ravichandran, the Director of the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), which will execute the project, said the country’s remote and high-altitude research centre, Himansh, is also studying the Himalayan climate.