India's Water Wealth: Its Assessment, Uses, and Projections

Andhra Pradesh Anicut annual aquifer average banks barrage Bihar Brahmaputra canal capacity catchment area Cauvery cent Chambal channel constructed cultivable area cumecs Delhi depth discharge district diversion drainage area drilling embankments flood control Gandak gauge Ghats Godavari ground water Gujarat Haryana hectares Himalayas hydro hydropower important India Indus installed irrigated area irrigation joins Karnataka km long Kosi Krishna Lake lakh large number litres per day load lower Madhya Pradesh Mahanadi Maharashtra Mahi metres million cu.m million KW million litres minor rivers monsoon Narmada navigable Nepal Orissa Pakistan Pennar potential power house problem pumping Punjab rainfall Rajasthan reaches regions reservoir rises river basins river systems run-off sediment silt soils sown area stage Subarnarekha supply surface Tamil Nadu tributaries tubewells Upper upstream upto utilisation valley velocity water required water resources weir West Bengal Western Ghats Yamuna