Vulnerability assessment of water resources in Hilly Region of Nepal

Chhetri, Ramesh; Kumar, Parmanand; Pandey, Vishnu Prasad; Singh, Ranjeet; Pandey, Shachi

doi:10.1007/s40899-020-00391-x

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“…There are shortages of water resources all across the globe, and India is no exception (Kumar et al, 2023). Water security (Chhetri et al, 2020) is critical to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). In a comparative study of water projects in Finland and Kenya (Arvonen & Kibocha, 2018), water committees were democratic, gender inclusive, diverse in services, and involved in local politics.…”

Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Community‐based rainwater harvesting management: A lesson from best rural practices

Vadikar

2024

World Water Policy

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Water is human life's most important natural gift to achieve health and wealth. The study attempts to trace the rural community‐based best practices to achieve water harvesting through an explanatory research and survey method. The study realized that there are various practices for water conservation in rural communities, especially in hilly regions, which enjoy numerous benefits. India has community‐based practices, including Artificial Lakes, Pani‐kheti, Kuhls, and a bamboo‐based drip irrigation system. In this study, data were collected through a questionnaire, and the benefits of community‐based water management in Dang, a district of Gujrat, India, were assessed. The case studies have revealed how water problems have been solved through community participation. It can be seen from Dang's case studies, which are also in line with the reviews of related literature, that his efforts have only had some success. The rural people, predominantly tribal, are facing a resource crunch and water crisis, and through community partnership, they can achieve desirable outcomes with the government's support. The study found that rural people have achieved cost efficiency and revenue benefits from cooperative strategies.

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Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

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Community‐based rainwater harvesting management: A lesson from best rural practices

Vadikar

2024

World Water Policy

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“…It is necessary to implement a severe Spring Protection Policy Model in order to achieve the desired goal of preserving a higher level of spring water quality of LKS (11). Using this strategy, there is a requirement for involvement from three levels of stakeholders, namely the government, the inhabitants, and the spring ecology management committee.…”

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“…The use of water resources in an unscientific manner, combined with poor management, exacerbates the situation, particularly in developing countries (Thapa et al, 2017; Barman et al, 2022). When a water resource is vulnerable to climate change, non-climatic factors (Chettri et al, 2020; Chhetri and Kumar, 2018) such as population growth, rapid economic development, and land-use changes exacerbate the effects of climate change on freshwater resources (Koutroulis et al, 2019;Chhetri et al, 2020;Stathatou et al, 2016). In addition, the state of the world's water supplies is a major factor in determining people's income, wealth, and level of education (Barman et al, 2022).…”

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Impact of disturbance index on spring ecosystem and its policy implementation

Barman

Ghosh

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2023

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Spring water acts as sources of fresh water for the people Northeastern states. With increasing human population and intensity of human interventions at the vicinity of the springs, both the quality and quantity of springs has been affected. The water quality, socioeconomic and disturbance status of three springs viz. Longtharai spring, Binoy Kumar spring and Larai Kappa spring of Tripura, Northeast India were investigated. The Water Quality Index value ranged from 28.9 to 54.6 and Human Disturbance Index varied from 32.75 to 44.30. The recorded temperature range was 29.7–30.7°C and turbidity value was above the standard value for Larai Kappa spring only i.e., 7.51 NTU. The poor water quality in Larai kappa spring might be due to higher disturbance index and also influence by the location of the spring, population and the sum of activities surrounding the springs. The result clearly shows the impact of human activities on spring ecosystem and suggested strategies and policy intervention for sustainable spring management.

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“…People here find no or negligible incentive in clinging to agriculture as there is hardly any scope for earning livelihood through agriculture. Adding to the problem is the lack of infrastructure both in terms of farming technology as well as health and education and all the basic facilities essential for dignified existence (Chhetri et al, 2020).…”

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Agricultural Farmers Training in Nepal: A Review of Social Work Perspective

Nepali¹,

Tamang²

2022

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Social workers can mediate in the agricultural process on two crucial levels-first, it can familiarize the local people with the new technologies, information, training, available subsidies, and facilities either by the state or by institutions and organizations, secondly, it can use firsthand knowledge of the condition of the farmers to understand the need of the hour and convey the same to the policymakers. We have seen how many farmer's agitations and movements have been successfully organized in our country on a large scale, but still, two major lacunae in this whole process have limited the impact of these movements on a much greater scale-one, there is a dearth of larger social consciousness among the masses regarding the problem of farmers in general and these movements in specific. Social workers need to take this burden on their heads to ensure that not only the information is disseminated smoothly and effectively but also a larger audience can be built who not only can be aware of the condition of farmers but can also empathize with it, thus providing the base of mobilization of these groups for future causes.

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Vulnerability assessment of water resources in Hilly Region of Nepal

Cited by 18 publications

References 40 publications

Community‐based rainwater harvesting management: A lesson from best rural practices

Community‐based rainwater harvesting management: A lesson from best rural practices

Impact of disturbance index on spring ecosystem and its policy implementation

Agricultural Farmers Training in Nepal: A Review of Social Work Perspective

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