Rivers of Maharashtra

This report was commissioned for India Rivers Week 2016.  Its a short description and detail report of the same can be seen here Maharashtra Rivers Profile

Major Issues faced by Rivers of Maharashtra include complete lack of governance geared towards protecting rivers as ecological systems, unjustifiable dam projects blocking most of the rivers of the state without even comparable benefits, increasing water conflicts, depleting groundwater levels which affect base flow of the rivers, catchment degradation, climate change induced changes in river hydrology, repeated droughts and increasing levels of pollution.

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