CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD
BHUJAL NEWS
Bhu-Jal News - is a Scientific Journal of Central Ground Water Board with the objective to disseminate information to user community and highlight various issues & activities and latest technical advances in the field of Ground Water. It is published quarterly. The journal is widely circulated to central and state govt organizations, institutes, universities and user agencies etc. It includes scientific and technical paper in Ground Water domain, highlights of activities taken up by CGWB as well as other organization, technical notes, news item etc.
Special issues have been published from time to time as below:-
- Ground Water Pollution, April-June,1990
- Ground Water Statistics, Jan-Mar,1991
- Central Ground Water Authority, Jul –Dec, 1997
- Conjunctive Use Studies, Jan – Jun, 1999
- Millennium Issue, Jan- June, 2000
- Ground Water Geophysics , Jan-June, 2002
- Ground Water Geophysics , Jan – Dec, 2003
- Rajasthan State, July- Dec,2005
- Uttaranchal State, Jan- Dec 2006.
- West Bengal State, Jan- March 2009
- Arsenic in Ground Water in India, April- September 2009
The contents of the recently published issue of Bhujal News . (Volume No.24, Number -4, Oct- Dec 2009) are as follows;
Sl No |
CONTENT |
Authors |
1. |
Towards Better Management of Ground Water Resources in India |
B.M.Jha & S.K.Sinha |
2. |
India’s Ground Water Irrigation Economy: The Challenge of Balancing Livelihoods and Environment |
Tushaar Shah |
3. |
Sustainable Groundwater Development through Integrated Watershed Management for Food Security |
Suhas P. Wani, Raghavendra Sudi and P. Pathak |
4. |
Community Driven Approach for Artificial Recharge –TBS Experience |
Rajendra Singh |
5. |
Sectoral Allocation and Pricing of Groundwater |
V.Damle |
6. |
Ground Water Management in Coastal Areas |
S.C. Dhiman & D.S.Thambi |
7. |
Ground Water Management in Alluvial Areas of Punjab |
Sushil Gupta |
8. |
Ground Water Vulnerability Assessment – Challenges and Opportunities |
Ravinder Kaur and K.G. Rosin |
9. |
Hydromorphogeological Microzonation to Infer Groundwater Potential and Quality |
Saumitra Mukherjee, Satyanarayan Shashtri, Chander Kumar Singh and Amit Singh |
The constitution of Editorial Board of Bhujal News are as follows:-
Sl No |
Name & Designation |
Position in Editorial Board |
1. |
Chairman , CGWB |
Chairman |
2. |
Member (SML), CGWB |
Member |
3. |
Member (SAM) CGWB |
Member |
4. |
Member (ED&MM), CGWB |
Member |
5. |
Member(T&TT), CGWB |
Member |
6 |
Dr A.K.Sinha, Professor, Dept of Geology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur |
Member |
7. |
Dr P.C.Chandra, Regional Director, CGWB, MER, Patna |
Member |
8. |
Dr Saumitra Mukherjee, Professor & Head, Department of Geology & Remote Sensing, School of Environmental Sciences, J.N.U, New Delhi |
Member |
9. |
Dr S.K.Jain, Scientist-D, CGWB, HQ, Faridabad |
Editor |
10. |
Dr S.Shekhar, Scientist-B, CGWB, HQ, Faridabad |
Assistant Editor |
Please write to the Editor, Bhujal News, Central Ground Water Board, Bhujal Bhawan, NH-IV, Faridabad, or mail to tsmsam-cgwb@nic.in for inclusion in the mailing list of Bhujal news.
Forthcoming Issues
To commemorate the silver jubilee year of publication of Bhujal News, special issues on Transboundary Aquifers and Remote sensing & GIS in Ground Water are to be published shortly.
Recent Issues of Bhu-Jal News
- Bhu-Jal News, Volume 24, No. 1, Jan-March, 2009
- Bhu-Jal News, Volume 24, No. 2 & 3, April-September, 2009
- Bhu-Jal News, Volume 24, No. 4, Oct-Dec, 2009