Hard Rock Regional Centre, Belgaum

Introduction

The National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) was established in 1978 with its headquarters at Roorkee - 247667 (Uttaranchal), India. It is an autonomous society under the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. Its main objective is to undertake systematic and scientific research (basic and applied) in all aspects of Hydrology. To study specific hydrological problems of different regions of the country, the Institute has established regional centres at Belgaum (Hard Rock Regional Centre), Jammu (Western Himalayan Regional Centre), Guwahati (North Eastern Regional Centre), Kakinada (Deltaic Regional Centre), Patna (Centre for Flood Management Studies), and Sagar (Ganga Plains South Regional Centre).

Hard Rock Regional Centre, Belgaum

The first regional centre of NIH was established in 1987 at Belgaum (Karnataka). It deals with the hydrological problems associated with hard rock areas in the country. The areas covered under this regional centre include the states of Karnataka and parts of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu. The scientific studies of Belgaum regional centre include representative basin studies, hydrometeorological network improvement, hydrological year book, hydrological modelling, regional flood formulae, conjunctive use studies, reservoir sedimentation studies, environmental hydrology, watershed development studies, tank studies, and drought studies. The regional centre is equipped with soil testing and water quality laboratories. It has also monitored automatic weather stations at Nagargalli (Barchi catchment) and Halkarni (Ghataprabha representative basin).

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Scientists and their Capabilities

At present, there are 5 scientists working at the regional centre alongwith the supporting staff. Few scientists have been trained in the areas of data processing and analysis, catchment hydrology and forest hydrology under the UNDP assisted project "Developing Capabilities for Hydrological Studies". They have been working on various hydrological models like MODFLOW, HELP, TOPMODEL, FESWMS-2DH, SUTRA, SWIM, WEPP etc. Dr. S. V. N. Rao, Scientist 'F' (stationed at Roorkee) is the Coordinator of Belgaum regional centre.

Mr. B. Venkatesh, Scientist 'E1' & Head
Mr. Chandramohan T., Scientist 'E1'
Dr. B. K. Purandara, Scientist 'C'
Dr. M. K. Jose, Scientist 'C'
Mr. Dilip G. Durbude, Scientist 'C'

Activities of Regional Centre

Technical Studies carried out by Regional Centre
Minutes of 11th Meeting of Regional Coordination Committee (19 January 2000)
Minutes of 12th Meeting of Regional Coordination Committee (16 March 2001)
Minutes of 13th Meeting of Regional Coordination Committee (10 April 2002)

National Water Policy (2002)

Location Address

Hard Rock Regional Centre
National Institute of Hydrology
Plot No. 11, 1st Main, 2nd Cross
Hanuman Nagar (IInd Stage)
Belgaum - 590 001 (Karnataka)
INDIA

Telephone : +91-831-2447714
Fax : +91-831-2447269

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Wetlands Journal

This website was conceived, created and updated by Mr. C. P. Kumar, Scientist, National Institute of Hydrology, Jal Vigyan Bhawan, Roorkee - 247667 (Uttaranchal), India during his tenure as Head of Hard Rock Regional Centre, Belgaum (April 1999 to March 2003).