Sir,

Good Morning I herewith share the following in

regarding the website on Water Resources Information System in
India, which gives a somewhat clear picture regarding Water
Resources in our entire India. It is an official website of Government
of India, which is developed by Central Water Commission, National
Remote Sensing Centre and Indian Space Research Organization
combined together.
1. The website is: www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in
2. Most of our engineers, even though our Irrigation Engineers/
Water
Resources
Engineers/Faculty
Members
in
the
Colleges/Training Institutes/Service Organizations/NGOs do not
aware of this website and thats why, I am herewith sharing
the following information. The information is useful not only
for Water Resources/Irrigation Engineers, but also, for the
Faculty Members, who deals with the topic on
Water
Resources, Crops, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry etc in
various Engineering Colleges/Agricultural Colleges and various
Training Institutes and also useful for various Service
Organizations/NGOs. Strictly speaking, every citizen has to go
through this once briefly and know the outlines, as water is a
basic need and becoming scarcer and thereby, hot topic
nowadays. It is a matter of hardly one hour only to get a rough
idea about Water Resources in our entire India.
3. I herewith attach total 9 folders/documents namely 1.About
Godavari Basin 2. About Krishna Basin 3. About Pennar
Basin 4. Country Level Summary Report (Summary Report
on Water Resources in India) 5.Basinwise Detailed Reports
6. Basin Maps Basin wise and Sub-Basin wise covering
whole India (with 1:50,000 scale). 7. Some Other
Miscellaneous details 8.Copy of this letter as advice and
suggestions
9.WRIS-INDIA
Concept.
All
the
9
folders/documents are briefed as 9 items as detailed below.
4.

All are downloaded from the website: www.indiawris.nrsc.gov.in on25/12/2015 and attach herewith as a
zipped folder for your ready reference please. The size of

the folder is 1.01 GB. However, browse the website:

www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in for the latest updates.
5. The folders namely 1.About Godavari Basin 2. About Krishna
Basin 3. About Pennar Basin are included separately for the
ready reference of the people of the two Telugu States
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. However, the copies of
judgements/awards of the tribunals in regard to interstate
disputes of the Krishna basin and Godavari basins are
downloaded from the website: www.irrigation.ap.gov.in.
6. However, if any individual wants to get the information
regarding any basin in India, can go through the folders
(country wide) under items 4,5,6 and 7 as detailed below.
7. For the latest updates, please browse the WRIS website:
www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in
8. I request you to please download the attachment and go
through it once at a glance. Know the what is what and
where and get an idea about the water resources in our
entire India.
9. The Detailed Reports on various basins are very important,
which covers all the important details of the concerned
basins. It is advised at least to go through the Detailed
Reports of the basins pertaining to your area, say for
example, Detailed Reports on Krishna basin, Godavari basin
& Pennar basin in the case of individuals of both the Telugu
states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
10. You can forward or share this information among your
colleagues and friends/well-wishers etc, if you wish to do so.

11. Please download the attachment and go through it once,

whenever you get free time. Then after only, the individuals,
who feel this as worth saving, may save it and others can
delete.

12. Please note that the information in this mail is as per my

knowledge and hence, it is only a partial information. This
information is only as an informative & but, not
confirmative.

1. ABOUT GODAVARI BASIN:

(a)

Detailed Report on Godavari Basin : This folder consists of

Detailed

Report

on

Godavari

Basin

and

explains

the

characteristics of the basin (described with beautiful maps,

tables and graphs) like overview of the basin, topography,
river net work with tributaries, meteorological details like
rainfall and temperature, land use/land cover, soils, agroclimatic zones, agro-ecological zones, demography, sub basins,
watersheds, various projects in it, command area and network,
ground

water

meteorological

resources,
stations,

water

hydro-met
quality

observations,
details,

inland

navigation water ways, water tourism sites, , rainfall and

temperature profile, drinking water facilities etc describing
with beautiful maps, tables and graphs.
(b)
Maps Sub basin wise of Godavari Basin:
This folder
consists of maps (sub basin wise) covering entire Godavari
Basin. Codes of the sub basin and locations of major cities in
the sub basins are also shown in the maps. All the basin maps
are crystal clear, attractive and lucrative with a scale of
1:50,000.
NOTE: Some maps will take 5 to 6 seconds time only to get a
clear picture. Please bear
On it.
(c)
Interstate Water Disputes: This folder consists of the copy
of the judgement/award (1979 & 1980) of the Bachawat

tribunal on Interstate Water dispute on Godavari Basin. This is

downloaded from the website: www.irrigation.ap.gov.in.
2. ABOUT KRISHNA BASIN:

(a)
Detailed Report on Krishna Basin: This folder consists of
Detailed Report on Krishna Basin and explains the
characteristics of the basin (described with beautiful maps,
tables and graphs) like overview of the basin, topography,
river net work with tributaries, meteorological details like
rainfall and temperature, land use/land cover, soils, agroclimatic zones, agro-ecological zones, demography, sub basins,
watersheds, various projects in it, command area and network,
ground
water
resources,
hydro-met
observations,
meteorological
stations,
water
quality
details,
inland
navigation water ways, water tourism sites, rainfall and
temperature profile, drinking water facilities etc describing
with beautiful maps, tables and graphs.
(b)
Maps Sub basin wise of Krishna Basin:
This folder
consists of maps (sub basin wise) covering entire Krishna
Basin. Codes of the sub basin and the locations of major cities
in the sub basins are also shown in the maps. All the basin
maps are crystal clear, attractive and lucrative with a scale of
1:50,000.
NOTE: Some maps will take 5 to 6 seconds time only to get
a clear picture. Please bear
on it.
(c)
Interstate Water Disputes: This folder consists of the copies
of the judgements/awards of the Bachawat tribunal, Brijesh
Kumar tribunal and further report on Interstate Water dispute
on Krishna Basin. This is downloaded from the website:
www.irrigation.ap.gov.in.
3. ABOUT PENNAR BASIN:

(a)
Detailed Report on Pennar Basin: This folder consists of
Detailed Report on Pennar Basin and explains the
characteristics of the basin (described with beautiful maps,
tables and graphs) like overview of the basin, topography,
river net work with tributaries, meteorological details like
rainfall and temperature, land use/land cover, soils, agroclimatic zones, agro-ecological zones, demography, sub basins,
watersheds, various projects in it, command area and network,
ground
water
resources,
hydro-met
observations,
meteorological
stations,
water
quality
details,
inland
navigation water ways, water tourism sites, rainfall and
temperature profile, drinking water facilities etc describing
with beautiful maps, tables and graphs.
(b)
Maps Sub basin wise of Pennar Basin: This folder consists
of maps (sub basin wise) covering entire Pennar Basin. Codes
of the sub basin and the locations of major cities in the sub
basins are also shown in the maps. All the basin maps are
crystal clear, attractive and lucrative with a scale of 1:50,000.
NOTE: Some maps will take 5 to 6 seconds time only to get
a clear picture. Please bear
on it.
4. COUNTRY LEVEL SUMMARY REPORT (SUMMARY REPORT ON
WATER RESOURCES IN INDIA):
(a)
(Section-1) Introduction: This topic covers basic information
regarding water resources in India, Concepts of watersheds/basins,
delineation (fixing/defining) of the watersheds/basins in India. This
topic helps in understanding the summary report. Please also go
through the list of abbreviations on the bottom of the index page.
(b).

(Section-2)

Methodology

for

Delineation

and

Codification

of

Hydrological Units: This topic covers division of whole India into

Regions, Basins, Sub-basins and watersheds and codification of
Hydrological units. Knowing the codification of Hydrological units is
very important and to understand this, go through the Table-1(on
Page No: 10) and figure-5 (on Page No: 11). Figure -6 (on Page No:

12) is also important to understand the Legend/index of the basin

maps. Dont go through other matter, or otherwise you had an idea
about the software ArcGIS Spatial Analysis hydrology tool.
(c). (Section-3) Rainfall and Elevation Zones of India: This topic consists
of all maps showing Average Annual Rainfall in India between 19712005, Average Monthly Rainfall in India between 1971-2005
Elevation Zones (Height with reference to Mean Sea Level) in India.
These 3 maps give us the above information with reference to our
India at a glance.
(d) .(Section-4) Hydrology of India: This topic consists of various India
maps showing hydrology of India Division wise and Region wise,
Basins in India, CWC basins, WRIS basins, Comparison between CWC
basins & WRIS basins, WRIS basins and sub-basins with basin codes,
Watersheds etc. and at lastly, various reference books on hydrology,
ground water, software relating to water resources.

5. DETAILED REPORTS BASIN WISE (COUNTRY WIDE):

(a).This folder consists of Detailed Reports on basin wise covering
total entire India. The important basins are Ganga basin, Indus
basin, Narmada basin, Tapati basin, Mahanadi basin, Godavari
basin, Cauvery basin, Krishna basin, Pennar basin, Sabarmati basin
etc.
(b) The detailed reports explains some of the characteristics of the
basin (described with beautiful maps, tables and graphs) like
overview of the basin, topography, river net work with tributaries,
land use/land cover, soils, agro-climatic zones, agro-ecological
zones, demography, sub basins, watersheds, various projects in it,
command area and network, ground water resources, hydro-met
observations, meteorological stations, water quality details, inland
navigation water ways, water tourism sites, parliamentary
constitutions in the basin, rainfall and temperature profile, drinking
water facilities etc with beautiful maps, tables and graphs.

6. MAPS SUB BASIN WISE (COUNTRY WIDE):

This folder consists of maps sub basin wise covering all rivers in
India. Codes of the sub basin and the locations of the major cities in
the sub basins are also shown in the maps. All the basin maps are
crystal clear, attractive and lucrative with a scale of 1:50,000.
NOTE: Some maps will take 5 to 6 seconds time only to get a clear
picture. Please bear on it.

7. MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS (COUNTRY WIDE):

This folder consists of maps and details pertaining to water

resources and other useful information. Please go through it once,
only whenever you feel free.

8. WRIS-ADVICE AND SUGGESTIONS:

This folder/document consists of the copy of this letter, for the

ready reference, such that the individuals can refer in future,
whenever required.

9. WRIS INDIA CONCEPT:

This folder/document explains the main concept/goal of maintaining

the website: www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in by the Government of India.
ATTACHMENT: One Zipped Folder.

Thanking you Sir..

With Warm Regards

N.V.R. KUMAR (N.V.Ramanja Kumar),

DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEER-9,

PULICHINTALA PROJECT,
JAGGAIAH PET- 521 175.
(KRISHNA DISTRICT)
Andhra Pradesh

(JNTU College of Engineering, Anantapur, 1980-84 Batch, CIVIL Engg)

(IEI MEMBERSHIP MIE No: M-143376-2)

MOBILE NO: 9603753581
E-Mail Id:nvrkumar1980@gmail.com