Hyderabad, June 22: With a focus on water, the city-based National Geophysical Research Institute is proposing to carry out a multi-agency comprehensive research study on water-related issues in the Krishna-Godavari River Basin.
The project, which is in the proposal stage, aims to undertake research in Krishna-Godavari River Basin which will cover about six lakh square kilometre in states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, parts of Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, inhabited by about 135 million people who depend on these rivers, NGRI Chief Scientist Shakeel Ahmed said.
This is NGRI’s major effort and is proposed to be taken up with multi-agencies involved in water sector to work together on research that will not only optimise costs, but also avoid duplication of research work, he said.
One of the important studies proposed in this project would be on delta.
—PTI