Mitigating the Madhes water crisis: action to protect province’s groundwater and solve flooding

Groundwater management is the shared responsibility of federal, provincial and local governments, but there is a lack of integrated planning, budgeting, data sharing, and collective action for groundwater extraction and recharge. Sustainable groundwater use in the Madhesh Province in Nepal requires...

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Main Authors: KC, Sumitra, Khadka, Manohara
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Language:Inglés
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177373
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description Groundwater management is the shared responsibility of federal, provincial and local governments, but there is a lack of integrated planning, budgeting, data sharing, and collective action for groundwater extraction and recharge. Sustainable groundwater use in the Madhesh Province in Nepal requires inclusive and equitable practices that combine water science-informed interventions with a cross-disciplinary approach.
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spelling CGSpace1773732025-11-11T08:22:57Z Mitigating the Madhes water crisis: action to protect province’s groundwater and solve flooding KC, Sumitra Khadka, Manohara water scarcity groundwater recharge aquifers rainfall tube wells groundwater extraction dry season evapotranspiration water conservation local government indigenous knowledge Groundwater management is the shared responsibility of federal, provincial and local governments, but there is a lack of integrated planning, budgeting, data sharing, and collective action for groundwater extraction and recharge. Sustainable groundwater use in the Madhesh Province in Nepal requires inclusive and equitable practices that combine water science-informed interventions with a cross-disciplinary approach. 2025-10-27 2025-10-28T04:34:59Z 2025-10-28T04:34:59Z News Item https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177373 en Open Access KC, S.; Khadka, M., 2025. Mitigating the Madhes water crisis: action to protect province’s groundwater and solve flooding. Patan Dhoka, Nepal: Nepali Times.
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groundwater recharge
aquifers
rainfall
tube wells
groundwater extraction
dry season
evapotranspiration
water conservation
local government
indigenous knowledge
KC, Sumitra
Khadka, Manohara
Mitigating the Madhes water crisis: action to protect province’s groundwater and solve flooding
title Mitigating the Madhes water crisis: action to protect province’s groundwater and solve flooding
title_full Mitigating the Madhes water crisis: action to protect province’s groundwater and solve flooding
title_fullStr Mitigating the Madhes water crisis: action to protect province’s groundwater and solve flooding
title_full_unstemmed Mitigating the Madhes water crisis: action to protect province’s groundwater and solve flooding
title_short Mitigating the Madhes water crisis: action to protect province’s groundwater and solve flooding
title_sort mitigating the madhes water crisis action to protect province s groundwater and solve flooding
topic water scarcity
groundwater recharge
aquifers
rainfall
tube wells
groundwater extraction
dry season
evapotranspiration
water conservation
local government
indigenous knowledge
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