Vijay Singh

In Search of the River Goddess

Jaya Ganga

S.K. Mishra

The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) curve number (CN) method is one of the most popular methods for computing the runoff volume from a rainstorm. It is popular because it is simple, easy to understand and apply, and stable, and accounts for most of the runoff producing watershed characteristics, such as soil type, land use, hydrologic condition, and antecedent moisture condition. The SCS-CN method was originally developed for its use on small agricultural watersheds and has since been extended and applied to rural, forest and urban watersheds. Since the inception of the method, it has been applied to a wide range of environments. In recent years, the method has received much attention in the hydrologic literature. The SCS-CN method was first published in 1956 in Section-4 of the National Engineering Handbook of Soil Conservation Service (now called the Natural Resources Conservation Service), U. S. Department of Agriculture. The publication has since been revised several times. However, the contents of the methodology have been nonetheless more or less the same. Being an agency methodology, the method has not passed through the process of a peer review and is, in general, accepted in the form it exists. Despite several limitations of the method and even questionable credibility at times, it has been in continuous use for the simple reason that it works fairly well at the field level.

Soil Conservation Service Curve Number (SCS-CN) Methodology

Dams are constructed for economic development, and their construction involves large investments of money, and natural and human resources. Of the various types of dams constructed around the globe, earth dams are the most common type and constitute the vast majority of dams. When adam fails, it culminates in the sudden release of artificially stored water which, in turn, becomes a potential menace to virtually everything downstream. The dam failure may result in loss of life and property. In recent years, instances of dam failure in the world have been too many, and the resulting loss too high. As a result, dam safety pro grams have been developed in most countries of the world since the beginning of the nineteenth eighties. · Earth dams are more susceptible to failure than other types. The cause of failure is often either overtopping or piping. The modeling of dam breaching due to either or both of these causes is of fundamental importance to development of dam-safety programs. This book is, therefore, an attempt to present some aspects of earth-dam breach modeling technology. It is hoped that others will be stimulated to write more comprehensive texts on this subject of growing interest and importance. The book is divided into eight chapters. The first chapter is introductory and discusses some aspects of dams and dam failures in the world.

Dam Breach Modeling Technology

The major thrust of this book is an attempt to elucidate, and to linger on and prolong the reverie of those precious enchanted moments when the place, the time and I had merged into one luminous reality. As an example, one summer night, turning the corner, I was enchanted by this bright silvery light, which filled my eyes, face, and the forest around me. Soon I figured out that this was not an apparition, just the streak of moonlight reflecting off the lake! Still, through words I wanted to re-live the above enchanting time; so I wrote a poem.

A Collection of Poems on Being and Loving

Enchanted Times

Dowry Prohibition in India

Nasiruddin Haider, the Nawab of Awadh, had always had problems with his hair. Whatever he did, it contrived to remain as flat and straight as ever, like the fringe of silken tapestry. When an English barber turned up at court and offered to curl the royal locks, the King opened his heart to him. Knowing the King's weakness for all things British, the barber decided to replace the queen with a choice of his own. In this way, a beautiful young Englishwomen found herself the consort of an Indian King.In Paris, an unhappy actress is sent a biography by her agent. The book is the story of a young Englishwoman, the wife of the Nawab of Awadh. Forgetting her sadness the actress reads on.

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