NATIONAL SEMINAR ON WATER CONSERVATION AND HARVESTING : FOCUSING BIODIVERSITY ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT February 8, 2020 PROGRAMME & ABSTRACTS Organised by Social Environmental and Biological Association (SEBA) In collaboration with West Bengal Biodiversity Board West Bengal Pollution Control Board Ballygunge Society for Environment & Development at Auditorium Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Jadavpur University Campus Jadavpur, Kolkata - 700 032 Organizing Committee President : Dr. A. K. Sanyal (Chairman, WBBB, Kolkata / LM, SEBA) Vice President : 1. Dr. Supatra Sen (Ashutosh College, Kol., President, SEBA) 2. Dr. M. K. Dev Roy (Secretary, SEBA) Conveners : Dr. Maitri Bose Biswas (RPM College, Uttarpara / LM, SEBA) Dr. Mrinal Mukherjee (WBUTTEPA / LM, SEBA) Seminar Coordinator : Dr. N. C. Nandi (Vice President, SEBA) Dr. Rina Chakraborty (Vice President, SEBA) Treasurer : Dr. Anirudha Dey (Treasurer, SEBA) Advisors : 1. Prof. Amalesh Choudhury (Ex-Head, Dept of Marine Sci., C.U) 2. Prof. Sankar Kr. Ghosh (Vice Chancellor, K.U. / LM, SEBA) 3. Dr. D. R. Mandal (Ex-Vice Chancellor, SKBU / LM, SEBA) 4. Prof. Ambarish Mukherjee (Dept. of Botany, B.U./ LM, SEBA) Programme Coordinators : 1. Dr. Amalendu Chatterjee (LM, SEBA) 2. Dr. Sujit Pal, (Jt. Director, Govt. of West Bengal / LM, SEBA ) 3. Prof. A. K. Panigrahi (HoD, Dept. of Zool., K.U./ LM, SEBA) 4. Dr. R. P. Barman (Ex. Emeritus Scientist, ZSI / LM, SEBA) 5. Dr. Arun Mahato (Gujarat Inst. Ecology, Gujarat / LM, SEBA) 6. Dr. Biplab Modak (SKB University, Purulia, W.B /LM, SEBA) 7. Dr. Kaushik Mondal (Kalyani Univ. / LM, SEBA) 8. Dr. Mitu De (Gurudas College, Kolkata / LM, SEBA) Contact persons (Other than Conveners & Coordinators) : 1. Dr. Anirudha Dey (Mb: 09432260803 / 09830678483, <[email protected]>) 2. Dr. Debkumar Datta (Mb: 9231685817, <[email protected]>) 3. Dr. S. K. Pramanik (Mb: 09477167348; <pramaniksankarkumar @gmail.com>) 4. Dr. M. K. Dev Roy (Mb: 9475854976/ 8158897512; <malay_7 @rediffmail.com>) 5. Dr. Mousumi Roy (Mb: 09836023267, <[email protected]>) 6. Dr. T. K. Pal (Mb: 9433016738, [email protected]) NATIONAL SEMINAR ON WATER CONSERVATION AND HARVESTING : FOCUSING BIODIVERSITY ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT February 8, 2020 PROGRAMME & ABSTRACTS Organised by Social Environmental and Biological Association (SEBA) In collaboration with West Bengal Biodiversity Board (WBBB) West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) Ballygunge Society for Environment & Development (BSED) at Auditorium Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Jadavpur University Campus Jadavpur, Kolkata–700 032 1 NATIONAL SEMINAR ON “WATER CONSERVATION AND HARVESTING : FOCUSING BIODIVERSITY ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT” PROGRAMME 8th February, 2020 ( Saturday) INAUGURAL SESSION 9.30 am Reporting, Registration & Display of posters 10.00 am Inauguration by Kalyan Rudra, Chairman, WBPCB 10.10 am Welcome Adress Dr. A. K. Sanyal, President, Seminar Organisation Committee & Chairman, WBBB 10.20 am Introductory Addresses By Organiser & Collaborators 11.00 am Tea Break TECHNICAL SESSION- I (WATER CONSERVATION AND HARVESTING) 11.15 am Key Note Address Dr. Tapan Saha, Ex-Sr. Scientist WBIWM & Secretary, BBP 11.50 am Oral Presentations By Participants 11.50 am Poster Presentations By Participants 1.30 pm Lunch Break TECHNICAL SESSION- II (BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT) 2.15 pm Oral Presentations By Participants 2.15 pm Poster Presentations By Participants 4.00 pm Valedictory Session By Resource persons 4.30 pm Distribution of Prizes & By Seminar Organising President, SEBA Certificates President & Conveners 4.55 pm Vote of Thanks By Convener 2 CONTENTS TECHNICAL SESSION-I 1. Dreadful demise of ponds and dobas in West Bengal—N.C. Nandi ...................................1 2. Gangajal : The Holy water of the river Ganges—N.C. Nandi ............................................1 3. Wetland Management: Geo-spatial analysis of issues and challenges—Biraj Kanti Mondal ..................................................................................................................................2 4. Attitude of Hindustani raag sangeet system towards monsoon: The seed of philosophy of water conservation in society—Archan Bhattacharya and Aranya Bhattacharya...3 5. Gender, water resource management and sustainability: An overview—Supatra Sen ....4 6. Indigenous knowledge and practices on water conservation and management in Purulia District, West Bengal—Kailash Bauri, Partha Gorai and Biplob Kumar Modak...5 7. Waterbodies of urban Kolkata: An overview— Rina Chakraborty and N. C. Nandi...5 8. Impact of water on life and livelihood of people in Indian Sundarban— S. K. Pramanik and N. C. Nandi .................................................................................................................6 9. Impact of acidification on heavy metal levels in a bheri of East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW), A Ramsar site in the Indian Sub-Continent— Taparupa Dey .....................................7 10. Water sustainibility project report—Shiv Shankar Roy (Teacher), Uttam Kumar Singh, Dristi Shah, Pratham Keshari .......................................................................................7 11. Rain water harvesting : Importance and potentialities at Sagar Island, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal—Rinku Das and Amales Misra ...............................................................8 12. Water conservation and harvesting: Need for area specific strategy formulation—Rina Chakraborty and N. C. Nandi ........................................................................................9 13. Evaluation of contamination of groundwater using water quality indices—Arun Kumar Pramanik, Deepanjan Majumdar, Abhik Chatterjee .............................................10 14. Water consumption context of Dhaniakhali village of Hooghly District in West Bengal: A case study of water use pattern by Survey and GIS—Subhasis Ghosh ...................10 15. Prospect of artificial recharge of ground water with non-conventional water resources in urban water management and conservation: A vision—Ipsita Chanda ....................11 16. Water budget and conservational strategies for its sustainable use in Govt. Model School, Gopiballavpur-I, Jhargram, West Bengal: A case study—Dayasankar Mahata, Supriya Mandi, Manisha Mahata, Dipen Roy and Sujit Pal ...............................12 17. Water - Present scenario, demand and conservation—Tanusree Datta and Asish Kumar Panigrahi ...........................................................................................................................13 18. Need of water conservation at the verge of climate change and global warming : the legal issues in India—Sangeeta Chatterjee ..........................................................14 19. Changing water condition and its effects on life and livelihood—Anirban Mukherjee..15 20. Ground water conservation by rainwater harvesting unit in a school in Sundarban— Chandrima Sinha and Ajanta Dey .............................................................................16 21. Potential zones: A case study of Joyponda river basin, Bankura, West Bengal—Manas Karmakar, Monali Banerjee, Debasis Ghosh and Mrinal Mandal ....................17 3 TECHNICAL SESSION-II 22. Role of plants in water conservation—Dwaipayan Sinha ................................................21 23. Exploration of plant-based assays for the detection and estimation of aquatic genotoxins in natural environments—Dipan Adhikari ...................................................................21 24. Integrated fish farming in Haldia areas of West Bengal - A case study of water resource based livelihood improvement—Suman Kumar Sahu .................................................22 25. Will Avicennia alba sustain in climatic change induced salinity rise?—Harekrishna Jana .....................................................................................................................................23 26. Invertebrate haemocyte: An effective bio-indicator for health of soil and aquatic ecosystem— Susraba Chatterjee and Srikanta Guria ................................................................23 27. Mitigating climate change: Aquatic ecosystems and blue carbon—Supatra Sen............24 28. Diversity of fishes in Damodar river at Mejia, Bankura, West Bengal in a changing natural river habitat—Prabir Banerjee, Saugata Basu and Biplob Kumar Modak ......25 29. Evaluation of biotic Index of macroinvertebrates in selected wetlands of West Bengal: Implications for conservation and biological control—Anshuman Pati, Soumya Dasgupta and Soumyajit Banerjee .............................................................................26 30. Blood components and histological architecture of Hilsa Shad, Tenualosa ilisha in diverse habitats—Md. Faruque Miah, Md. Abdul Kader, Faria Jarin and M. Niamul Naser ...................................................................................................................................27 31. Water footprints affecting biodiversity—An overview—Paramita Saha Sarkar ............28 32. A brief review on effect of water scarcity on animals of protected areas in India—Mahuya Patra Purkait ....................................................................................................................28 33. Impact of alteration of wetland characteristics on migratory and aquatic birds - A case study of Bankura District, West Bengal—Susobhan Mondal, Mainak Sarkar, Asif Hossain and Biplob Kumar