National Register of Large (Specified) Dams is a compilation of the specified dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government /Authority concerned. As embark on a new
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard)'s experiment to rope in farmers as private partners in creating irrigation infrastructure has misfired in West Bengal. The programme
If Punjab and Haryana have wasted costly water resources while contending on the bloody Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal, then Gujarat , Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan have not been wise either .
The BJP government in Gujarat has for the second time cancelled the Narmada pipeline project aimed at supplying drinking water to the people in the arid Saurashtra region. Originally, the scheme was
The Punjab government will spend an amount of Rs. 1.3 billion on improvement of water supply schemes and provision of water for irrigation purposes during the current fiscal to achieve the
China is launching a vigorous drive to develop hydropower projects by utilizing foreign funds totalling 4 billion US dollars, and has so far built 23 hydropower stations with a total generating
Plans have been worked out by the Maharashtra State Government to make all the villages in the State tanker free by 2000, as per a Governemnt statement. As per the plans, the job to supply water
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is planning to make a capacity addition of 15,000 mw in the hydro sector in the next 15 years. A detailed blueprint to this effect would be
Heavy and continuous rain in the region since last night, today caused a 50-feet-wide breach in the Sirhind canal along the Chamkaur Sahib-Neelon road today and damaged the paddy and cotton crop in
The hardline Sikh leader, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, today addressed a public meeting at Chandigarh, and queered the pitch for the Badal government over Punjab's basic demands. He warned that if the
The Gujarat government has reportedly strongly objected to the two-day visit of the World Bank sponsored World Commission on Dams (WCD), which is holding a hearing in Bhopal on September 21-22. The
