With the Himalayas to the north and the Bay of Bengal to the south, Bangladesh sits on one of the world’s largest and most densely populated deltas, where the Jamuna, Padma and Meghna rivers converge. Bangladesh’s geography and low-lying delta topography make it particularly vulnerable to climate change, repeatedly confronting …
AKIVIDU, March 28: The state government will take up canal modernisation in Tungabhadra, Krishna and Penna rivers along with the Godavari and Krishna delta, and Rs 1,470 crore is being spent for the purpose. Of the total, Rs 330 crore was sanctioned to Godavari. The details were disclosed by major …
In the first ever biggest deal signed with public sector undertaking, Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) will now study the climate changes in Krishna-Godavari basin off the east coast of India. The project worth Rs 10.37 crore has been awarded to NIO by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). …
Oct. 8: Modernisation of the Krishna delta alone will provide a lasting solution to the perennial flooding of Krishna district, said irrigation experts. Implementation of the long-pending modernisation scheme was one of the cherished dreams of the late Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy. The Krishna Delta modernisation was planned …
Many of the world's largest deltas are densely populated and heavily farmed. Yet many of their inhabitants are becoming increasingly vulnerable to flooding and conversions of their land to open ocean. The vulnerability is a result of sediment compaction from the removal of oil, gas and water from the delta's …
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy has said that more than 100 tmcft water available in Nagarjunasagar reservoir was enough to save the crops in Krishna delta and meet the drinking water needs.
June 29: The Krishna-Godavari basin has been a potential zone for extraction of oil and gas for a long time. The ONGC started exploration for oil and gas in the KG Basin in April 1977, and drilled its first well near Narasapuram in 1978, and discovered gas. As part of …
There is a corporate look about the state secretariat of Gujarat. Unlike most other state capitals, political | workers of any hue are conspicuous by their absence in ' Gandhinagar. Instead, smartly-dressed business executives from across the country and the world buzz around in the corridors of the state capital. …
Vijayawada, Sept. 9: The Congress government claims to be focused on irrigation projects, but poor water management is compounding the woes of farmers in the Krishna and Godavari delta. Despite the tall claims about irrigation projects, several lakh cusecs of water from Krishna and Godavari rivers is going waste into …
Krishna delta lost 1,783 ha between 1977 and 2000 A study published in Current Science (Vol 87, No 9) noted that the Godavari delta had lost 1,836 hectares (ha) between 1976 and 2000 (at 73.4 ha per year). The researchers said reduced river flow had caused reduction in sediment load …
After 150 years, irrigation canals in the Krishna delta are going in for major renovation. The works actually started this summer may take another four years to complete. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy would launch the Krishna delta modernisation works at Avanigadda on June 6. He will be …
The state government has decided to call for short tenders for the pending projects in Krishna delta. Earlier, tenders were called for two times but there was no response from the contractors. The government is very keen on Krishna delta modernisation projects and proposes to start them by April-end. Delta …
THE Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India's premier energy company, ranks first among the oil exploration and production (E&P;) companies in Asia. It is in the select league of global oil majors producing more than one million barrels of oil equivalent a day. Its production of crude oil for …
This report examines aspects of hydrological and environmental feasibility of interbasin water transfers in India and forms part of the larger research project which deals with multiple aspects of the National River Linking Project. The study uses the water transfer links in and out of the Krishna River Basin as …
relief declined: The Krishna Water Tribunal declined to grant an interim relief on the applications filed by Maharashtra and Karnataka seeking the tribunal's intervention in restraining the lower riparian state of Andhra Pradesh from going ahead with the construction of 11 projects in the Krishna and Godavari basins. The three-member …
Digital processing of the IRS-1D LISS-III image revealed a highly degraded state of the Kolleru lake. Among the several techniques tried, image enhancement through automatic log residuals method clearly indicated that about 42% of the 245 km2 lake area was encroached for aquaculture and 8.5% more area was occupied for …
