Hydropower is a valuable renewable energy resource in India, which can help in climate change mitigation and meet the increasing energy demands. However, the crucial role of climate change on hydropower production in India remains unexplored. Here using the observations and model simulations, we show that seven large hydropower projects …
Hydropower is a valuable renewable energy resource in India, which can help in climate change mitigation and meet the increasing energy demands. However, the crucial role of climate change on hydropower production in India remains unexplored. Here using the observations and model simulations, we show that seven large hydropower projects …
To chalk out the future course of action in view of the disputes regarding the use of Mahanadi river water, a well-rounded strategy that includes both the people and policymakers is needed. The strategy must allow for dialogue by rebuilding trust and should look at arbitration and negotiation as methods …
BHUBANESWAR: Families affected by Hirakud dam staged a demonstration outside the assembly here on Saturday, demanding 10 decimal of homestead land to each family. Ousted in 1955-56, the families also demanded immediate conversion of all the 34 un-surveyed villages, located on bank of the reservoir, to revenue villages. In their …
Forest and environment minister Bijayshree Routray today informed the State Assembly that the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has found 43 stations of nine main rivers of the state as highly polluted. Replying to a question of MLA Amar Prasad Satpathy, Rourtay said that the Board in 2011 had …
Orissa is prone to natural disasters, especially floods. Yet, the authorities have not been able to draw up an effective disaster management plan and politicians continue to play politics with relief works. What is needed in dealing with these disasters and the relief and rehabilitation work that follows is the …
Governor M C Bhandare on Friday suggested that that an independent expert panel should ascertain the exact cause of high floods in river Mahanadi this year. I do not say who is at fault. It may be an accident or a mistake. We must see it through an independent body …
Grout material in recent years has made quantum advancement and researchers have made this material more application friendly. Grouts are finding increasing applications for checking seepage under dams and in repair work for old dams.
As I write this my city Delhi is drowning. It started raining early this morning and within a few hours the city has come to a standstill. The television is showing scenes of traffic snarled up for hours, roads waterlogged and people and vehicles sunk deep in water and muck.
In August, western Odisha was shut down 13 times to protest the state government’s decision to build three barrages on the Mahanadi river. They are meant to dam surplus water downstream of the Hirakud reservoir to generate 320 MW power, and, as recently announced, to irrigate farms. Not a single …
The meteorological department records that some 60 mm of rain has fallen in just about 6 hours; 90 mm in 24 hours; and with this the city has made up for its deficit of rainfall this season. In other words, in just about 24 hours Delhi and its surrounding areas …
There is no sign of floods abating in Odisha. In the space of a fortnight, the number of people affected by the deluge in the Mahanadi river, the state's largest riverine system, increased from one million to 2.2 million on September 13. Two-thirds of the state's 30 districts are affected.
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday signed a MoU with state-owned National Hydro-Power Corporation (NHPC) for setting up three hydel units down Hirakud reservoir at an investment of Rs 3,000 crore. The MoU signified formation of a joint venture company (JVC) between the state-owned Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC) and …
SAMBALPUR: The first spell of flood waters received by Hirakud dam from upstream was released from sluice gate no. 6 this morning. This was followed by opening of gates 7 and 8 even as the inflow of water was 1,60,966 cusecs in the morning. The three sluice gates discharged 45,000 …
SAMBALPUR: The first spell of flood waters received by Hirakud dam from upstream will be released on Wednesday at 11 a.m. The flood water will be released after performing certain rituals as has been the practice since inception of the dam. Although water level in the dam had come down …
BHUBANESWAR: The MoU signing spree is having its fallout on one vital sector. None, including the State Government, seems to have given a proper thought over this fallout even at the initial stage. As `unquiet
Bhubaneswar, June 28: The Orissa government today confirmed that at least 45 companies had been allowed to draw water from rivers, seeking to balance the demand for industry and that of farmers who fear their source of irrigation might dry up. The state government has so far signed memoranda of …
SAMBALPUR: Despite housing the Hirakud dam project which also generates electricity, hundreds of villages in the district continue to be in dark without power. As many as 473 villages in Sambalpur district await electrification even though schemes like Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyuti Karan Yojana (RGGVY) and Biju Gram Jyoti Yojana …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as widespread rains occurred in many parts of the country, summer misery is far from over in Orissa. Large parts still reeled under a gruelling heatwave with sunstroke casualties rising every day. The unofficial death roll rose to 127 while the official count was 21, the State Revenue …
BHUBANESWAR: With unrelenting heatwave in most parts of Orissa, the death roll in the State due to sunstroke rose to 42 today. Five more deaths were reported from districts. While Cuttack , Jharsuguda, Mayurbhanj reported one death each and two died of heat stroke in Ganjam. The highest number of …
BHUBANESWAR: An unrelenting heatwave continued to scorch western parts of the State, while coastal Orissa experienced humid conditions for the third consecutive day. Three western Orissa towns - Sambalpur, Balangir and Titlagarh - saw the day temperature rising past the 43 degree Celsius while reports of four more sunstroke deaths …
