Affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of News item titled "Glacial lakes multiply in Himachal Pradesh and Tibet, posing a threat to lives and infrastructure downstream" appearing in the Hindu, August 11, 2024. The report said that the Ministry of Jal Shakti …
With the monsoon remaining active all over the State and water level in all reservoirs in comfortable position, the State Government has surrendered nearly 200 MW of power to the Central pool to save cost. The State Government is drawing less power from the Eastern Region Electricity Board (EREB) than …
Since it would take about five to six years to develop the projects The state grid network will add about 1,500 Mw from hydro power generating plants by 2020, said the water resources department."We have 10 projects under pipeline with a combined capacity close to 1,500 Mw and the DPRs …
Maintaining that the Polavaram multi-purpose project is of no good for Odisha, the state government today said it did not require water from the dam over river Godavari as offered by neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. "Odisha does not need Polavaram project. The state also does not require water from the AP …
The deficit rainfall has resulted in delayed planting of several kharif crops, including paddy in Koraput district. Only 40 per cent of the crops in the district have been cultivated till date in the kharif season. The 25 per cent deficit rainfall this season has also reduced the total acreage …
JEYPORE: The primary objective of the pani panchayats - to ensure functioning of the irrigation system - has virtually been defeated. Non-delegation of powers to the distributary committee and the core Dhanpur distributary committee by the Upper Kolab Irrigation Department officials has sealed the fate of farmers who dreamt of …
Life is grim for the tribals living in the reserve forest areas of the country, who face pressure from corrupt officials on one hand, and the environment lobby on the other.
JEYPORE: Shortage of water has forced the farmers, dependent on Upper Kolab Project (UKP) for irrigating their fields, to either stop or go slow with the harvesting process. The farmers here are bearing the brunt of non-coordination between the officials of irrigation and power generation department of UKP. Despite being …
Analysis of water balance for Upper Kolab catchment was done according to Thornthwaite book keeping technique for six stations located within the catchment and for the entire catchment for the normal climatic year. On annual basis the catchment has a water need, rainfall, actual evapotranspiration, water surplus and water deficit …
