Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 20/01/2025. The application filed by Subhas Datta alleged failure of the authorities to prevent pollution and encroachment of Saraswati river passing through Hooghly and Howrah districts …
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 phase of Dam Safety with the enactment of Dam Safety Act'2021 in order to provide surveillance, inspection, operation …
The Ministry of Law and Justice on December 14, 2021 has issued The Dam Safety Act, 2021. It shall come into force on December 14, 2021. An Act to provide for surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of the specified dam for prevention of dam failure related disasters and to provide …
The Dam Safety Bill, 2018 that aims to provide a robust legal and institutional framework under Central and state governments for the safety of dams, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 12th December, 2018 amid protests by opposition and Shiv Sena members. The Bill, which provides for the surveillance, …
New report urges global action on mining pollution. Mining Tailings Storage: Safety is no accident, was prompted by tailings dams disasters and rising global concerns about the safety, management and impacts of storing and managing large volumes of mine tailings. The increasing number and size of tailings dams around the …
Mosul Dam is located on the Tigris river, 50 Km NW of Mosul; it is 113 m in height, 3.4 Km in length, 10 m wide in its crest and has a storage capacity of 11.1 billion cubic meters. It is an earth fill dam, constructed on bedrocks of Fat’ha …
This guidelines deal with the preparation of site specific seismic study report of a river valley project and its submission to the National Committee on Seismic Design Parameters (NCSDP) for necessary approval. The guidelines will help in estimation of parameters to be used in seismic design, analysis and safety evaluation …
Standing Committee on Water Resources (2010-2011) present this Seventh Report on "The Dam Safety Bill, 2010". The Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha and was referred by the Hon‘ble Speaker to the Standing Committee on Water Resources on 9 September, 2010 for examining and Report. In the process of examination …
This bill introduced in Lok Sabha is aimed at setting up an institutional system for regular monitoring of safety of large dams. It is to provide for proper surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of all dams of certain parameters in India to ensure their safe functioning and for matters connected …
The coffer dam is being built for the 99 MW Chuzachen hydro electric project developed by GATI Infrastructure. As per the preliminary information, the labourers were working in the coffer dam in the night shift when the dam suddenly burst
Mosul dam is one of the biggest hydraulic structures in Iraq. It is located on Tigris River north Iraq and was selected as a case study to predict flood disasters caused by a hypothetical Mosul dam failure due to its foundation defect in which the dam had been survive since …
The water-harvesting structures constructed in six villages to provide irrigation and agriculture sustainability in the area have proved to be a bane for villagers as the dams have not been desilted since their inception. "Constructed in 1994, the dam was a blessing for us. But nearly six years ago, heavy …
Floods are the most destructive, most frequent and most costly natural disasters on earth. Flood damages have soared in recent decades, despite hundreds of billions of dollars spent on flood control structures. This is partly because global warming is causing more severe storms, and partly because of growing populations and …
an under-construction tunnel of the Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal Pradesh collapsed late night on August 7, 2005, following heavy rainfall. Fifteen contract labourers got trapped inside and could be rescued only after 18 hours, by the evening of August 8, 2005. The state government, surprisingly, didn't know about …
Since its inception the Chixoy, Guatemala's largest dam, has generated more ills than electricity. Unwilling to put up with more, on September 8, 500 Maya Indians seized control of it and threatened to cut off power supplies. The protests also sent out warning signals to the government which has only …
The Kantale Dam in Sri Lanka, which burst in 1986 causing large-scale destruction to lives, livestock and crops, is once more in danger of collapsing. This is because authorities have ignored warnings against using the road over the dam for heavy vehicles, according to farmers in the area, who have …
THE concept of joint forest management JFM is based on the interaction of forest departments with local people. However, the interests of people and forest departments could at times be at variance, as in Salehpur, a Gujjar-dominated village in Haryana near the border with Himachal Pradesh. The Hill Resource Management …
In the southern African country of Lesotho, a series of earthquakes has occurred recently because of the filling of a reservoir. For more than a year, seven villages around the reservoir of Katse dam have been damaged due to tremors. In the village of Mapeleng, 11 houses were made uninhabitable …
