Affidavit by Pune Municipal Corporation in OA No.32/2024 (WZ) (Anuj Abhay Deshpande V/s Pune Municipal Corporation & Ors.) dated 16/02/2024. The matter related to construction of new water reservoirs by Pune Municipal Corporation at Fergusson College Hill. Three new water tanks have been proposed at Bhamburda (Shivajinagar) Gut No 262 …
Trends in annual peak inflow into Ukai reservoirs, Gujarat has been detected using innovative trend analysis methodology recently proposed, which is independent of the trend in time-series, pre-assigned significance level, magnitude of trend, sample size and the amount of variation within the time series.
Floods hit power projects in Himalayan states; plans for more raise safety concerns. Heavy rainfall leading to flash floods in Himalayan rivers in July-end devastated three states—Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. It claimed 34 human lives and damaged property extensively. It also brought into focus the precarious condition …
The recent showers in the catchment areas of Siruvani reservoir has brought an end to the city’s fear of an impending water scarcity, as the present storage will help in meeting drinking water needs of Coimbatore City and a number of way side habitations for the next two months. After …
Pressing her demand for convening the Cauvery River Authority meeting, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct Karnataka to release water to the state to raise long term crop in the Cauvery delta areas. Referring to her earlier letter dated May 18, …
Pressing her demand for convening the Cauvery River Authority meeting, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct Karnataka to release water to the state to raise long term crop in the Cauvery delta areas. Referring to her earlier letter dated May 18, …
In the last one week, Pong Reservoir level has gone up by 23 feet A late surge in rains has raised the Pong Dam level dramatically. However, in what could be grim news for partner states of Punjab - Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, Bhakra, the dam that matters the most, …
Author of two books on Cauvery says it will also benefit the dam While there is so much of brouhaha over sand quarrying, “there is quite a lot sand available untapped in the water spread area of Mettur Dam,” says N. Natarajan, former Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department, and author …
Bhubaneswar: With the water levels on the rise in major rivers following heavy rains in the upper catchments and release of surplus water from various reservoirs, the state government today directed the concerned departments to take precautionary measures against possible flood. With the Met department warning for heavy shower during …
Mumbaikars woke up to heavy rains and cool temperatures on Sunday morning . But the relief in a season marked with parsimonious showers did not extend to the lakes supplying water to the city. The average rainfall recorded at 8.30am in Santa Cruz was 82.8mm and Colaba 27.4mm. At 8.30pm, …
Sri Lanka today launched another major irrigation project that would provide irrigational and drinking water facilities to the farming community in North Central and Eastern provinces. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa ceremonially inaugurated the Yan Oya Reservoir Project today by launching the construction of the main levee of the reservoir …
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today declared open the drinking water project constructed for the Thanthirimale sacred area and the villages located around it. The project at a cost of 180 million rupees was completely carried out by the local engineers. It will provide drinking water facilities for over 10,000 …
Respond to TN plea for convening PM-headed Cauvery River Authority The Supreme Court, while expressing displeasure at the lack of sensitivity on the part of the Centre on the Cauvery issue, has directed it to respond to Tamil Nadu’s plea for convening a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority, headed …
The Kalpasar dam project, envisaged more than a decade ago to resolve the water woes in Saurashtra and Kutch region in Gujarat, is yet to take off, official sources said. The project, which is estimated to cost Rs 33,000 crore, was conceptualised in 1998 to establish a fresh water reservoir …
New Delhi State-run oil explorer ONGC said on Saturday it has made a huge oil discovery off the west coast that will help the state-owned firm raise its sagging oil output. The new discovery was made in the currently producing D1 oilfield. The find “will catapult D1 to become the …
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has alleged that the decision of the National Green Tribunal to permit raising the water level of the Narmada dam is based on the “false claims of the promoters” of the project. The tribunal permitted to fill up the reservoir at the dam site up …
BHADRAK (Odisha): The landowners of Dhamra area in Odisha’s Bhadrak district protested the district land acquisition officials during a public hearing at Dhamra for the additional land acquisition for Dhamra Port Company Limited (DPCL) on Tuesday. Despite the protests the hearing was conducted on behalf of the State owned Industrial …
The Supreme Court will hear on August 17 Tamil Nadu’s application for a direction to the Centre to convene a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority immediately to perform its statutory obligations and approve the distress sharing formula evolved by the Cauvery Monitoring Committee, in view of the distress situation …
Setting the ball rolling for privatisation of water distribution system, the Delhi government on Friday approved a long-pending proposal to involve private entities in management, maintenance and supply of water in several areas of the city. The private entities will be involved in command areas of Malviya Nagar, Vasant Vihar …
New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board on Friday decided to go to the Planning Commission with a model proposal to make way for private players in maintenance and operation of distribution of water to the consumer. However, the board decided to add a fourth ‘P’ to the publicprivate partnership model. …
City facing 3 MGL water shortage per day JAMMU: A mega Rs 1008 crore water supply project is being prepared to cater to the need of drinking water by lifting it from river Chenab near Akhnoor for the Greater Jammu while the city is still facing a shortage of nearly …
