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 …
A new study finds that small-scale irrigation schemes can protect millions of farmers from food insecurity and climate risks in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Against this background the AgWater Solutions, a collaborative project initiated by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, …
Though the water available in the reservoirs presently is far less in quantity compared to the same day last year, it will be sufficient to supply 340 million gallons of water per day to the city if the officials of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board are to be …
Play a dry Holi, save water — reads a newspaper advertisement put up by the state drinking water and sanitation department. But the department for one doesn’t seem to practise what it preaches. While Ranchi residents are being exhorted to renounce liquid colours this brief psychedelic season, leaking pipes and …
With the monsoon continuing to play truant, water sources inside the Mudumalai and Anamalai Tiger Reserves may dry up With the frequent appearance of elephants in some parts of the Nilgiris like Pandalur near Gudalur and Nonsuch below Coonoor becoming a cause for worry due to water shortage in the …
2,407 out of 2,449 tanks are completely dry and wells have very little water With the dry spell continuing in the district and the storage level in the major reservoirs going down alarmingly due to poor precipitation in the catchment areas, farmers have appealed to the State Government to declare …
Andhra Pradesh is not likely to get any water for its projects based on the Krishna river or its basin unless and until Maharashtra and Karnataka receive a quantity of 203.8 tmcft to fill theirs own projects first to combat semi-drought conditions reportedly prevailing there also. Rainfall deficit Sources said …
New Delhi: Levels in 84 reservoirs monitored by government agencies are at 57% of last year’s capacity and 83% if compared to a 10-year average, belying fears of an immediate crisis although storage has been declining steadily since June. A patchy monsoon has affected reservoir levels in comparison with 2011 …
New Delhi: Snowmelt from the high Himalayas is keeping reservoirs afloat and aiding normal rate of hydel generation in spite of the extended hot spell and a delayed monsoon. Water levels in reservoirs of Bhakra-Beas and Tehri projects — the two main hydel generation plants in the north that use …
Allaying fears that low levels in reservoirs could hit planting of summer crops such as oilseeds and cotton, Pawar said the reservoirs had adequate water to withstand any subdued phase in the monsoon progress. He admitted that water level in 84 major reservoirs was at 62 per cent as compared …
A survey of the Sukhna Lake catchment was conducted today to find ways of saving the lake from drying up. The reservoirs in the catchment wildlife sanctuary were inspected and it was suggested that pits be dug up near the trough area in the catchment to ascertain the amount of …
The KSK group company, Kameng Dam Hydro Power, is working on a 420-MW hydel project The Environment Ministry has declined clearance to hydel power project of the KSK group saying the unit proposed in Arunanchal Pradesh may fall under an area demarcated for a wildlife sanctuary, and is close to …
The Environment Ministry has declined clearance to the hydel power project of the KSK group saying the unit proposed in Arunachal Pradesh may fall under an area demarcated for a wildlife sanctuary and is close to the Pakke Tiger Reserve. The KSK group company, Kameng Dam Hydro Power Pvt Ltd, …
Even as the Empowered Committee has pointed out the possibility of a new dam as an alternative to the Mullaperiyar dispute, Kerala’s proposal regarding the same is likely to face a hard time getting the green signal from the various departments and environmental agencies. In its report, the Empowered Committee …
The 136-year-old Red Hills reservoir, one of the city’s major primary drinking water sources, is set to be improved after several decades. The Water Resources Department (WRD) has not taken up any major project at the reservoir since 1994, except for maintenance work worth Rs.5 lakh every year. The WRD …
The move will have impact on Bhadra Reserve Forest The project of pumping water from Hebbe reservoir to Madagakere and 36 other lakes is fuelling the possibility of water crisis arising in Bhadra Reserve Forest area. Various environmental organisations, talking about this possibility have said that the Government has given …
The government is planning to spend . 100 crore for promoting inland fisheries and aquaculture in the country. But it will support and finance only those fishery projects which would have a complete value chain. “We are looking at setting up pilot projects in each state. On successful completion, we …
The human mind is brilliant, and enterprising. First we build dams and drown vast stretches of wilderness under reservoirs. But such artificial loads of water cause frequent, at times deadly, tremors. So next, we want to understand the quake dynamics by digging a few kilometres into the earth, threatening the …
The Kerala government was continuing to prevent free movement of construction materials required to fill up holes in the Mullaperiyar dam, said Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko here on Thursday. Be it a water dispute or an environmental issue that affected people of Tamil Nadu, the MDMK …
New Delhi: Ruma Roy has spent Rs 6,000 on purchasing water from private tankers in the past one month and a half. Her house in south Delhi’s Gulmohar Park has been getting Delhi Jal Board supply only once a week, if she is “lucky”. DJB has neither responded to calls …
As the country awaits the spread of the monsoon, the water level in 84 major reservoirs crucial for irrigation and power generation is running below the levels of last year. Reservoirs in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Orissa in particular, according to data complied days before the first rains arrived in Kerala, …
