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 …
The objective of this technical report is to provide the background to the methodology used to model the impact of climate change on runoff for the global track of the Economic of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC) project. This report will present findings from computer modeling of the impacts of …
FOUR months after the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) cleared a thermal power project in Vizianagaram district in north coastal Andhra Pradesh, two civil society group moved the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) challenging the decision. Their petition said MoEF gave clearance to the 2,640 MW plant based on …
A discussion of the resistance of the local tribal population against the construction of the Polavaram dam on the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh, the main feature of which is the involvement of various people
There is urgent need for publicly known norms of transparency and accountability in operation of reservoirs that are like time bombs that can explode multiple times. Bhakra exploded in 1988, Ukai in Gujarat did in Aug 2006, Hirakud did in Sep 2008, Srisailam, Tungabhadra, Upper Krishna and Damodar dams did …
Rainfall variability is a key constraint to agricultural production and economic growth in many developing countries. This is likely to be exacerbated in many places as rainfall variability is amplified (even where the total amount of rain increases) as a result of climate change. Changes in rainfall will also increase …
Water levels in major dams of the Cauvery and Krishna basins have hit a low giving rise to possibilities of hydrological drought if the catchment areas do not get adequate rain in the coming weeks. As on Wednesday, water levels in the KR Sagar, Hemavathi, Harangi and Kabini in the …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi July 19, 2010, 1:06 IST Kharif sowing has progressed well despite the 14 per cent deficiency in monsoon rainfall till mid-July. But restocking of the depleted reservoirs has been adversely hit. This has caused concern about water availability for both irrigation and hydel power production …
PWD Minister Churchill Alemao on Sunday morning inaugurated Rs 60.14 lakh worth 15 mtrs high overhead water reservoir at Gowal-Khola and released about 100 free water connections to individual houses in Khola. Alemao said the tank will service 1,000 households in the area, even though the present demand is a …
A check-dam in coastal Gujarat sweetened water and changed farmers' lives. Now, another change is coming, a cement factory over the reservoir and the villagers are on the warpath.
SANJEEB MUKHERJEE New Delhi: The four-month monsoon season in India is starting this year with rather comfortable water level in India's 81-odd major reservoirs, a big departure from the last year when reservoir levels dropped to record lows. As per the latest data from the central water commission, storage level …
The Committee on Agriculture present this eleventh report on deficient monsoon and steps taken by the Government to mitigate its impact on agriculture sector. The Committee, taking into consideration the deficient rainfall in the country during Kharif 2009, had decided to select this subject for study and report to Parliament.
On march 26, the Gujarat High Court gave detergent manufacturer Nirma the go-ahead to set up its cement plant in Padhiyarka village in Bhavnagar district. The court said the plant would provide much-needed employment opportunities in the semi-arid region of Bhav-nagar, but it should not be done at the cost …
Hyderabad, May 25: Despite rains due to the cyclone Laila, reservoirs in the Telangana region, including Hyderabad, failed to get adequate inflows. Osmansagar, Himayatsagar, Manjira, Singur and Nagarjunasagar, which feed Greater Hyderabad with 332 Million Gallons of Water per day (MGD), hardly received any inflows. As a result, the Hyderabad …
Pune Civic body asks people to use water sparingly to avoid cuts like last year At 20 per cent of their storage capacity, dams in Pune region have more water than reservoirs in other parts of the state. With just a month for monsoon, the civic administration and the irrigation …
Kadapa, May 10: Officials of the Rayalaseema Thermal Power Plant (RTPP) are searching for alternative water resources to cope with water scarcity as the water level is gradually depleting in the Mylavaram water body. At present, water stored in the reservoir is 0.88 tmc feet and four power generation units …
There were 346 large dams in 1950: There are over 5000 now, over 95% of them are irrigation projects. 66-80% of water sector budget goes for big projects
Impacts of climate change vary from region to region. The 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) mentions that drier areas will be affected by more droughts while the rainfall regime, in general, will become
April 21: MPs cutting across party lines expressed concern on the depleting ground water levels in the country and asked the government to take immediate steps to boost reservoirs. Dhananjay Singh of the BSP in his supplementary asked water resources minister Pawan Kumar Bansal if there were statistics to show …
With an aim to supply water to the parched paddy fields of Pakur, the district administration has urged the state government to revive the Torai reservoir project that has been lying incomplete since 1998. Pakur deputy commissioner Manish Ranjan, in a letter to the chief secretary recently, requested him to …
Hazaribagh, April 5: First, the bad news: the water level of Charwa dam is fast receding. Now, the ugly news: the reservoir may be able to sustain life only till month-end. Originally built over 100 acres in 1954, the reservoir catered to barely 30,000 people in Katkamsandi, 5km from Hazaribagh …
