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 Thippagondanahalli reservoir (TGR), which caters to the water requirements of over one million people, is in the danger of drying up completely by 2016 if urgent redressal measures are not taken, cautioned a retired official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Delivering a talk on
Pune Is quality of water of Khadakwasla Dam under threat because of construction activities in the surrounding area? The National Defence Academy thinks so. The NDA is concerned that the construction work at the backwaters of the Khadakwasla, a potential threat to the surrounding ecology, will cause permanent damage to …
Nearly five hundred farmer families, who depend on the Hakwatunaoya reservoir for water to cultivate their lands, are experiencing severe hardships as the water level of the reservoir has dropped to near zero. The farmers say the reservoir had run dry as a result of the wanton felling of trees …
In this paper an attempt has been made to analyze the sedimentation surveys and rates in live storage capacity of reservoirs. The analysis is based on the available data of 28 reservoirs from different basins of Maharashtra.
Samples have been sent for testing and analysis Last year, water sample was tested by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Dharwad The report had said that the water could not be used for drinking unless treated Bellary: For the second year in succession, the water in the Tungabhadra reservoir …
Many of the world's largest deltas are densely populated and heavily farmed. Yet many of their inhabitants are becoming increasingly vulnerable to flooding and conversions of their land to open ocean. The vulnerability is a result of sediment compaction from the removal of oil, gas and water from the delta's …
Large scale gem mining in the Weddahena area at an elevation of about 3500ft in the Knuckles range was prohibited under a decision of the Matale District Coordinating Committee. The residents of the area including the Lekakadhikari of the Laggala Sasanarakshaka Balamandala Ven. Kabarawa Samitha Thera had made representations to …
People affected by Mangla Dam raising project have asked the federal government to fulfil its commitment by constructing a bridge in their area, threatening that if the pledge was not met, they would launch an agitation and hinder the storage of additional water in the reservoir. The warning came amid …
The National Water Board (NWB) is meeting on September 18 to discuss a five-point agenda, with focus on the review of 2002 national water policy. The meeting, which would be attended by all State water resource secretaries, takes place after a two-year gap and coincides with the drought in 278 …
Sudheer Pal Singh & Ajay Modi / New Delhi September 14, 2009, 0:28 IST Sowing for primary rabi crops like wheat, oilseeds and pulses can start earely. With some regions of the country receiving late but increased rainfall, water reservoirs have risen about 35 per cent in the past one …
Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Centre today warned the residents living in the Maskeliya, Kitulgala, Yatiyantota and Avissawella areas after at least three sluice gates of the Maussakale, one of the major hydropower reservoirs were opened. A spokesman for the Centre said the sluice gates have been opened in order to …
Mexico is suffering from its driest year in 68 years, killing crops and cattle in the countryside and forcing the government to slow the flow of water to the crowded capital. Below-average rainfall since last year has left about 80 of Mexico's 175 largest reservoirs less than half full, said …
Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi August 18, 2009, 1:11 IST Delay in the monsoon arrival had caused water storage to touch a historic low of 9% in June. With increased rainfall in some parts of the country, water reservoirs have risen 185 per cent in the past one month, …
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy has said that more than 100 tmcft water available in Nagarjunasagar reservoir was enough to save the crops in Krishna delta and meet the drinking water needs.
Aug. 10: All major irrigation projects, including the Sriramsagar Project (SRSP) in this district, has been receiving poor water inflows. The water level in all the projects has drastically dropped and this is affecting the crops, particularly paddy. There have been prolonged dry spells across the district and the catchment …
IBM is pushing ahead into providing technology services to manage water, a market $10 billion market that the company sees growing quickly. "This to me is an area that's really going to explode in the next three to five years," said Sharon Nunes, who heads IBM's Big Green Innovations initiative. …
The construction of dams in Africa is often associated with adverse malaria impacts in surrounding communities. However, the degree and nature of these impacts are rarely quantified and the feasibility of environmental control measures (e.g.,manipulation of reservoir water levels) to mitigate malaria impacts has not been previously investigated in Africa. …
