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 …
Water storage has a vital role to play in improving global food security and building resilience for adaptation to climate change. A wide range of storage options are available, each with strengths and weaknesses. Because of the uncertainty associated with climate change, planners need to focus on flexibility in storage …
PRAMOD KUMAR The showers that lashed parts of India in the past week have led to a record rise in water levels at the 81 major reservoirs across the country, a report released on Thursday by the Central Water Commission said. These levels touched 35 per cent of total storage …
Residents of Maussakele area are perturbed about illegal gem mining taking place in Maskelioya, which is the main river that feeds the Maussakele reservoir. They warned that the Maussakele reservoir is being endangered with silting due to the illegal gem mining that has been going on for some time with …
YICHANG: The China Three Gorges Project Corporation (CTGPC) has confirmed that, despite a decrease in water inflow, it generated nearly five billion kilowatt/hour of electricity more in January-June period of this year than in the first half of last year. It produced 32.23 billion kw/hour of power in the first …
Pramod Kumar July 9: The water level in major reservoirs across the country has gone down to 11 per cent of the total storage capacity raising concerns over its impact on agriculture as monsoon continues to play truant. There is also a possibility of acute drinking water shortage in the …
July 9: Deficit rainfall in catchment areas of rivers Krishna and Godavari in Maharashtra and Karnataka has drastically shrunk water levels in major reservoirs in the state. The situation has worsened due to construction of barrages across the two major lifelines to the state. Catchment areas in both the states …
July 9: The Delhi Jal Board is now to ask Haryana for release of water after the level of Wazirabad pond depleted to 673.1 feet against a normal requirement of 674.5 feet. Following the level getting depleted, the Wazirabad and Chandrawal Water treatment plants are working at 25 per cent …
The study of land-use pattern using remote sensing is a popular tool for researchers after the advent of high-resolution multispectral imagery. While most of the study deals with monitoring of vegetation, soil moisture and bare lands using visible, SWIR and TIR bands, little effort has been given to integrated study …
The monsoon season is behind the schedule and rains will be 10 percent below the normal this year due to global warming and development of weak El-Nino conditions, said Metrological Department. Talking to Daily Times on Wednesday, Metrological Department Director General Dr Qamaruz Zaman Chaudhry said the monsoon was likely …
PRAMOD KUMAR Despite showers, reservoirs at dead level CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION DATA REVEALS LEVEL HAS NOT INCREASED In the southern region, except a few, the water level has not increased in most reservoirs Recent monsoon showers have brought no respite on the water front as the water level in most …
Shyam Sundar Vattam, Mysore, DH News Service: A grim situation lies ahead in terms of crops and power, if the rains continue to play truant. The four major reservoirs of this region-Krishnaraja Sagar, Hemavathi, Harangi and Kabini are almost dry due to failure of rains this year. The inflow into …
The objective of this study is to broadly inform groundwater resources managers, engineers, policymakers and politicians world-wide on the subject of managing saline groundwater with the aim to enhance their general understanding, promote early diagnosis of possible changes and widen their inspiration for selecting effective measures for intervention (as far …
S. Vydhianathan CHENNAI: The possibility of opening the Mettur reservoir for delta irrigation in the near future is ruled out as its storage is less than 30 tmc ft as against its capacity of 94 tmc (thousand million cubic) feet. The prospects of the reservoir getting heavy inflows in the …
The water-level in the Harangi reservoir on Cauvery basin has been decreased considerably due to lack of sufficient rains. As a result, the hydro electricity unit installed by the Energy Development Company Limited (EDCL) will suffer setback in achieving the proposed production target this year. So far only 67.8 mm …
Chandigarh, June 30: More water would be released from Bhakra and Pong dams after the level in their reservoirs increased in the last few days, an official said on Tuesday, much to the relief of Punjab and Haryana paddy farmers. A spokesman of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), that …
The main objective of the study is to prepare the Environmental Impact ssessment report and formulation of Environmental Management Plan for obtaining Environmental Clearance from the regulatory agencies. The Study has been conducted to carryout Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment based on season data covering the following: Assessment of the existing …
In the present study an attempt is made to derive storage allocation release rules for multi-purpose multi-reservoir system by using the results obtained from a non-linear programming model. From the optimization results, the release pattern was observed from each reservoir corresponding to their storage and inflow in each month.
