Reservoirs

Affidavit by Pune Municipal Corporation on planned construction of three new reservoirs at Fergusson College Hill, 16/02/2024

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 …

Officials misuse Somasila compensation

Authorities of the horticulture and forest departments dealing with survey and compensation payment for the evacuees of the three-decade-old Somasila project have reportedly siphoned off compensation funds, meant for those who lost their trees along with their lands. Farmers said officials had created false records, mentioning the presence of hundreds …

Kaptai Lake watershed: Agro-ecosystem management constraint

In spite of getting diverse interests of commissioning power plant at Kaptai in Chittagong Hill Tracts, its ecological consequences were many-fold. Firstly, the population pressure increased in the vicinity of the Kaptai lake for swallowing most of the best valley-bottom land and consequently there was an acute shortage of suitable …

Krishna project shelved by state

In a major move, the state government has shelved the proposed Krishna Phase-III project and replaced it with the Godavari project to bring 10 tmc of water in phase-I from the Sripada Sagar reservoir in Yellampalli in Karimnagar district. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has invited tenders …

Sustaining benefits from small reservoirs: World Bank terms watershed management critical

Watershed management is critical to sustain the benefits from the development of small water storages or small dams in Barani Areas, said Asian Development Bank's experts. In a project review report on "Watershed Management Constraints in Barani Areas", Sedimentation Surveys of sample dams in the Pothowar region reveal that loss …

Parambikulam: inter-State meet in Coimbatore on April 9

The Joint Water Regulation Board (JWRB) of the inter-State Parambikulam Aliyar Project (PAP) agreement on sharing of waters between Kerala and Tamil Nadu will hold a meeting in Coimbatore on April 9 Sources in the Water Resources Department here said Kerala would register its protest against the alleged violation of …

Moragahakanda reservoir sub dam and alternative routes commences

Construction work on the sub-dam and the alternative routes of the Moragahakanda reservoir have been started according to the Chief Residential Engineer D. B. Wijeratne. Giving details of the work schedule to be completed within this year Wijeratne said the extent of the sub-dam is 45 metres and it is …

Underground reservoirs can be recharged

The underground water table of Dhaka can be recharged easily during the rainy season by artificially infiltrating water through the topsoil layer of ground into the sub-soil reservoirs, local geologists said. Hydrologists in many countries experiencing rapid depletion of underground water table apply artificial methods to keep their water table …

Mylavaram reservoir dries up

The Mylavaram reservoir constructed with a capacity of 9.5 tmc ft to provide irrigation water to 75,000 acres in Kadapa district is drying up. Everyday, 25 cusecs of water is being supplied from the reservoir to the Rayalaseema thermal power plant (RTPP) for power generation. Pipelines works are also being …

Dam waters curb rising sea levels

The growing volumes of fresh water held behind dams in the world's artificial reservoirs have had an appreciable mitigating effect on rising sea levels, according to a surprising study published today in the journal Science. Researchers at Taiwan's National Central University carried out the first comprehensive global assessment of water …

No water scarcity, no scary summer

Chennai residents can look forward to a stable water supply this summer as the city has enough storage in its reservoirs, according to Chennai Metrowater officials. A Metrowater official said the present supply of 645 million litres a day would be sustained during the next few months. The water supply …

Sewer facilities for 200 villages soon: Sheila

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit announced on Saturday that her Government would soon provide sewer facilities in about 200 villages of the Capital to ensure facilities at par with the other approved colonies. Laying the foundation stone of a new 58-lakh-litre capacity underground reservoir and booster pumping station at Narela, Ms. …

200 villages to get sewerage

The Delhi government would provide sewer facilities in over 200 villages of the Capital. Chief Minister and chairperson of Delhi Jal Board Sheila Dikshit announced this during the foundation ceremony of a boaster pumping station at Narela. Over Rs 782 lakh would be spent on the construction of Narela underground …

Stop Tamil Nadus project at Hogenakal, Centre urged

The Chamarajanagara Zilla Abhivriddhi Horata Samiti and Hogenakal Jalapata Ulisi Zilla Samiti has urged the Governor to seek the immediate intervention of the President for stalling the Tamil Nadu Government's "unethical' attempts to build a reservoir across the Cauvery in the vicinity of Hogenakal Falls. It has clarified that the …

The Klamath : No dam means no damn deal

Water wars in the arid western US are nothing new, but the rules of engagement have changed. The Klamath River basin on the California-Oregon border has seen the stage for a decades-long epic battle between farmers, fisherman, government agencies, utilities and tribes with treaty rights to dwindling salmon populations. More …

Desiltation of reservoirs of small earthen dams - Technological options and lessons of experience

Following the success of watershed development operation research project Sukhomajri in Haryana, large number of water harvesting dams were constructed in the Shivaliks region of north India. The reservoirs of a number of these earthen dams got silted due to fragile geological strata, inadequate vegetation cover in the catchment areas, …

Central Water Commission overestimates the country`s usable water resources

If the government is to be believed there is enough usable water in the country to meet projected demand until 2050. Stumped by this claim, scientists at iit Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, pored over official calculations for estimating the country's water resources. They say the government has …

The role of larger reservoirs for sustainable water supplies in large Indian cities

Urban water demand is rapidly growing in India due to high growth in urban population and rapid industrialization. Meeting this demand is a big challenge for the urban planners in India. Incidentally, the large urban areas are experiencing faster growth in population, and most of them are in arid and …

Wailing over a murdered lake: the Badha

Badha lake at the periphery of Fazilka town has dried up. The Badha lake, with its fresh water source and green surroundings was the attraction for establishing the boating station at this place. Now that it was dried up and is likely to be never change with water from Sutlej. …

Terrestrial essential climate variables for climate change assessment, mitigation and adaptation

This report reviews the terrestrial Essential Climate Variables (ECVs), which are endorsed by the UNFCCC and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). Details are provided on why these observations are needed to understand the causes of climate change, analyse the potential impacts, evaluate the adaptation options and enable characterization of …

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