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 …
NAGPUR: Taking cognizance of the alarming decline in the population of Mahseer, an endangered fish species, Tata Power, India's largest integrated power company, has supplied 10,000 healthy Mahseer fingerlings to Hira Bambai reservoir near Nagpur. The company has set up a breeding centre at Walwan Gardens, Lonavala, as part of …
A remote sensing and GIS based landslide susceptibility zonation (LSZ) of the Tehri reservoir rim region has been presented here. Landslide causal factors such as land use/land cover, photo-lineaments, landslide incidences, drainage, slope, aspect, relative relief, topographic wetness index and stream power index were derived from remote sensing data. Ancillary …
Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu today sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention against Karnataka's plan for construction of reservoir over Cauvery river at Mekedatu. The meeting comes two days after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam called on Modi regarding the same issue. Leader of Opposition in the TN Assembly …
The High Court on Monday directed the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to submit an action taken report on the steps taken to prevent the pollution of Thippagondanahalli (TG) reservoir. Hearing a suo motu petition, the division bench comprising Chief Justice D H Waghela and Justice Ram Mohan Reddy …
The Central Water Commission’s compendium on silting of reservoirs in India in 2015 had shown that Tungabhadra dam was the second most affected dam in the country after the massive Bhakra dam in Punjab. While the last survey of the silt in the dam was conducted in 2008, extrapolation by …
VADODARA: In an attempt to get an insight into how Vishwamitri river behaves when water is discharged from Ajwa reservoir, Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) is working towards developing a model that will help in mitigating floods. The mathematical model will help the VMC predict what will be situation of the …
HYDERABAD: With Phase-III of Krishna Drinking Water Supply scheme for tapping of 90 Million Gallons of water per Day (MGD) to Hyderabad city is getting ready, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB;) MD M Jagadeeshwar inspected the newly constrcuted water reservoirs at Maisaram, Riyasathnagar, Allabanda and Barkas on …
Infrastructure such as dams and reservoirs are critical water-supply features in several regions of the world. However, ongoing population growth, increased demand and climate variability/change necessitate the better understanding of these systems, particularly in terms of their long-term trends. The Sooke Reservoir (SR) of British Columbia, Canada is one such …
Despite receiving excess rainfall during the north-east monsoon season, Tamil Nadu is bracing for an acute water crises this summer with several reservoirs, including Mettur, drying up fast. Sources from the Public Works Department (PWD) said water at Mettur, the lifeline of delta farmers, plunged to 74 feet on Sunday …
In the southwestern United States, where years of drought are leading water managers to consider drastic water-provision measures such as desalination and cloud seeding, entrepreneurs have suggested reviving a water-saving technique that was tried and abandoned half a century ago. They propose to stretch dwindling water supplies by slowing down …
Jeddah: Saudi Arabia has set the global Guinness record for Strategic Water Storage project in Breiman area in Jeddah, which is being developed by the National Water Company (NCW), as the world's largest drinking water reservoir. The Saudi Press Agency quoted the NWC as saying that "this achievement includes the …
Feb 24, Colombo: The government of Sri Lanka has appointed a committee to study the controversial Uma Oya multipurpose development project. The committee appointed by the government will be headed by Prof. Kaila Dassanayaka and includes nine other prominent members in the field of engineering. The project has been temporarily …
A bitter exchange of words has erupted between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh over the sharing of water of Nagarjuna Sagar dam. While the Andhra Pradesh government is accusing Telangana of not releasing its “rightful share of water”, Telangana claims that Andhra Pradesh has already used its share — calculated and …
The Ogaki Dam Reservoir is one of the principal irrigation dam reservoirs in the Fukushima Prefecture and its upstream river basin was heavily contaminated by radioactivity from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. For the purpose of environmental assessment, it is important to determine the present condition of the …
Warming-induced changes in lake thermal and mixing regimes present risks to water quality and ecosystem services provided by U.S. lakes and reservoirs. Modulation of responses by different physical and hydroclimatic settings are not well understood. We explore the potential effects of climate change on 27 lake “archetypes” representative of a …
The global number of dam constructions has increased dramatically over the past six decades and is forecast to continue to rise, particularly in less industrialized regions. Identifying development pathways that can deliver the benefits of new infrastructure while also maintaining healthy and productive river systems is a great challenge that …
National Register of Large Dam (NRLD) is a compilation of the large dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government / Authority concerned. The lists of dams have been regrouped as per their location within the territory of a State. The sole purpose of the …
COULD São Paulo run out of water? The idea of South America’s biggest metropolis, home to 20m people, lacking something so basic seems fanciful. Yet shortages this year have forced schools to suspend classes and restaurants to shut in smaller towns across São Paulo state, where a fifth of Brazilians …
KARACHI: In the wake of below average rainfall in Thar in recent years, the Sindh government has planned a series of water, food and livestock projects under a strategy to end water shortfall in the drought-hit desert district, it emerged on Wednesday. Officials in the Sindh government said the death …
A resolution towards the rejection of Kasturirangan report was accepted at a public grievance readdressal meeting here on Thursday. The meeting was convened at Zilla Panchayat Hall to accept the grievances of people on Kasturirangan report on the ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs) of Western Ghats. The people of 142 villages, …
