Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of 'News Item titled "Deforestation ill-planned construction and unscientific - illegal mining behind Himachal Pradesh, monsoon catastrophe" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.11.2023' dated 29/02/2024. One of the issue under consideration in the application is deforestation, ill-planned construction activities, illegal mining …
The Srisailam dam saw a rise in inflows to 2,07,412 cusecs, and the dam received 25 tmc ft in 24 hours till Sunday evening Hyderabad: With sufficient water, all hydel units at the Jurala project were switched on to generate 300 MW of power. Jurala is receiving over 1.85 lakh …
Oct. 4: The irrigation department is thinking of constructing another reservoir on the Krishna river to prevent precious water from going waste to the sea. With existing reservoirs filled to the brim, the state is going through an ironical situation in which a large quantity of water is being released …
Nov. 19: Doubts are being expressed on the strength of the Srisailam project constructed on the Krishna river. According to irrigation engineering sources, experts made several suggestions to the state government for strengthening the project. Experts also expressed concern over increasing sediment in the project reservoir. The hydro-electric project constructed …
Oct. 11: Power utilities in the state received a shock when they found that even the Left Bank powerhouse of the Srisailam Hydro Electric Station has suffered more damage than imagined. The 770 mw Srisailam Right Bank powerhouse that was submerged will take at least three months to resume production. …
New Delhi: The flooding of Kurnool could have been averted had successive state governments in Andhra Pradesh not avoided repeated reminders of the Central Water Commission (CWC) on doubling the spillway capacity of the Srisailam dam. Since 1990, CWC had advised the state government twice to increase the spillway capacity …
HYDERABAD Dec. 5: Delay in implementing irrigation projects has resulted in cost overrun of Rs 57,205 crore. The escalation has resulted in heavy burden on the exchequer. According to the Comptroller and Auditor General report which was tabled in the Assembly on Friday, some projects conceptualised and grounded in 1964 …
