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• National register of large dams 2014

  <p>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 NRLD is to provide basic information about a dam to any interested party who can then approach the State Government / Authority concerned for further information. At present there are 4845 completed large dams and 347 large dams are under construction in India.</p>

  • 01/01/2014

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Dams
    • India
    • Dam Safety
    • Rivers
    • Central Water Commission (CWC)
    • Hydroelectricity
    • Irrigation

• Cumulative impact and carrying capacity study of Siang sub-basin including downstream impacts

  This EIA study for Siang river sub basin and Subansiri river sub basin in Brahmaputra river valley commissioned by Central Water Commission warns that the proposed 44 dams, meant to establish a capacity of 18,293 MW, will affect the river ecology and biodiversity and the region all the way down to Assam. Read full text of this report.

  • 01/12/2013

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Hydroelectricity
    • River Basin
    • Arunachal
    • Carrying Capacity
    • Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
    • Development
    • Environment
    • Water Quality
    • Ecology
    • Biodiversity
    • Fisheries

• Financial aspects of flood control, anti-sea erosion and drainage projects

  A flood may cause innumerable problems such as loss of agricultural produce, water logging, erosion of land, health hazards and loss of human lives. Heavy rain causes flood. Inadequate rain causes drought.

  • 01/04/2013

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Flood Control
    • Finance
    • Drainage
    • India
    • Central Water Commission (CWC)
    • Floods
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  Report of the committee on pollution caused by leather tanning industry to the water bodies/ground water in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh

  This report by the committee led by Director, NIH, Roorkee presents facts about the present state of Unnao’s water bodies / ground water, how much of Unnao’s ground water is affected so far and which particular tanning units are responsible for polluting water bodies in the region.

  • 01/01/2013

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Water Pollution
    • Industrial Pollution
    • Leather Industry
    • Unnao (D)
    • Uttar Pradesh
    • Groundwater Pollution
    • Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)
    • Groundwater Quality
    • Health Effects
    • Arsenic
    • Sewage
    • Heavy Metals
    • Drinking Water
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  National register of large dams 2013

  This is a compilation of dams in the country prepared by the Central Water Commission as per information received from the owners of the dams.

  • 01/01/2013

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Dams
    • Dam Safety
    • River Basin
    • India

• River basin atlas of India

  The ‘River Basin Atlas of India’ is an outcome of joint project ‘Generation of Database and implementation of Web Enabled Water Resources Information System (India-WRIS) in the country’, is a timely publication

  • 01/10/2012

  • Central Water Commission
  • • River Basin
    • India
    • Atlas
    • Water Resources
    • Rainfall
    • Hydrology
    • Rivers
    • Dams
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  National register of large dams 2012

  <p>According to this comprehensive compilation of the large dams in India prepared by Central Water Commission, there are 4818 completed large dams and 375 large dams are under construction.</p>

  • 01/08/2012

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Dams
    • India
    • Dam Safety
    • River Basin

• Integrated hydrological data book, 2012

  Integrated Hydrological Data Book is a compendium of important hydrological information on major basins consolidated at the national level. This present issue of the data book provides updated basin/site-wise

  • 01/03/2012

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Water Quality
    • River Basin
    • Hydrology
    • India
    • Sedimentation
    • Land Use
    • Statistics
    • Drainage
    • Surface Water
    • Irrigation

• Guidelines for preparation and submission of site specific seismic study report of river valley project to national committee on seismic design parameters

  This guidelines deal with the preparation of site specific seismic study report of a river valley project and its submission to the National Committee on Seismic Design Parameters (NCSDP) for necessary

  • 01/10/2011

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Dams
    • Dam Safety
    • Dam Failure
    • India
    • Earthquakes
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  Water quality hot-spots in rivers of India

  <p><span id="itro1">This new CWC report provides the water quality scenario of our rivers viz-a-viz BIS and other Standards. It is based on the average values obsercec during 2001-2011 at 371 monitoring

  • 01/08/2011

  • Central Water Commission
  • • River Pollution
    • Water Quality
    • India
    • Water Pollution
    • Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)
    • Arsenic
    • Fluoride
    • Water Resources
    • Surface Water
    • Groundwater
    • Rivers