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 …
The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is using the latest technology called LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology to survey six reservoir type projects in the country. This is the first time that the hydropower is being surveyed through this air-based technology which is claimed to be the latest one globally. …
The authorities are planning to invoke emergency clause of the Land Acquisition Act for acquiring land for the proposed drinking water reservoir in Thervai Kandigai of the Tiruvallur district. The reservoir is meant for the drinking water supply to Chennai with a capacity to hold water up to one thousand …
Gandhinagar: A new reservoir downstream of the Narmada dam is now no more a distant dream. Besides serving as a major spot for water sports, the weir will also generate electricity. The state government has awarded the work for building the weir in river Narmada at Garudeshwar, about 12 kilometres …
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will supply Cauvery drinking water to residents on the outskirts of the City from June this year, Minister for Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, S Suresh Kumar, said on Tuesday. The ongoing Cauvery IV stage, II phase drinking water project will …
The next salvo from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) may come in the form of year-wise figures of the loss to the exchequer because of falling gas production from Reliance Industries Ltd’s KG-D6 field. How the CAG’s Rs 1.76-lakh-crore loss figure it came out for 2G telecom spectrum allocation …
The city’s drinking water distribution network consisting of Krishna, Manjira, Singur, Osmansagar and Himayatsagar and the proposed Godavari will be interlinked. Interlinking is crucial as water from any source can be diverted to areas facing shortage. For example, there were complaints of foul smelling water from Osmansagar and Himayatsagar two …
Six species of wetland birds—including two, classified as ‘near-threatened'—were spotted at the Thenmala dam by a team of surveyors from the Forest Department and the Travancore Natural History Society. The survey at the dam in the Shenduruni Wildlife Sanctuary in Kollam district was held on January 28. According to society …
New Delhi The petroleum ministry has asked Reliance Industries to immediately withdraw its arbitration notice against the proposed move to curtail cost-recovery at its KG-D6 gas fields, saying ‘‘as on date’’, there was no cause for such action. Partha Sarthi Das, director in the exploration divi -ion of the ministry, …
New Delhi Enthused by the success of the first phase of the Prime Minister’s solar mission, the government has scaled up the second-phase (2013-17) target from 3,000 MW to 9,000 MW and is mulling fresh incentives for potential investors. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission will see investment of R1.08 …
Making it clear that it would not compromise on its rights on the Mullaperiyar Dam issue, the AIADMK Government in Tamil Nadu has alleged that it is a victim of the Centre’s “persistent indifference” and accused Kerala of whipping up “mass fear and insecurity” over the row. “The attempts on …
CHENNAI: With a view to checking rain water from flowing into the sea and storing water received from Krishna River for the residents of Chennai and its surrounding areas, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday ordered the creation of a new reservoir in Tiruvallur district by merging Kannankottai and Thervoykandigai …
In tropical climates, most freshwater reservoirs, dams and lakes are prone to annual summer stratification during which bottom water layers near the bed become hypoxic (< 2 ml/l) with very low concentrations of dissolved oxygen (DO). This has serious implications to human health, and requires frequent and effective monitoring, …
With a view to meet the growing drinking water requirements of Chennai and its suburbs, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced creating a reservoir in the nearby Tiruvallur district at a cost of Rs 330 crore besides announcing a slew of other water schemes. She has directed …
Hyderabad is staring at a drinking water crisis as Osmansagar and Himay-atsagar are fast drying up. The water available in the two reservoirs will be sufficient up to May only through gravity . After May, water will reach dead storage levels forcing officials to use high power motors to pump …
LUCKNOW: In a significant judgement, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has ruled that an unused pond cannot be restored, uprooting the developments that had taken place over the water body. "In a fast changing world where development is necessary and industrial growth is taking place, sustainable development …
JAMMU: Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla today said that Government has approved ` 4.49 crore under Water Supply Scheme Raika to meet the drinking water requirement of Raika, Rahim Nagar and Bandian villages of Jammu division. The Minister was interacting with the locals after kick starting laying …
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) and the Union power ministry would soon be approaching the Supreme Court for an urgent challenge to the rising trend among states to invoke Section 11 of the Electricity Act, 2003, to bar open access between producers and consumers of electricity. They had already …
The State Government has expressed its favourable disposition to the idea of a ‘joint control' of the proposed new dam at Mullaperiyar. But it could not have been more happy and relieved to learn that the ‘new dam in place of the century-old' should have found wide acceptance, according to …
Real-time monitoring by technological tools, such as smart meters and sensors, can help big cities save up to Rs 27 lakh a day and at least 15 per cent of water that's lost owing to leakages and pilferage. Unaccounted for water (UFW) is high at 20-50 per cent in urban …
The Upper Kotmale Hydropower Plant (UKHP) will go down in the history of Sri Lanka as one of the most time consuming power projects to be ever completed. Politics controversies, environmental issues, resettlement and funding marred this project since it was discussed way back in the 1960’s when UNDP initially …
