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 …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The combined live water storage level in 81 major reservoirs is lower this year as on December 31, 2009. But what has set the alarm bells ringing in official circles is that the storage level in the crucial dams in North India
NIZAMABAD, Jan. 3: Abnormal delay in release of Singur water to the ayacut under Nizamsagar project is adversely affecting the standing crops in the rabi season. Opposition party MLAs have also strongly demanded the early release of water from the Singur balancing reservoir. So far, the state government has not …
Reservoir management involves allocating available water among multiple uses and users, minimizing the risks of water shortages and flooding, and optimizing the beneficial use of water. However, a number of climate change predictions project rise in temperature and change in precipitation characteristics which may change the inflow pattern to a …
Pune Fifteen residents from Khadki on Monday sat on a hunger strike protesting the delay in the construction of a new Elevated Service Reservoir (ESR). The existing ESR, built in 1976, is in a dilapidated condition causing leakage of water from the reservoir. Sanjay Pawar, one of the residents, said,
S Lalitha, Bangalore, Dec 9, DH News Service: The prospects of obtaining water free from chemicals have clearly brightened for the residents of Western and Northern Bangalore. A file photo of Thippagondanahalli reservoir. For, the Thippagondanahalli (T G Halli) reservoir, which caters to the water requirements of many parts in …
To measure impact of ecological change in Chittagon Hill Tracts after the installation od dam Kaptai in 1955 on siltation, Bangladesh Water Development Board has conducted siltation study several times from 1978. In 1983 and 2001 more comprehensive survey was done on 67 cross sections, repeating 42 cross sections of …
By S Lalitha, nov 24, Bangalore: Works to complete the Cauvery Phase IV Second Stage, which is expected to provide the City with a crucial 500 million litres of water per day, are going on at a steady pace. The BWSSB has already acquired the land to construct seven ground …
Report of Sub-committee of hon'ble ministers vide report of expert committee on representations made against the proposed Cement Project of M/s. Nirma Ltd.
METTUR: The water level at Stanley reservoir dipped on Thursday as the inflows continued to be dismal. With its waterspread area fast shrinking, an old church tower of a village, which got submerged when the dam was constructed in the early 20s, has started emerging. Poor inflows and heavy withdrawals …
BHUBANESWAR: Though the State Government has assured the Western Orissa farmers that irrigation in the Hirakud command area will not be hit due to industrialisation, in reality the situation has led to further shrinkage. In just two years from 1998-
The Thippagondanahalli reservoir (TGR), which caters to the water requirements of over one million people, is in the danger of drying up completely by 2016 if urgent redressal measures are not taken, cautioned a retired official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Delivering a talk on
Pune Is quality of water of Khadakwasla Dam under threat because of construction activities in the surrounding area? The National Defence Academy thinks so. The NDA is concerned that the construction work at the backwaters of the Khadakwasla, a potential threat to the surrounding ecology, will cause permanent damage to …
Nearly five hundred farmer families, who depend on the Hakwatunaoya reservoir for water to cultivate their lands, are experiencing severe hardships as the water level of the reservoir has dropped to near zero. The farmers say the reservoir had run dry as a result of the wanton felling of trees …
In this paper an attempt has been made to analyze the sedimentation surveys and rates in live storage capacity of reservoirs. The analysis is based on the available data of 28 reservoirs from different basins of Maharashtra.
Samples have been sent for testing and analysis Last year, water sample was tested by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Dharwad The report had said that the water could not be used for drinking unless treated Bellary: For the second year in succession, the water in the Tungabhadra reservoir …
Many of the world's largest deltas are densely populated and heavily farmed. Yet many of their inhabitants are becoming increasingly vulnerable to flooding and conversions of their land to open ocean. The vulnerability is a result of sediment compaction from the removal of oil, gas and water from the delta's …
