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 …
Large scale gem mining in the Weddahena area at an elevation of about 3500ft in the Knuckles range was prohibited under a decision of the Matale District Coordinating Committee. The residents of the area including the Lekakadhikari of the Laggala Sasanarakshaka Balamandala Ven. Kabarawa Samitha Thera had made representations to …
People affected by Mangla Dam raising project have asked the federal government to fulfil its commitment by constructing a bridge in their area, threatening that if the pledge was not met, they would launch an agitation and hinder the storage of additional water in the reservoir. The warning came amid …
The National Water Board (NWB) is meeting on September 18 to discuss a five-point agenda, with focus on the review of 2002 national water policy. The meeting, which would be attended by all State water resource secretaries, takes place after a two-year gap and coincides with the drought in 278 …
Sudheer Pal Singh & Ajay Modi / New Delhi September 14, 2009, 0:28 IST Sowing for primary rabi crops like wheat, oilseeds and pulses can start earely. With some regions of the country receiving late but increased rainfall, water reservoirs have risen about 35 per cent in the past one …
Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Centre today warned the residents living in the Maskeliya, Kitulgala, Yatiyantota and Avissawella areas after at least three sluice gates of the Maussakale, one of the major hydropower reservoirs were opened. A spokesman for the Centre said the sluice gates have been opened in order to …
Mexico is suffering from its driest year in 68 years, killing crops and cattle in the countryside and forcing the government to slow the flow of water to the crowded capital. Below-average rainfall since last year has left about 80 of Mexico's 175 largest reservoirs less than half full, said …
Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi August 18, 2009, 1:11 IST Delay in the monsoon arrival had caused water storage to touch a historic low of 9% in June. With increased rainfall in some parts of the country, water reservoirs have risen 185 per cent in the past one month, …
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy has said that more than 100 tmcft water available in Nagarjunasagar reservoir was enough to save the crops in Krishna delta and meet the drinking water needs.
Aug. 10: All major irrigation projects, including the Sriramsagar Project (SRSP) in this district, has been receiving poor water inflows. The water level in all the projects has drastically dropped and this is affecting the crops, particularly paddy. There have been prolonged dry spells across the district and the catchment …
IBM is pushing ahead into providing technology services to manage water, a market $10 billion market that the company sees growing quickly. "This to me is an area that's really going to explode in the next three to five years," said Sharon Nunes, who heads IBM's Big Green Innovations initiative. …
The construction of dams in Africa is often associated with adverse malaria impacts in surrounding communities. However, the degree and nature of these impacts are rarely quantified and the feasibility of environmental control measures (e.g.,manipulation of reservoir water levels) to mitigate malaria impacts has not been previously investigated in Africa. …
Water storage has a vital role to play in improving global food security and building resilience for adaptation to climate change. A wide range of storage options are available, each with strengths and weaknesses. Because of the uncertainty associated with climate change, planners need to focus on flexibility in storage …
PRAMOD KUMAR The showers that lashed parts of India in the past week have led to a record rise in water levels at the 81 major reservoirs across the country, a report released on Thursday by the Central Water Commission said. These levels touched 35 per cent of total storage …
Residents of Maussakele area are perturbed about illegal gem mining taking place in Maskelioya, which is the main river that feeds the Maussakele reservoir. They warned that the Maussakele reservoir is being endangered with silting due to the illegal gem mining that has been going on for some time with …
YICHANG: The China Three Gorges Project Corporation (CTGPC) has confirmed that, despite a decrease in water inflow, it generated nearly five billion kilowatt/hour of electricity more in January-June period of this year than in the first half of last year. It produced 32.23 billion kw/hour of power in the first …
Pramod Kumar July 9: The water level in major reservoirs across the country has gone down to 11 per cent of the total storage capacity raising concerns over its impact on agriculture as monsoon continues to play truant. There is also a possibility of acute drinking water shortage in the …
July 9: Deficit rainfall in catchment areas of rivers Krishna and Godavari in Maharashtra and Karnataka has drastically shrunk water levels in major reservoirs in the state. The situation has worsened due to construction of barrages across the two major lifelines to the state. Catchment areas in both the states …
