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 …
July 9: The Delhi Jal Board is now to ask Haryana for release of water after the level of Wazirabad pond depleted to 673.1 feet against a normal requirement of 674.5 feet. Following the level getting depleted, the Wazirabad and Chandrawal Water treatment plants are working at 25 per cent …
The study of land-use pattern using remote sensing is a popular tool for researchers after the advent of high-resolution multispectral imagery. While most of the study deals with monitoring of vegetation, soil moisture and bare lands using visible, SWIR and TIR bands, little effort has been given to integrated study …
The monsoon season is behind the schedule and rains will be 10 percent below the normal this year due to global warming and development of weak El-Nino conditions, said Metrological Department. Talking to Daily Times on Wednesday, Metrological Department Director General Dr Qamaruz Zaman Chaudhry said the monsoon was likely …
PRAMOD KUMAR Despite showers, reservoirs at dead level CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION DATA REVEALS LEVEL HAS NOT INCREASED In the southern region, except a few, the water level has not increased in most reservoirs Recent monsoon showers have brought no respite on the water front as the water level in most …
Shyam Sundar Vattam, Mysore, DH News Service: A grim situation lies ahead in terms of crops and power, if the rains continue to play truant. The four major reservoirs of this region-Krishnaraja Sagar, Hemavathi, Harangi and Kabini are almost dry due to failure of rains this year. The inflow into …
The objective of this study is to broadly inform groundwater resources managers, engineers, policymakers and politicians world-wide on the subject of managing saline groundwater with the aim to enhance their general understanding, promote early diagnosis of possible changes and widen their inspiration for selecting effective measures for intervention (as far …
S. Vydhianathan CHENNAI: The possibility of opening the Mettur reservoir for delta irrigation in the near future is ruled out as its storage is less than 30 tmc ft as against its capacity of 94 tmc (thousand million cubic) feet. The prospects of the reservoir getting heavy inflows in the …
The water-level in the Harangi reservoir on Cauvery basin has been decreased considerably due to lack of sufficient rains. As a result, the hydro electricity unit installed by the Energy Development Company Limited (EDCL) will suffer setback in achieving the proposed production target this year. So far only 67.8 mm …
Chandigarh, June 30: More water would be released from Bhakra and Pong dams after the level in their reservoirs increased in the last few days, an official said on Tuesday, much to the relief of Punjab and Haryana paddy farmers. A spokesman of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), that …
The main objective of the study is to prepare the Environmental Impact ssessment report and formulation of Environmental Management Plan for obtaining Environmental Clearance from the regulatory agencies. The Study has been conducted to carryout Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment based on season data covering the following: Assessment of the existing …
In the present study an attempt is made to derive storage allocation release rules for multi-purpose multi-reservoir system by using the results obtained from a non-linear programming model. From the optimization results, the release pattern was observed from each reservoir corresponding to their storage and inflow in each month.
Hemavathy reservoir project created by constructing a dam across river Hemavathy in Hassan district of Karnataka to store 1050.60 Mcum of water and to irrigate 700751 acres during Kharif and Rabi seasons.
Ganesh Chandanashiva, Bijapur,DH News Service: The biggest reservoir in the State, Almatti is witnessing water shortage this year putting the farmers in a quandary. Almatti reservoir going dry as water did not flow from the catchment areas on the expected level. DH photoThe reservoir has the capacity to store 123 …
Asit Jolly Chandigarh June 25: Reduced water levels in major reservoirs, including the Bhakra Dam, due to the delayed monsoon in the north-west region will mean curtailed supplies to Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. The Bhakra Beas Management Board, which manages power generation and other operations at …
Floods feared in Arunachal and Assam; governments least prepared a landslide on the Indo-Tibetan border has blocked the course of the river Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) resulting in the formation of a reservoir. This may cause flood in downstream areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam if the barrier of mud and debris …
Per capita water availability in Sri Lanka indicates that the country is well endowed with water resources and there is no water scarcity. However there is substantial temporal and spatial scarcity of water supply. Reservation and rehabilitation of small-scale abandoned tanks scattered in the Northern Province will be essential to …
