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 …
China will start backing up its shrinking glaciers with 59 meltwater reservoirs this year as the cost of climate change hits home in the world's most populous nation. The far west region of Xinjiang, home to many of the planet's highest peaks and widest ice fields, will carry out the …
CHENNAI: The State and Central governments must prepare a detailed action plan to construct more reservoirs to store and distribute water, which is being let out into sea, to meet the increasing water demand, speakers at a seminar here on Monday underscored. The seminar on
According to government statistics, Pakistan was considered to have an abundance of quality water only a few decades ago, but a recent World Bank report states that Pakistan is among the 17 countries that currently faced water shortage. According to the report, the level of water in Pakistan
Bangladesh, India and Nepal have agreed on construction of a special reservoir for year-round river flow, the water resources minister said yesterday. "The reservoir, to be built in Nepal, would bring life to the rivers of Bangladesh and India in the dry season," Ramesh Chandra Sen told German radio channel …
Gambhir reservoir that supplies water to Ujjain has dried up. The Ujjain municipality plans to get water from Amla Vida Dam, 24 km away. The government might face resistance from farmers since the dam
Mumbai: Residents of the Worli area from Haji Ali to Prabhadevi have a reason to cheer. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is all set to redevelop a twenty-five-year-old reservoir keeping in mind the rising demand for water in the area. The planning for the redevelopment of this reservoir started in …
Water becomes contaminated after use due to mixing of pollutants. The waste water goes into the rivers, lakes and ponds and results in eutrophication of water bodies. The ponds of Saran (Bihar) are rich repository of aquatic flora & fauna. Most of the ponds are becoming polluted due to different …
The problem of water availability was a pivotal facet of daily life, particularly in urban areas, where it had to be made perennially obtainable in large quantities. Thus, apart from river water, artificial water reservoirs of massive proportions, and also step wells were constructed on a great scale in most …
In this article the author advocates demand management for optimal adaptation to changes in water resources in the Indus Basin resulting from climate change.
climate change Poznan talks begin Delegates from 186 nations congregated in the Polish city of Poznan on December 1 to negotiate a new climate change treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. Ministers discussed their vision for long-term cooperative action and emphasized the economic slowdown should not overshadow the …
An online trading system might forecast the availability of water more accurately than the best computer models used by environmental scientists, say its developers.
Dec. 9: Ruling out pre-ponement of Assembly polls in the state, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Tuesday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in stopping the construction of 11 barrages across the river Godavari in Maharashtra. The chief minister led a delegation of union ministers, …
HYDERABAD Dec. 5: Delay in implementing irrigation projects has resulted in cost overrun of Rs 57,205 crore. The escalation has resulted in heavy burden on the exchequer. According to the Comptroller and Auditor General report which was tabled in the Assembly on Friday, some projects conceptualised and grounded in 1964 …
The most important practical and critical problem related to the performance of reservoirs is the estimation of storage capacity loss due to sedimentation process. The problem to be addressed is to estimate the rate of sediment deposition and the period of time at which the sediment would interfere with the …
