RESERVOIR

Storage almost full, authorities start water release from key Chennai reservoir

A flood control official of the Public Works Department said the storage level was close to 22 feet as against the full height of 24 feet. ...

Amit Shah dedicates Chennai's fifth reservoir, lays foundation stone for Rs 67,000 cr projects in TN

The projects for which Shah laid the foundation stone included the Rs 61,843 crore phase II of Chennai Metro Rail, elevated highway in Coim...

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik writes to Soren for early completion of Ichha dam

Patnaik in a letter to Soren, a copy of which was made available to media Saturday, said Subarnarekha irrigation project of Odisha will be ...

Amit Shah to dedicate reservoir for Chennai, lay foundation stones for over Rs 67,000 cr infra projects

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will dedicate the Rs 380 crore Thervoy Kandigai reservoir in neighbouring Tiruvallur district, and lay the fo...

Water levels in reservoirs supplying water to Chennai rise

The weather department has predicted heavy rain to occur at isolated places over Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Villupura...

Govt will ensure masur price does not fall below MSP: Officials

According to IPGA, the country has a stock of about 450,000 tonnes of lentils, while the demand till February--when the new crop will come-...

ONGC plans production enhancement in its mature fields

State-run ONGC plans to hike output from its onshore mature fields through production enhancement contracts (PEC) with oil and gas companie...

ONGC puts mature oil, gas fields on block

A tariff will be paid in USD per barrel of oil and USD per million British thermal units for gas for any incremental hydrocarbon produced a...

Only one fourth of oil major BP's 10,000 job cuts to be voluntary as company reinvents itself

The oil major announced plans in June to lay off almost 15% its 70,000-strong workforce as part of Chief Executive Bernard Looney's plan to...

Are Namami Gange & Nal Se Jal achievable targets by 2024 or just a pipe dream?

Har Ghar Nal Se Jal and Namami Gange — Modi government’s two ambitious, water-related programmes — are making progress despite challenges. ...

DMK leaders meet PM, oppose Karnataka's plans to build reservoir across Cauvery

The State has been pursuing a reservoir on the borders of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka as a large chunk of Bengaluru's population is not covere...

Scientists use Indian Ocean earthquake data to tell how fast it is warming

Scientists have developed a novel method to determine how fast the Indian Ocean is warming by analysing the sound from seabed earthquakes, ...

CM meets PM, Javadekar, presses for early clearances to reservoir project across TN border

The reservoir, if comes up, will help Karnataka in meeting part of the drinking water needs of Bengaluru in normal years that bring some ex...

California wildfires growing bigger, moving faster than ever

Last weekend, a fire burning in California's Sierra National Forest exploded in size, trapping hundreds of Labour Day holiday campers who c...

OIL to challenge Pollution Control Board closure notice in Gauhati High Court

Oil India Limited (OIL) will file writ petition in the Gauhati High Court challenging Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) which served a ...

Major reservoirs filled up to 165% of 10-year average

The live storage, monitored by Central Water Commission, available in 123 reservoirs is 168% of the live storage of corresponding period of...