WATER STORAGE RESERVOIRS
Storage almost full, authorities start water release from key Chennai reservoirA 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. ...
- Tamil Nadu govt pulling out all stops to ensure no repeat of 2015 floods in city
The Tamil Nadu government is pulling out all stops to ensure no repeat of the 2015 floods in the city,as they mounted a vigil on four reser...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Renukaji multipurpose project, the Himachal dam to quench Delhi's thirst faces fund crisis
The over Rs 7,000 crore project, to be constructed on a tributary of the Yamuna river, is meant to supply 23 cumecs of water to Delhi and a...
- August receives 25 per cent more rainfall; highest in 44 years: IMD
The official rainfall season in the country is from June 1 to September 30. June received 17-per cent more rainfall while July recorded 10-...
- 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...
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Integral to this future are batteries that cost a lot less than today and can last longer. This is because unlike conventional energy, whic...
- Higher water storage improves prospect of Kharif, Rabi crops
As per official data, water storage in 107 reservoirs across India rose to 106.6 billion cubic metres (BCM) till August 14, compared to the...
- 84% of IMD's subdivisions record deficient rainfall; 80% reservoirs have below normal storage
The official rainfall season starts from June 1 to September 30, but the overall monsoon deficiency until June 22 still remains around 39 p...
- Reservoir levels in Gujarat, Maharashtra 13% lower than the decade's average: CWC
The total storage capacity of these 91 reservoirs is 161.993 BCM which is about 63% of the total storage capacity.
- Heavy rainfalls boost water levels at country’s major reservoirs
Farmers and analysts said judicious utilisation of the water in reservoirs in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu can ensure water availabilit...
- Storage reservoir based power sector expects shining output
As per Ministry of Water Resources report, for the week ending 5th July, live storage available in 91 important reservoirs of the country w...
- Water Storage Level of 91 Major Reservoirs of the country goes down by 2%
The total storage capacity of these 91 reservoirs is 157.799 BCM which is about 62% of the total storage capacity of 253.388 BCM which is e...
- Water level rises in major reservoirs
Major dams in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Tripura recorded better storage levels vis-a-vis the previous years.
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