On the water front
A one-week delay in the monsoon’s arrival has laid bare the precariousness of India’s water situation. The images of thousands of Chennai residents running after water tankers were telecast by BBC and
Central Water Commission (CWC)
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Low-lying areas submerged as river continues to surge
New Delhi: The Yamuna continued to rise steadily in the city, touching 206.48m by 9pm on Tuesday. The Central Water Commission (CWC) now expects the water to reach its highest point on Wednesday morning by when it should rise another metre to about 207.30m. CWC had to revise its earlier estimate due to massive volume of water released at Hathnikund.
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Govt on alert, asks people to shift to temporary shelters
New Delhi: As the water level in Yamuna yet again started rising, Monday saw the irrigation and flood department issue warnings and make announcements to evacuate in jhuggi clusters along the river fringes and in low-lying areas. With nearly 7.5 lakh cusecs water discharged from Hathanikund Barrage on Monday, Delhi irrigation & flood control minister, Raj Kumar Chauhan, held an emergency me
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River in spate after Hathnikund release
Breach May Check Rising Water Level But Flooding Around Games Village Worries Govt New Delhi: Early on Monday morning, Hathnikund released the highest amount of water that it has released in the past 100 years. For three hours at a stretch, the barrage saw 7,44,507 cusecs water passing through its gates, more than what was released in 1978 when Delhi witnessed its worst ever floods.
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3 good ideas, all dammed up
Ravish Tiwari While the severe rainfall deficit in the upper Yamuna basin last year has been handsomely compensated this year, it has come with a rider of its own.
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Flood situation improving
With the decline in the rainfall activities over the NE region during the past about one week, the Brahmaputra is receding almost all over the State indicating an improvement in the overall flood situation in the State.
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Flood situation still critical
The overall flood situation in the Upper Assam districts has shown signs of slight improvement, while the situation in the Middle and Lower Assam districts of Morigaon and Dhubri is seemed to be grave. The mighty Brahmaputra still continues to flow above the danger level (DL) throughout the State even though its water level is receding compared to yesterday.
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Brahmaputra flowing above danger level
GUWAHATI, Sept 13
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Godavari: The New Narmada?
Will Polavaram be another ecocide zone? Not if we apply the Vedanta logic to it. The Polavaram dam across the river Godavari has been a dream project for several governments in Andhra Pradesh. Most of them had to let it stay at that
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Hydro reservoirs record unprecedented storage
Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi September 10, 2010, 1:21 IST India is set to witness a historic rise in power generation this year, with the current heavy rainfall continuing its upward trajectory and feeding the country
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This Friday, Delhi braces for worst flood since 1978
Barrage Releases Over 6L Cusecs New Delhi: If heavy rain threw Commonwealth Games work out of gear, there is worse to come. Starting Friday, the capital could witness its worst flood in 22 years, with the 6 lakh cusecs of water released by the Hathnikund barrage on September 8 reaching the city.