Maharashtra Water Resources Department said on Tuesday there was no danger to the Koyna dam after water seeped through an emergency valve tunnel at Koyna hydroelectric project in Satara district.
On Thursday, Tamil Nadu opened eight shutters of the dam, again during wee hours of the day at around 3.00 AM, and without sufficient warning released 6,413 cusecs of water which was later increased to 8,017 cusecs at 4.00...
The water level in the Mullaperiyar reservoir at 8.00 AM had reached 141.40 feet following heavy rains.
Arunachal Pradesh, where 169 hydropower projects are proposed to be built, often grabs the headlines for the community resistance against the construction of mega-dams upon the Brahmaputra.
The Supreme Court had on November 16 issued notices to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry seeking replies in six weeks in connection with the proposed Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar link project.
The water level in the Mullaperiyar reservoir at 8.00 AM had reached 141.40 feet following heavy rains.
A flurry of big power projects in the Chenab valley in Jammu has the residents and activists worried about the environmental impact on the region's fragile ecology.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written a letter to his Tamil Nadu counterpart M K Stalin as the inflow to Mullaperiyar dam was 2109 c/s and the discharge level was at 1750 c/s at 4pm today.
Even though rains subsided in several parts of Kerala on Monday, after receiving heavy downpour last week, more rains are expected from Wednesday.
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Rainwater has damaged more than 215,200 hectares of crops, causing a direct economic loss of about 1.22 billion yuan (about USD 188.6 million)
As a lower riparian state with considerable established user rights to the waters of the trans-border rivers, the Centre has consistently conveyed its views...
A glacier burst at Joshimath on Sunday triggered an avalanche and a deluge in the Alaknanda river system that wreaked havoc and washed away hydroelectric...
Approximately 3.5 million people are at risk if India's Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala, built over 100 years ago, 'fails'
The government also said that such an act by China will adversely affect the availability of water in its basin during the lean season.
India will safeguard its interests on the issue of trans-border rivers, MEA said.
Beijing will continue to have "good communication" with lower riparian states - India and Bangladesh
After a eight-year gap, work on the Subansiri dam has resumed much to the unhappiness of activists. Project cost has spiraled from Rs 6,900 crore in 2005 to...
PM Modi has a packed schedule and will spend most part of the day in Gujarat.
Behavioural change, proper metering and river-linking are the solutions to water crisis in India, says Union water resources minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
12 houses near the dam have been washed away. A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), police and volunteers are present at the spot.
Another dam administered by Vale and Australian mining company BHP Billiton collapsed in 2015 in the city of Mariana in Minas Gerais state, resulting in 19...
Indian researchers have mapped how large-scale activities have eroded the ecosystem in central Western Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot known for its rich...
The multipurpose irrigation project in Andhra, undertaken by the private sector is being conducted with extraordinary speed to make the dam ready for...
