Flash flood in J&K Reasi: What is flash flooding and why is it so dangerous?A cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district triggered flash floods, damaging houses and disrupting life in the Bathoi area. This inc...
05 Jun, 2026, 12.12 PM IST
Indus Water Treaty expert ropes in external specialists to test India's dataExternal experts will now assess India's data on sediment management for Kishenganga and Ratle hydel projects. The Neutral Expert at The Ha...
03 Jun, 2026, 06.40 AM IST
Officials plan to flush thousands of toilets to help refill a Utah lake and generate powerWater managers are releasing massive amounts of water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir to safeguard hydropower production at Lake Powell, which...
08 May, 2026, 04.29 PM IST
Pakistan power cuts deepen as hydropower slump hits supplyPakistan faces a doubled electricity shortfall this week. Hydropower output has significantly decreased. This situation has led to extended...
17 Apr, 2026, 06.39 PM IST
Rakha Gupta govt plans to build a 'Great Wall of Delhi' to stop Yamuna flood problem. Here is the 4.7-km grand planDelhi plans a 4.7-km flood wall along the Yamuna's western bank before the next monsoon. The structure aims to protect areas like Civil Lin...
15 Apr, 2026, 08.42 PM IST
A silent crisis is brewing in India. And it could hit millions by 2050A study by IISER Bhopal warns that dams and reservoirs in India have lost nearly half their storage due to sedimentation, cutting power gen...
12 Sep, 2025, 04.55 PM IST
Central Water Commission charting new course with its Vision 2047: ChairpersonThe Central Water Commission's Vision 2047 targets enhanced water management to counter climate change effects. Chairperson Kushvinder Vohr...
19 Aug, 2024, 09.19 PM IST
Karnataka govt to form expert panel to assess condition of all dams in StateKarnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has announced the formation of an expert committee to assess the condition of all dams in th...
12 Aug, 2024, 05.51 PM IST
Rajya Sabha passes bill on dam safety; provides surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenanceIt provides for establishing National Dam Safety Authority as a regulatory body to implement the policy, guidelines and standards for prope...
02 Dec, 2021, 07.19 PM IST
1st phase of underwater scanning of Hirakud Dam completeThe team of CSMRS included divisional head of the Engineering, Geo-Physics Department Alex Verghese and scientists Virendra Pratap and Shiv...
29 Dec, 2015, 03.08 PM IST
Dam: Jayalalithaa questions Centre for entertaining Kerala's requestJaya said the approval of Terms of Reference to conduct an EIA Study for the construction of a new dam at Mullaperiyar, was in "gross viola...
11 Jun, 2015, 01.42 PM IST
China's biggest hydropower project Xiaonanhai Dam struck down by Environment MinistryConstruction work for the proposed Xiaonanhai Dam as well as other dams should be banned on the Jinsha River, the Ministry said in a stern ...
11 Apr, 2015, 09.49 PM IST
Hydelgate: Dam frenzy fails to notice environmental concernsThis will change once the dam comes up. For up to 20 hours a day, says the report, the dam will trap the river, releasing just 35 cumecs of...
06 May, 2013, 02.35 PM IST
- Kerala sticks to its demand for new dam at Mullaperiyar
Kerala stuck to its stand that it would not back out from its demand for a new dam to replace the existing 119-year-old structure, over whi...
09 May, 2012, 05.52 PM IST
- Study recommends minimum flow on Ganga tributaries
A study by IIT Roorkee, commissioned by the environment and forests ministry, has recommended that minimum flow be maintained on nearly 60 ...
15 Jun, 2011, 07.41 PM IST
- Trouble looms for 100 dam contracts in Arunachal
More than 100 contracts that the Arunachal Pradesh government has signed to build dams across the hilly north-eastern state could be in for...
02 Oct, 2010, 03.16 AM IST
- Over 100 hydro projects in Uttarakhand blocked
The Union environment and forests ministry's Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has decided not to give forest clearance to any of the propose...
16 Jul, 2010, 02.01 AM IST