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NHPC moves to expedite desilting at J&K's Salal DamNHPC is taking proactive steps to revitalize the Salal Dam in Jammu and Kashmir by clearing out the built-up silt that has compromised its ...
NHPC enacts plan as Salal reservoir's capacity in Jammu & Kashmir shrinks 96% due to siltationDecades after sediment management facilities were disabled under the Indus Waters Treaty, the Salal power station's reservoir storage has p...
Pahalgam terror attack: India begins work on hydro projects after suspending Indus Waters Treaty with PakistanIndia has begun reservoir flushing operations at the Salal and Baglihar hydroelectric projects in Kashmir to boost power generation and rem...
Key Jammu & Kashmir reservoirs' flushing to begin soon as India suspends Indus Waters TreatyFollowing the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, India is considering advancing the desilting of key hydel plants in Jammu and Kashmir,...
Uttarakhand glacier burst: Working against hope, rescue team move ahead to clear tunnel at TapovanOn February 7, a glacier broke in the Tapovan-Reni area of Chamoli district which led to massive flooding in Dhauliganga and Alaknanda rive...
No pause in tunnel clearing work even as hope fadesEven as hopes of finding survivors from the nearly 250-metre Intake Adit tunnel at Tapovan in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district faded, the res...
Uttarakhand calamity: Three more bodies recovered, toll climbs to 53Rescue efforts are now underway at the Silt Flushing Tunnel (SFT) only with the help of excavators as a camera or apipe cannot be inserted ...
Eight bodies recovered from Tapovan, Raini hydel project sites; toll rises to 46The NTPC's Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project had suffered extensive damage in the flashflood which also demolished the Rishiganga hydel proje...
Uttarakhand disaster: Rescue teams start widening hole in Tapovan tunnel to reach trapped peopleDrilling of a 12-metre-long hole of 75 mm diameter in the intake adit tunnel to its inside has been successful, National Thermal Power Corp...
Rescue teams battle on in Tapovan tunnelRescue teams battled on against various odds for the sixth consecutive day on Friday to get to the over 30 people trapped inside the sludge...
Blaming the administration for sub-merged cities after monsoons will not solve anythingIt needs a scientific plan and a systematic approach with a clear goal and vision. Sadly, this is missing, despite huge amounts being alloc...
Floods, coal shortage hit power generation by 3,200 MW in NorthThe flushing operation is expected to be completed in a day and the plants would be switched on within 24 hours for power generation.
- Kishanganga could have larger impact than expected
The court made it clear that the decision will not impact the exiting projects or those under implementation, but it essentially became pre...
- 1000 MW Karcham Wangtoo hydro electric project to be commissioned in Himachal Pradesh
India's largest Hydropower Project, in the Private Sector Karcham Wangtoo in Kinnaur District of Himachal Pradesh is scheduled for commissi...
- J&K to tax water used to generate hydel power
A Bill, which the legislature passed on Saturday, will set up State Water Resources Regulatory Authority (SWRRA) to manage water resources ...
- For Joseph, BMC job was one of the toughest ever
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to install four giant, high-capacity pumps to flush out rainwater and prevent wate...
- HC gives state 15 days to complete Mithi clean-up
The Bombay High Court has ordered the state government to finish all remaining work on the Mithi river clean-up by June 28.