This paper attempts to give a spatial and temporal overview of water management in India. It traces how people and the successive regimes made choices across space and time from a wide range of water control and distribution technologies.
ROURKELA: If Khandadhar waterfall faces the threat of premature death, blame it on the industries sprouting on its periphery.
Rampant mining by OMC at less than a km from the scenic hilly rivulet seems to be leaving a telling blow on the flora and fauna of the bio-rich reserve.
Finally, funds have started pouring in to bring 40 MGD (miilon gallons daily) canal water to Mohali with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Wednesday evening announcing to release first installment of Rs 136 crore for Kajauli Phase V and VI lines, exclusively approved for Mohali.
The project involving total estimated expenditure of Rs 325 crore will pump water from Bhakra Main Line (
Swollen Yamuna triggers panic in 100 villages
Kiran Deep
Yamunanagar, August 19
Agricultural land in at least 25 villages located in low- lying areas were submerged in water and a check dam in Khilonwala washed away this morning due to the overflowing Yamuna.
The situation turned worse after 2.8 lakh cusecs of water was released into the Yamuna from the Hathnikund barrage in Chhachhrauli
Warangal, Aug. 17: To get a first-hand idea on water supply for agriculture through canals under Sriram Sagar Project (SRSP) phase I and phase II, A.D. Mohile, irrigation expert of Srikrishna Committee, made a visit to Warangal on Tuesday.
He also interacted with farmers while passing through SRSP phase II DBM (distributory main canal) No.
This study attempts to develop a case study of the Western Yamuna Canal Command in Haryana with the purpose of developing a general picture of the institutional environment and arrangements related to water resource development and use in the State of Haryana.
SAMBALPUR: The first spell of flood waters received by Hirakud dam from upstream will be released on Wednesday at 11 a.m. The flood water will be released after performing certain rituals as has been the practice since inception of the dam. Although water level in the dam had come down to 599.73 feet on Thursday, it shot up to 604.23 feet this afternoon.
Several villages in Barara area are facing a flood threat after the Dadpur-Nalvi canal, which passes through Ambala, Kurkshetra and Kaithal districts, breached at several points and flooded the fields in Adhoya and nearby villages.
Locals said the canal was dug in 2004 on an assurance that it would irrigate the parched lands of the three districts.
