THIRUVANATHAPURAM: The cracks developed on the ground near Neyyar Dam on Saturday was the result of a minor landslide in the area, according to the scientists from the Centre For Earth Science Studies (CESS), who visited the site on Monday.
The CESS scientists also revealed that the crack appeared only as a regional phenomenon on primary examination.
People at risk during rain as soil may fall in chunks
Chances of tremor ruled out
Thiruvananthapuram: The fracture in the ground reported from an area near the Neyyar dam is the result of soil dislocation, a localised phenomenon that poses no danger to the dam, scientists from the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) reported on Monday.
SC EXTENDS MULLAIPERIYAR PANEL TENURE BY SIX MONTHS
THE Supreme Court on Monday extended by six months the tenure of the high-level empowered committee set up to examine the legal and safety aspects of the Mullaiperiyar dam in Kerala.
A five-judge Bench comprising Justices D K Jain, B Sudarshan Reddy, Mukundkam Sharma, R M Lodha and Deepak Verma also asked the Centre to upgrade the facilitie
Itanagar: A students body has appealed to Union Minister Jairam Ramesh to reconsider setting up of hydroelectric projects in Adi belt of Arunachal Pradesh as the region is quake-prone and has witnessed as many as 87 major to minor tremors in a span of 67 years.
Out of the 137 MoUs signed for setting up of hydel projects Arunachal, 35 are in Adi dominated eastern region, comprising East Siang, W
Guwahati, Sept. 9: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) will incorporate several additional technical features in the construction of the Lower Subansiri hydropower project.
This bill introduced in Lok Sabha is aimed at setting up an institutional system for regular monitoring of safety of large dams. It is to provide for proper surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of all dams of certain parameters in India to ensure their safe functioning and for matters connected
therewith or incidental thereto.
There is urgent need for publicly known norms of transparency and accountability in operation of reservoirs that are like time bombs that can explode multiple times. Bhakra exploded in 1988, Ukai in Gujarat did in Aug 2006, Hirakud did in Sep 2008, Srisailam, Tungabhadra, Upper Krishna and Damodar dams did in Sep 2009. The wrong operation of Bhakra, Pong and Tehri reservoirs in 2010 lead to avoidable floods in the downstream areas.
ITANAGAR, July 19: Uncertainty looms large over the ongoing construction of the 2000 MW Lower Subnsiri Hydro Project at Gerukhamukh on the Lower Subansiri-Dhemaji districts of Arunachal and Assam respectively.
