Water Pollution

Yamuna debris: DDA says it doesn’t own floodplain

NEW DELHI: Ironical as it may be, DDA has no jurisdiction over a large part of the Yamuna floodplain located within Delhi.

Publication Date: 
20/01/2012
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Supreme Court, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Floods, Waterlogging, Yamuna, Delhi, Water Pollution, Habitat And Urbanisation, Solid Waste, Flood Control
Natural Disasters

Rs.125 crore for project to check flooding

Cabinet to discuss scheme today

The government will sanction Rs.125 crore for a comprehensive project aimed at preventing waterlogging and flooding in the capital city.
A sum of Rs.27 crore will be spent in the first phase, and Rs.98.5 crore will be sanctioned for the second phase.

Publication Date: 
18/01/2012
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Thiruvananthapuram (D), Floods, Waterlogging, Flood Control, Natural Disasters, Kerala
Natural Disasters

DPR for flood management project soon

SHILLONG: The State Government is targeting to complete the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for tackling the flood problem faced by localities close to the Wahumkhrah River within March.

“We want the DPR to be ready by March as it will allow the State Government to approach the Centre for allocation of funds for the flood management programme,” State Water Resources Minister AL Hek told reporters on Wednesday. While informing that the Government is intending to construct checks dams right from Umkaliar River upto Mawlai Bridge, Hek said that they are also planning to construct proper drains on the small streams which lead to Wahumkhrah.

Publication Date: 
12/01/2012
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Rivers, Floods, Flood Control, Check Dam, Drainage, Budget, Central Water Commission (CWC), Brahmaputra, Natural Disasters, Meghalaya
Natural Disasters

Project to clean up Karamana, Killi Rivers

The Cabinet on Wednesday proposed a comprehensive project to clean up the Karamana and Kill Rivers in Thiruvananthapuram city and prevent flooding of its banks.

Publication Date: 
05/01/2012
Roy Mathew
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Thiruvananthapuram (D), Floods, Rivers, Flood Control, Infrastructure Development, Land Encroachments, Drainage, Natural Disasters
Dams/ Irrigation

Slope protection of Subarnarekha main canal from RD 7950 m to RD 8720 m - An alternative approach

Subarnarekha multi-purpose river valley project is an interstate project which would benefit Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. The head works i.e., Chandil Dam, Ichha Dam and Galudihi Barrage are located in Jharkhand to provide irrigation both to Odisha and Jharkhand, power to Jharkhand and flood control in West Bengal and Odisha.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
Joygopal Jena, G. C. Sahu, G. N. Das
Water and Energy International
69
1
49-53
Tags:
Subarnarekha Dam, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Irrigation, Flood Control, Reservoirs
Ministry Of Water Resources

Citizens voice alarm over recent Supreme Court judgement on interlinking of rivers: directive urges government to begin work on the proposal

The Supreme Court of India has in its judgement of 27 February 2012 on the interlinking of rivers project, given categorical directions to the Executive Government to implement the 'project' as a whole in a time bound manner and has also asked the Centre to appoint a Special Committee to work out the modalities and oversee the implementation of the project.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
Amita Bhaduri
Wastelands News
25
1
13-18
Tags:
River Linking, Supreme Court, River Basin, Hydrology, Flood Control, Water Disputes, Ministry Of Water Resources, India
Natural Disasters

Cities and flooding: a guide to integrated urban flood risk management for the 21st century

In this guide to integrated urban flood risk management for the 21st Century World Bank, provides forward-looking operational assistance to policy makers and technical specialists in the rapidly expanding cities and towns of the developing world on how best to manage the risk of floods,

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
Abhas K Jha, Robin Bloch, Jessica Lamond
The World Bank
Tags:
Floods, Urbanisation, Developing Countries, India, Natural Disasters, Urban Environment, Climate Change, Urban Planning, Flood Control
Natural Disasters

Floods in Orissa: No lessons learnt

Orissa is prone to natural disasters, especially floods. Yet, the authorities have not been able to draw up an effective disaster management plan and politicians continue to play politics with relief works. What is needed in dealing with these disasters and the relief and rehabilitation work that follows is the participation of the local community and functionaries of panchayati raj institutions, and coordination with national and international bodies.

Publication Date: 
24/12/2011
Kishor C Samal
Economic and Political Weekly
46
52
31-32
Tags:
Floods, Orissa (Odisha), Disaster Management, Public Participation, Panchayats, India, Hirakund, Dams, Afforestation, Corruption, Flood Control
Water Resources

Central study favours storage-backed projects

NEW DELHI, Dec 20 – The ongoing agitation against construction of mega dams in Assam may not cut much ice with the Centre, as a Ministry of Water Resources-sponsored study has favoured storage-back

Publication Date: 
21/12/2011
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Ministry Of Water Resources, Water Resources, Central Water Commission (CWC), North East, Hydroelectricity, Flood Control, Central Groundwater Board (CGWB)
Natural Disasters

Report of working group on flood management and region specific issues for XII Plan

Severe floods in the past as well as the recent floods in many States including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, UP, Assam, West Bengal and Odisha which caused devastation and large submergence remind us of inadequacy of flood management measures.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2011
Planning Commission
Tags:
Flood Control, Floods, Disaster Management, India, Flood Relief, Dams

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