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The proliferation of upstream dams is beginning to impose costs across Asia. Institutionalised collaboration can help read more

The deluge damaged temporary shelters where miners were sleeping, the Moscow-based news agency Interfax reported, citing unidentified local officials. As many as 80 people were in the accommodation at the time. read more

Considering heavy downpour in the Pavana dam catchment area,civic officials resumed daily water supply in the PCMC area on August 7 read more

Officials in Bargarh have asked all educational institutions in the district to remain closed on Wednesday in view of heavy rainfall and flood threat. read more

Mhaisekar’s comments are significant in view of adverse comments from water experts that it was the unregulated release of water from dams such as the Koyna, Warna and Radhanagari which led to the floods in Sangli and Kolhapur districts. read more

On Thursday, senior officials of the state’s water resource department visited the dam and inspected the site, following allegations of “neglect” and “shoddy work”. read more

The water level in 91 major reservoirs in the country in the week ending May 30 was one percentage point down compared to the week before, says Central Water Commission. read more

According to the police, the tragedy took place when the trio, part of a 10-member group of students, was taking a swim in the backwaters of the dam, a popular picnic spot on the city’s outskirts. read more

Even as the arrival of the monsoon is at least one-and-a-half month away, 20 major dams in the state such as Jayakwadi in Aurangabad district, Manjra in Beed district and Bhima-Ujani in Solapur district have gone dry. read more

Authorities were evacuating several neighborhoods in the southeastern city of Brumadinho that were within range of the B6 dam owned by the Brazilian mining company Vale. read more

While the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day soon after it met at 11.00 AM, the Lok Sabha saw repeated adjournments, but managed to pass the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill amid the din. read more

Water woes: weak monsoon during September failed to fill up dams: officials read more

Dam to come up downstream from boating area inside SGNP, help restore rainwater. read more

Thanks to their flood cushion, dams subsume low and medium-level floods. But these harmless floods should not be controlled because they replenish floodplains with fresh nutrient-rich soil, help fishermen and rejuvenate the riparian flora and fauna. read more

The Kerala government had said it had written to Tamil Nadu on Mullaperiyar dam, requesting controlled release of water without waiting for the water level in the reservoir to reach its full level. read more