Dams near maximum capacity as heavy rain continues in Punjab, hilly areas
14 NDRF teams deployed for rescue operations
14 NDRF teams deployed for rescue operations
Apparently, environmental health impacts are largely ignored when mega-dam construction projects are undertaken. In the Sardar Sarovar Dam, a hydropower project on the River Narmada in Gujarat, India, community health impacts were not considered in the project's planning, construction, or execution..
Eight years after the Supreme Court moratorium on dam construction in the Upper Ganga region, three Union Ministries and the Uttarakhand government had reached a "consensus" to allow construction of seven hydropower projects, including the one destroyed in the February 2021 flash floods in Chamoli district.
All six shutters of Pamba dam, in Pathanamthitta district opened for 60 cm each Sunday afternoon after its water level rose to 983.45 meter mark, raising concerns about floods in Ranni, Chengannur and Kuttanad regions.
Provincial Disaster Management Authority of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said India had opened the outlets of Alchi dam "without preschedule" which could lead to a flooding situation in river Indus.
Sounding a warning that over five billion people across the globe may run into water shortage, a United Nations report…
Water level in 91 major reservoirs across the country has risen to 66 per cent of their total storage…
