Bhakra Dam

Water will be equally distributed across Delhi in case of shortage that may affect 25 per cent of total supply in the coming days, Delhi minister Satyendar Jain said on Monday.

Heavy rain hit several parts of north India on Saturday, including Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. In Punjab, an alert has been sounded in several districts after excess water was released from Bhakra dam following heavy rain.

Heavy rains lashed northern states with an alert sounded in Punjab following release of excess water from Bhakra dam and the Yamuna nearing the danger mark in Delhi on Saturday, while normalcy was slowly returning to flood-ravaged Kerala, where so far 113 people have lost their lives.

Eleven "highly decomposed" bodies and four human skulls were recovered today from Bhakra canal, police said.

The water levels in Himachal Pradesh's major dams -- Bhakra and Pong -- have increased comfortably with the monsoon active in the region, an official said today.

The water levels in the Bhakra and Pong dams in Himachal Pradesh have dipped alarmingly low owing to the deficient monsoon in the region, an official said on Saturday.

The water level in the Bhakra reservoir today crossed 1,645 feet with the dam's management calling a meeting of partner states on July 30 to review the situation on water release.

The water level at Bhakra dam has reached an all time high, prompting the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) today to issue a warning to the Punjab government that it would be releasing "excess" water into Satluj and Beas rivers in the next few days.

Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) on Tuesday discharged 15,000 cusecs of water from the Pong dam for the first time in the monsoon season following heavy inflow of water caused by rains."We have released 15,000 cusecs of water from Pong dam on Tuesday to contain the rising water level in the dam," BBMB Member (Irrigation), M K Gupta said.The wate...

The water level has been receding rapidly and has come down by over 90 feet since last year.

Water will be equally distributed across Delhi in case of shortage that may affect 25 per cent of total supply in the coming days, Delhi minister Satyendar Jain said on Monday.

Heavy rain hit several parts of north India on Saturday, including Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. In Punjab, an alert has been sounded in several districts after excess water was released from Bhakra dam following heavy rain.

Heavy rains lashed northern states with an alert sounded in Punjab following release of excess water from Bhakra dam and the Yamuna nearing the danger mark in Delhi on Saturday, while normalcy was slowly returning to flood-ravaged Kerala, where so far 113 people have lost their lives.

Eleven "highly decomposed" bodies and four human skulls were recovered today from Bhakra canal, police said.

The water levels in Himachal Pradesh's major dams -- Bhakra and Pong -- have increased comfortably with the monsoon active in the region, an official said today.

The water levels in the Bhakra and Pong dams in Himachal Pradesh have dipped alarmingly low owing to the deficient monsoon in the region, an official said on Saturday.

The water level in the Bhakra reservoir today crossed 1,645 feet with the dam's management calling a meeting of partner states on July 30 to review the situation on water release.

The water level at Bhakra dam has reached an all time high, prompting the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) today to issue a warning to the Punjab government that it would be releasing "excess" water into Satluj and Beas rivers in the next few days.

Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) on Tuesday discharged 15,000 cusecs of water from the Pong dam for the first time in the monsoon season following heavy inflow of water caused by rains."We have released 15,000 cusecs of water from Pong dam on Tuesday to contain the rising water level in the dam," BBMB Member (Irrigation), M K Gupta said.The wate...

The water level has been receding rapidly and has come down by over 90 feet since last year.