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Floodgates Of Bhakra Dam Opened, Likely To Inundate Villages
After the Pong dam, floodgates of the Bhakra dam were opened on Tuesday for the first time in this season after heavy rains in catchment areas had alarmingly increased the water level in the reservoir, a senior official said.
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Rain Triggers Flash Floods In Telangana, Damages Roads And Crops
Heavy rains triggered flash floods in parts of Telangana, inundating low-lying areas, damaging roads and crops. Rivulets, streams, lakes and ponds were overflowing due to incessant rains under the impact of low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal.
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Reservoir Flushing, 6 New Projects: India Acts After Indus Treaty Suspension
Eleven days after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan - in the first round of retaliatory measures for the Pahalgam terror attack - the centre began increasing reservoir storage capacities at two hydroelectric projects in J&K.
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"Excess Water Will Go To Pak If...": Haryana's 'Bhakra Dam' Request To Punjab
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini urged Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann to provide drinking water to Haryana or the excess Bhakra reservoir water will flow to Pakistan.
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3 Chennai College Students Drown In Coimbatore River
Three college students from Chennai drowned in a river in Coimbatore district on Friday, police said. The three were students of a private physiotherapy college in the Tamil Nadu capital.
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On Bengal Floods, Mamata Banerjee's Big Move Against INDIA Ally-Ruled Jharkhand
Repeating her charge that the floods in West Bengal are man-made, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to PM Narendra Modi and blamed the release of water by the Damodar Valley Corporation from reservoirs in Jharkhand for the situation.
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Water Supply To Be Affected In Parts Of Central Delhi
Water supply will be affected in parts of Lutyens' Delhi since the Tilak Marg and Bengali Market underground water reservoirs are receiving less water from the Delhi Jal Board, NDMC officials said on Monday.
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India's Reservoirs Storage Level Drop To 24%, Southern States Hit Hardest: Official Data
Amid scorching summer, the total live storage available in 150 key reservoirs across India is 24 per cent of the total live storage capacity, marking a 21 per cent decrease recorded during the same period last year, according to official data.
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Rest Of India To Follow Bengaluru? Water Storage In Country's Reservoirs At Just 38%
Ahead of the summer season, the live storage capacity in India's 150 primary reservoirs stands at just 38 per cent of their total capacity, which is less than the last decade's average.
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"Ensure Adequate Supply Of Drinking, Irrigation Water": KCR To Officials
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday instructed officials to take measure on a war footing to stockpile water in state's reservoirs from Krishna and Godavari rivers including 'Kaleshwaram'--multi-purpose lift irrigation projects.
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Officer Fined Rs 53,000 For Emptying Dam In Search Of Colleague's Phone
Days after a Chhattisgarh food inspector was suspended for having 42 lakh litres of water drained from a reservoir to recover his expensive phone, the government pulled up his senior, who he said gave him verbal permission to empty the water.
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Officer Pumped Out Water For 3 Days After His Phone Fell Into Reservoir
In a bizarre incident from Chhattisgarh, a government official has been accused of getting 21 lakh litres of water drained from a reservoir to recover his expensive phone that had fallen into it.
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Maharashtra Says State Reservoirs Left With 37% Water
Water reservoirs in Maharashtra currently have 37 per cent stock, while 401 tankers are supplying water to several scarcity-hit areas, the state government said on Thursday.
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Uttarakhand Village Submerged To Make Way For Hydel Project
With teary eyes, residents of Lohari village looked on helplessly as their homes, farmlands and cowsheds got submerged in the waters of the reservoir built as part of the 120 megawatt Vyasi hydropower project in Vikas Nagar area here on Monday.
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Karnataka High Court Asks Congress To Furnish Permission Taken For Its "Padayatra"
Karnataka High Court asked Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) to submit before it by January 14 whether they had taken any permission to hold the 'Walk for Water' demanding a balancing reservoir across Cauvery river at Mekedatu in Ramanagara
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Floodgates Of Bhakra Dam Opened, Likely To Inundate Villages
After the Pong dam, floodgates of the Bhakra dam were opened on Tuesday for the first time in this season after heavy rains in catchment areas had alarmingly increased the water level in the reservoir, a senior official said.
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Rain Triggers Flash Floods In Telangana, Damages Roads And Crops
Heavy rains triggered flash floods in parts of Telangana, inundating low-lying areas, damaging roads and crops. Rivulets, streams, lakes and ponds were overflowing due to incessant rains under the impact of low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal.
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Reservoir Flushing, 6 New Projects: India Acts After Indus Treaty Suspension
Eleven days after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan - in the first round of retaliatory measures for the Pahalgam terror attack - the centre began increasing reservoir storage capacities at two hydroelectric projects in J&K.
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"Excess Water Will Go To Pak If...": Haryana's 'Bhakra Dam' Request To Punjab
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini urged Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann to provide drinking water to Haryana or the excess Bhakra reservoir water will flow to Pakistan.
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3 Chennai College Students Drown In Coimbatore River
Three college students from Chennai drowned in a river in Coimbatore district on Friday, police said. The three were students of a private physiotherapy college in the Tamil Nadu capital.
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On Bengal Floods, Mamata Banerjee's Big Move Against INDIA Ally-Ruled Jharkhand
Repeating her charge that the floods in West Bengal are man-made, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to PM Narendra Modi and blamed the release of water by the Damodar Valley Corporation from reservoirs in Jharkhand for the situation.
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Water Supply To Be Affected In Parts Of Central Delhi
Water supply will be affected in parts of Lutyens' Delhi since the Tilak Marg and Bengali Market underground water reservoirs are receiving less water from the Delhi Jal Board, NDMC officials said on Monday.
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India's Reservoirs Storage Level Drop To 24%, Southern States Hit Hardest: Official Data
Amid scorching summer, the total live storage available in 150 key reservoirs across India is 24 per cent of the total live storage capacity, marking a 21 per cent decrease recorded during the same period last year, according to official data.
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Rest Of India To Follow Bengaluru? Water Storage In Country's Reservoirs At Just 38%
Ahead of the summer season, the live storage capacity in India's 150 primary reservoirs stands at just 38 per cent of their total capacity, which is less than the last decade's average.
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"Ensure Adequate Supply Of Drinking, Irrigation Water": KCR To Officials
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday instructed officials to take measure on a war footing to stockpile water in state's reservoirs from Krishna and Godavari rivers including 'Kaleshwaram'--multi-purpose lift irrigation projects.
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Officer Fined Rs 53,000 For Emptying Dam In Search Of Colleague's Phone
Days after a Chhattisgarh food inspector was suspended for having 42 lakh litres of water drained from a reservoir to recover his expensive phone, the government pulled up his senior, who he said gave him verbal permission to empty the water.
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Officer Pumped Out Water For 3 Days After His Phone Fell Into Reservoir
In a bizarre incident from Chhattisgarh, a government official has been accused of getting 21 lakh litres of water drained from a reservoir to recover his expensive phone that had fallen into it.
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Maharashtra Says State Reservoirs Left With 37% Water
Water reservoirs in Maharashtra currently have 37 per cent stock, while 401 tankers are supplying water to several scarcity-hit areas, the state government said on Thursday.
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Uttarakhand Village Submerged To Make Way For Hydel Project
With teary eyes, residents of Lohari village looked on helplessly as their homes, farmlands and cowsheds got submerged in the waters of the reservoir built as part of the 120 megawatt Vyasi hydropower project in Vikas Nagar area here on Monday.
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Karnataka High Court Asks Congress To Furnish Permission Taken For Its "Padayatra"
Karnataka High Court asked Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) to submit before it by January 14 whether they had taken any permission to hold the 'Walk for Water' demanding a balancing reservoir across Cauvery river at Mekedatu in Ramanagara
