Bhubaneswar: The state cabinet approved the Dam Rehabilitation & Improvement Project (DRIP)-III for the Hirakud dam at an estimated cost of Rs 1,066.38 crore. The project, to be executed over six ...

Hirakud reservoir built across river Mahanadi in Sambalpur is one of the earliest major multi-purpose river valley projects of India. Spanning an area of 743 sq km when full, the dam and dykes ...

“stoking concerns about the displacement of communities in Tibet and environmental impacts downstream in India and Bangladesh”, observed the BBC, which commented further: “The dam, which ...

Five major dams in the State, which are over five decades old, are proposed to be rehabilitated soon under Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP)–II with the World Bank assistance.

For all this "dam for a dam" water war, relations between the two nations along their disputed Himalayan border are not currently at boiling point. In recent years, there have been skirmishes between ...

If a dam is built at Pipalapanka-on upper portion of the river, the flow of the river is likely to dry up permanently," said Prafulla Samantara, president, Lok Shakti Abhiyan. The farmers in the ...

A decade after the Central Water Commission (CWC) recommended two additional spillways on the left and right dykes of Hirakud reservoir to protect the world’s longest earthen dam from further ...

Image Source : X The new dam is said to be three times the size of the Three Gorges Dam. The Centre has informed that it has “taken note” of China’s announcement of a mega dam project on the ...

China's construction and operation of dams has sparked controversy as building river dams and artificial reservoirs causes 'irreversible modification of natural landscapes' and 'such extensive ...