Bokaro: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning of heavy rains in the Damodar Valley region in the coming days. In view of thi.

Due to continuous heavy rainfall, authorities in Jharkhand have opened gates at five key dams to control rising water levels. Over 3.39 lakh cusecs of water is being discharged into the Damodar ...

The inflows to the upper dams – Panchet, Maithon increased from 31844 acre-feet to 93,303 acre-feet and from 25,715 acre-feet to 64,305 acre-feet respectively in the last 24 hours.

An engineer at work in India’s Sardar Sarovar dam. Photo: Karen Robinson By Diane Raines Ward September 14, 2003 Water in India is a matter of extremes, veering between drought and floods, life ...

Durgapur Barrage: This dam on Damodar River remains one of the most popular tourist destinations. The area around this dam is thickly green with beautiful views suitable for photographs or picnics.

The Damodar Valley River Regulation Committee (DVRRC) on Monday lifted the "yellow flood warning" as the release of water was reduced from the dams, following a request by chief minister Mamata ...

There are at least a thousand dams on the Ganga basin obstructing the flows of its various tributaries and adversely affecting the overall ... lower Yamuna, Sone, Kiul, Damodar and Ganga ...

B. Damodar Valley Project. C. Bhakhra Dam. D. Kosi Project. Ans: C. Explanation: Bhakhra-Nangal Project is the biggest multipurpose project constructed on Satluj in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.

Recent floods in West Bengal's Ghatal sub-division have affected nearly 2 lakh people, with heavy rains exacerbating the ...

The dam was considered a doomed project even before it began. ... Instead, two dams on the Damodar and Rupnarayan rivers, western tributaries of the Hooghly, were responsible for it.

The flood-like situation in several districts of West Bengal is likely to worsen as the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has released over 3 lakh cusecs of water from its Panchet and Maithon dams ...