‘Lake-tapping’ at Koyna to hike power supply (With Images)
April 25th, 2012 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) For the second time in Asia, a "lake-tapping" project to generate additional electricity was carried out in the reservoir of Maharashtra's biggest Koyna Dam here Wednesday, ... Read more...
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Dam water to recede, Kullu deities coming
October 4th, 2011 - 10:18 am ICT by IANS
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), Oct 4 (IANS) The water level in a reservoir near here will be brought down this week for the "safe passage" of over 250 deities in a ... Read more...
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Haryana to study Israel’s use of brackish water
April 13th, 2011 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 13 (IANS) Haryana will study Israel's water conservation practices and the use of brackish water for agricultural purposes, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who is leading an official ... Read more...
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Yamuna flowing at alarming level in Haryana, two killed
September 11th, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 11 (IANS) The Yamuna river continued to flow close to the danger mark in Haryana, flooding over 120 villages of Panipat and Yamunanagar districts and killing two youngsters, an official ... Read more...
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Punjab, Haryana villages flooded as rivers rise alarmingly
September 10th, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 10 (IANS) Close to 75 villages in Punjab and Haryana were flooded and thousands of acres of farm land inundated as the Yamuna, Satluj and other rivers rose to alarming ... Read more...
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Chinese dam may be a methane menace
September 30th, 2009 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 30 (ANI): A new research by scientists has found that a particular dam in China could be producing tonnes of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.According to a report in Nature ... Read more...
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Delayed rains, heat wave could hit Punjab crop yield
June 24th, 2009 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 24 (IANS) Food grain production, especially of paddy, will be badly hit this year in Punjab if the monsoon was delayed further and the heat wave continued, agriculture experts here ... Read more...
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Dragonflies may provide alert system for water pollution
June 29th, 2008 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
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Singapore, June 29 (DPA) Dragonfly young could soon be the aquatic version of the canary in a coalmine, a researcher said in a published report Sunday. Just as the singing birds were ... Read more...
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