DHARMAPURI: Residents of Palacode urged the administration to construct more check dams in the Chinnar river basin to address water scarcity. Citing this, residents urged the administration to construct more check dams in the Chinnar river basin and store water. To ensure that this water benefits the farmers in Palacode, we urge the administration to take steps to construct more …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the Kutch Branch Canal in Gujarat that connects the last mile of Western Gujarat with the Narmada River waters, more than 750 km away in Central Gujarat. However, the bigger story is the entire approach adopted by then Chief Minister Modi in solving the water problem of Gujarat, an approach which has now become …
The Delhi government is working on creating low-cost check dams in at least 20 “strategic locations” on major drains to reduce the pollutant load being released into the Yamuna by 70-80%, senior officials said. Check dams are expected to reduce the pollutant load in drains by 70% - 80% While two such check dams have already been installed -- on …