Chennai, Mar 15 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government will be taking steps to raise the water level of the Poondi reservoir from the present 3.3 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) to 5.2 tmcft. This is following the recommendation of Thiruppuzhagh committee constituted by the state government to do a study on flood mitigation strategies in […]
Chennai, Feb 8 (BPNS) A study on groundwater contamination have found that the presence of heavy metals like cadmium and nickel in groundwater in around 45 locations in Chennai city is very high. The study was conducted in pre and post monsoon periods in 2022. The groundwater samples collected from 45 locations in Greater Chennai […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 7, (BPNS ) The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) on Tuesday released the new tariff rate for all categories of consumers. It was on February 3 that the state government decided to increase the water charge by one paise per liter, citing various reasons. The revised tariff had a retrospective effect from February 3. At […]
Puducherry, Feb 2 (BPNS) A four-member team led by the Central Water Commission (CWC) led by Director, Abhishek Saxena has reached the Union Territory of Puducherry to assist the territorial government in preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) in implementing the Sustainable water management project in Puducherry and Karaikkal. It may be recalled that the […]
Chennai, Jan 8 (BPNS) With the reservoirs in Chennai almost full, the Tamil Nadu state Water Resources Department (WRD) has requested the Andhra Pradesh government to stop Krishna water to Chennai. Sources in the WRD told BPNS that the Krishna water will be suspended to Chennai from this week onwards. It is to be noted […]
Chennai, Dec 1 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department has commenced survey of 42000 lakes in the state to identify the water flow areas and increase storage capacity of these lakes. This was following the government ordering the state Water Resources Department (WRD) and the local bodies in the state to conduct an inspection and […]
Chennai, Sept 25 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department would install a new shutter replacing the damaged shutter at the Parambikkulam dam in Palakkad at a cost of Rs 7 crore. Sources in the Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department told BPNS that the shutter will be replaced by the end of October. The department officials […]
Chennai, Sept 21 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Water Resources Organisation (WRO), has commenced the repair of the shutter of the Parambikkulam dam in the Palakkad district of Kerala. The shutter of the dam which is usually raised by 10 cm on Wednesday early morning opened for the entire height of 25 ft leading to a huge […]
Chennai, Sept 2 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department has issued a high alert along the banks of rivers Cauvery and Kollidam as almost all the reservoirs along the western ghats reaching their maximum capacity and catchment areas getting incessant rains. According to officials of the Western Ghats, the Stanley Reservoir, the Bhavani Sagar […]
Chennai, Sept 1 (BPNS) The Pambar dam of Tamil Nadu was half drained out on Thursday after the fourth shutter of the dam snapped open following an electrical glitch. The reservoir has a full capacity of 19.69 ft with 245 mc ft of water and it was drained to 100 mc ft of water due […]
