Puducherry port operationalisation may be delayed

Port operations likely to begin only in January 2020 after the work is completed.More than a year after the trial run of a cargo vessel, the Puducherry port is yet to be operationalised. The trial run was held in February last year to ensure the smooth movement of the vessel through the sea mouth into the harbour. The port has planned to take up capital dredging under the Centrally sponsored Sagarmala project in October.

Now, it is certain that operationalisation can happen only after the capital dredging is completed.[Readmore]

Explained: Why Ghaggar overtops its banks often

According to experts, wild vegetation, Hyacinth, coming from Haryana side led to further blocking of already blocked drains in Punjab and also resulted in waterlogging all around.

As Ghaggar a rain fed river, plays havoc with farm lands and properties of people in villages across Patiala and Sangrur, The Indian Express explains the reasons behind aggressive Ghaggar spills that happen every second year, and the measures taken to contain the damage.[Readmore]

Google Maps Will Now Warn You About Natural Disasters in Your Area

Google Maps can already route you around traffic and road closures, but now it will also be able to help you steer clear of areas affected by natural disasters.[Readmore]

Google Search tricks that you must know to become the Internet master

By: FE Online |
New Delhi | Updated: July 22, 2019 12:45:31 PM

As good as it looks on paper, the results thrown by Google often means that we are given the most relevant links on the first few pages only.

Being the biggest search engine in the world, Google is the gateway towards knowledge if used right but it is more powerful than many even realise. The usual searches are of course valuable and in this age – a lifesaver. However, it does not even come close to the wonders the Google Search can do. [Readmore]

90% leakages plugged, Temghar wall repairs to spill into next year 

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Maharashtra missed first phase of Rs 2,100 cr national dam safety programme

In April 2012, Maharashtra was conspicuous by its absence in the first phase of a national dam safety programme- the central government’s Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP), Phase-1.

This absence now figures conspicuously amidst the rising death toll due to the breaching of the Tiware dam in Ratnagiri district on July 2.

DRIP Phase-1 was initiated in 2012 with World Bank funding to improve the safety and operational performance of selected dams across the country. Initially, 225 dam projects across seven states, namely, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand were selected and finally, the number was revised to 198 with a funding of Rs. 2,100 crore. Maharashtra, however, did not figure in this project. [Readmore]

Union Jal Shakthi Abhiyan team visits Karur

high-level team of Union Jal Shakthi Abhiyan on Monday visited Karur to take stock of groundwater table, water storage structures, water conservation and rainwater harvesting arrangements.

Usha Suresh, Financial Adviser, Khadi and Village Industries Commission, G. Vaidheeswaran, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi, Achyuta Nand Jena, Deputy Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Krishna Reddy, Deputy Director, National Water Development Authority, S.T. Venkatachalapathy, Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce, New Delhi, A.A. Purohit, Scientist, Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, and Rajesh Singh, Scientist, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, were the members of Jal Shakthi Abhiyan team. [Readmore]

No takers in Maharashtra for dam reinforcement technology by Pune-based firm

While states like Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand have used the ‘poly ironite ceramic cementitious (PICC) coating technology for the reinforcement of dams, specifically to prevent breaching, it has been bypassed by Maharashtra.

A technology developed by a Pune firm for the reinforcement of dams that has been endorsed by the Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS) and utilised by seven states, besides Konkan Railway and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), has been bypassed by the Maharashtra irrigation department. [Readmore]

Jal Shakti Abhiyan

Inspired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister and in view of the challenge of water scarcity and the need for focused water conservation measures this summer and monsoon season, the Government of India is launching the Jal Shakti Abhiyaan(JSA), an intensive water conservation campaign built on citizen participation, with an aim to generate a people's movement to accelerate water conservation across the country. [Readmore]

View: India has to forge partnerships in developing 5G technology. Can India risk it with China? 

India is at the crossroads on the 5G question, spoilt for choice at one level, and, yet, not fully quipped — both technologically and commercially — to shape the global conversation. Then again, why worry now? After all, the size and reach of the Indian market will eventually even out all

concerns. [READMORE]

Change in design stalls Maravanthe harbour project 

Mangaluru: The construction of an other fisheries harbour at Maravanthe in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district, based on the Kerala model, that was expected to benifte the fishing community of the region, smells of a scam. The work on the project worth Rs. 54.69 crore began in 2013, but is still not completed.  A major reason was a change of project coordinates mid-way, due to which the project could not be completed with the allocated funds. [READMORE]