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

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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]