Mild intensity earthquake in Maharashtra's Satara

An earthquake measuring 2.6 on the Richter Scale hit the Koyna region in Satara district of Maharashtra on Tuesday morning.

An earthquake of 2.6 magnitude hit the Koyna dam region in Maharashtra's Satara district on Tuesday morning, an official said.

There was no report of any casualty or damage to property, the official from the district administration said.

"The 2.6 magnitude quake occurred at 7.16 am and its epicentre was eight km from the Koyna dam," he said. [Readmore]

India’s tallest dam ft. Hyundai Venue – Pride of India

For the third instalment of the Pride of India series, we headed towards the mountains of Uttarakhand with the Hyundai Venue to experience the enormity of India’s tallest dam.

HIGHLIGHTS

The third part of the Pride of India series takes us in the Hyundai Venue to Tehri Dam, a modern engineering marvel and the tallest dam in India.

Tehri Dam boasts a power generation capacity of 1000MW feeding power grids in Delhi, Uttarakhand, UP, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, J&K and more areas. The dam also aids irrigation, supply of drinking water as well as helps in flood control.

The Venue we had for company was the 1.0 Turbo petrol with 7-speed DCT variant. [Readmore]

Award for Jharkhand check-dam

The water harvesting structure has become a game-changer among small and marginal farmers who earlier had to depend on only rainfall for kharif crops.

A low-cost check dam model to retain water for irrigation in Jharkhand’s rebel-hit Khunti district has fetched an award of excellence from the Union Jal Shakti ministry.

The award for the bori bandh project through community participation in the participatory water management category was presented to Khunti deputy commissioner Shashi Ranjan at the National Water Innovation Summit 2020 held on a virtual platform in Delhi on Friday.

The award was given by Jal Shakti ministry secretary U.P. Singh. [Readmore]

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 26, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

CWPRS to submit report on flood in Ghaggar basin

The Supreme Court (SC) on September 23, 2019 directed Haryana and Punjab to provide information required by the Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune that would help in expediting the enquiry pertaining to the mitigation of the flood problem in the Ghaggar basin.

The inquiry was supposed to be completed and subsequent report filed by the first week of July 2019.

The apex court directed that the investigation should be completed by December 31, 2019, so that a report could be submitted immediately thereafter.

Fish drying pollutes Madh Island

An application alleging use of foreshore land for drying fish in Erangal village of Madh Island, Mumbai came up before the National Green Tribunal (NGT).[Readmore]

GRMB seeks DPRs from AP, Telangana by June 10

Hyderabad: The chairman of Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) J Chandrashekhar Iyer on Friday directed both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to submit Detailed Project Reports (DPR) of all the projects they have taken up on River Godavari by June 10. The Board sought the reports of nine projects taken up by Telangana including enhancement of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) as alleged by the AP government.

The Board also wanted the sibling States to submit agenda points for the forthcoming Apex Council meeting to be chaired by Jal Shakthi Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in which the Chief Ministers of the two States will also participate. [Readmore]

₹176-crore plan on the anvil to check coastal erosion

Research station in Pune offers geo solution to problem

The Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, has offered a geo solution of raising a six-meter seawall along the five km of Uppada coast.

The Department of Transport, Roads and Buildings has submitted ₹176-crore proposal to the State government to build a seawall with a five-layer geo material for the protection of the Uppada coast from erosion.

A plan has been chalked out to prevent the coastal erosion, after the 1,463-meter length of geo-tube installed in 2010 was completely broken due to tidal waves and erosion during the two cyclones - Vardah (2016) and Fani (2019).

P. D. Vijaya Kumar, Superintendent Engineer, Department of Transport, Roads and Buildings (DTRB-East Godavari district), told The Hindu that the CWPRS experts have recommended use of the geo equipment that costs ₹176 crore to build a wall along the coastline at Uppada to prevent soil erosion. In early June, the proposal was submitted to the State government.[Readmore]

Maharashtra: Earthquake of 3.1 magnitude recorded near Koyna dam

An earthquake of 3.1 magnitude with epicentre near Koyna dam in Maharashtra's Satara district was recorded on Saturday morning, officials said. 

An earthquake of 3.1 magnitude with epicentre near Koyna dam in Maharashtra's Satara district was recorded on Saturday morning, officials said. No loss of life or property was reported, they said.

The earthquake was recorded at 10.22 am. Its epicentre was 13.60 kms from the Koyna dam, officials of Satara district administration said. [Readmore]