Pranhita irrigation project: Maharashtra agrees to form inter-state board

Will help irrigate 663, 684 hectares in seven districts in Telangana region

Flood warning: lost in translation?

Despite having a history of floods, state did not have a disaster management system in place

Jammu and Kashmir Floods: Caught unawares

23 major reservoirs have deficient water levels; 18 are highly deficient

The live storage of reservoirs in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and all southern states is far below normal

Floods in north and east India kill 120 people

Release of flood waters from Nepal affect large parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Jammu and Kashmir was unprepared for flood fury

State did not have forecasting system or a disaster management plan in place

'The tragedy of irrigation in India is that we have created capacity but have not utilised it'

Will the integration of Central Water Commission and Central Ground Water Board lead to better water management? Mihir Shah explains

Water level in dams has reduced drastically in drought-hit states, says CWC

Out of 5,172 big dams in the country, 4,048 are situated in the 10 droughts-hit states

Water level in 91 major reservoirs reduces

The combined water stored in these reservoirs is 62 per cent of total capacity, as compared to 127 per cent last year

Water in news on April 11

A round-up of news on everything to do with water

Floods damage 55,000 houses, kill 511 people this monsoon

The worst affected states in terms of loss of lives have been Karnataka and Maharashtra

Blunder 999

Kerala is trapped by its promise to host Tamil Nadu’s Mullaperiyar dam for a millennium

Why Polavaram is a pointless project

The Polavaram dam involves a huge cost but its benefit will be limited

Not one dam in Kerala was inspected before monsoon, reveals RTI

The state received 42% above normal rainfall but the Central Water Commission didn’t have any information of the criticality of dams

Yamuna crosses danger mark, may get flooded

The Central Water Commission says the river is flowing at 205.24 metre level

Water level in major southern and western reservoirs at 50% of storage capacity

Central Water Commission officials say there is no cause for alarm

Water in major reservoirs of 10 states below 2017 levels: CWC

Water levels 22% below the average of last decade

Water storage in major Indian river basins depleting

More than 60 per cent of the basins contain much less water than average storage over the last decade, CWC data shows

Amicus curiae flags sudden discharge from dams, lack of forecasting for Kerala floods

All 79 Kerala dams were geared up for power generation, irrigation; not controlling flood: report

Water storage in reservoirs across South, West worrisome

While precipitation has declined in these regions, usage levels remain the same, disturbing storage capacity

Water reserves in 71 of India’s 91 reservoirs have dipped: CWC

A delay in arrival of the monsoon, especially in western India, will worsen the water woes even further

Storage level: Live storage in India’s 91 reservoirs 16% of the total

As compared to last week, this week’s storage dropped by 3.66 per cent

Ratnagiri dam breach: Flooding causes 44% of dam failures in India

Tiware Dam in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district breached, flooded seven villages and swept away 20 people on July 2, 2019

More than a month into monsoon reservoir levels up only 6%

The country’s 91 reservoirs are holding less than a quarter of water they can

Reservoir levels go up 32%, yet hold one-third of the water they can

In a week, India’s 100 reservoirs got 13.422 BCM water, but owing to deficient rainfall the water bodies have just 33 per cent of their capacity