Govt sets control rooms as flood-like situation prevails
The government has opened integrated control rooms in the districts hit by flood-like situations and distributed relief materials among the affected people.
The government has opened integrated control rooms in the districts hit by flood-like situations and distributed relief materials among the affected people.
In the Malbazar block in Jalpaiguri, places like Bagrakote and a nearby village have been flooded by the Lis river, which experienced heavy rain in its catchment area last night.
Acreative and interesting aspect of water conservation work relates to the efforts to revive some small rivers which have become extinct in recent times due to various factors.
Khattar said plans should also be made on a large-scale so that maximum reuse of treated water can be done in sectors like irrigation, thermal power plants, industrial and horticulture.
Jai Ram Thakur called for proper retaining walls and safety measures to be taken to save the precious land of the farmers while presiding over a meeting with senior officers of the Bhakra Beas Management Board and state government.
Further, the introduction of non-native species - such as fish, invertebrates, and vegetation - can have almost immediate ecological effects and economic consequences, potentially compounded by river interlinking.
According to Amarinder Singh, the move would help the state enhance its Jal Shakti to encourage diversity in agriculture, promote quality urbanisation, set up colonies, and speed up industrialisation for better and quicker economic emancipation of the citizens.
With water levels of rivers surging due to continuous downpour, Central Water Commission (CWC) has said, river Bagmati is flowing in severe flood situation and is expected to rise at Dheng Bridge, Runisaidpur in Sitamarhi district and Benibad in Muzzafarpur district.
Gadkari further said that India has started studying the matter internally and that the water will be diverted to Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.
Following the Pulwama attack, India had immediately revoked the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status accorded to Pakistan in 1996 and also hiked tariff on imports from Pakistan by 200 per cent.
