The News Review:
- The debate over large dams
- Work on Kerala water supply project to begin
- Inland agencies get money to boost water supply.
The debate over large dams
Pakistan Dawn – Mar 26, 2007
A significant proportion of rainwater is lost as surface run-off. The run off losses from the cultivated portion of rain-fed areas is estimated at nearly six million acre-feet of water per year. On the other hand, due to less fresh water supply from the River Indus, the land becomes infertile by salt. Little rainfall deserted the region and mangrove forest which is vital for fish and shrimps spawning and protects the shoreline. The production of major food grains and crops may be hit in the years to come due to water shortage. Projections of agricultural output show a shortfall of 11 million tons by 2010 and 16 million tons by 2020. If we fail to grapple successfully with the problem, by the year 2025, there will be shortage of 28 million tons of different food crops…
Projections of agricultural output show a shortfall of 11 million tons by 2010 and 16 million tons by 2020. If we fail to grapple successfully with the problem, by the year 2025, there will be shortage of 28 million tons of different food crops. Pakistan needs to work urgently to better utilise its water resources by building of dams. But how this is to be done remains a centre of much controversy. So far 81 large, medium and small dams have been built across the country since 1947. Work on mega water projects including Neelum Jhelum Hydro Power Projects, Diamir Bhasha Dam, Kurram _ Tangi Dam (NWFP), Subak-Zai Dam (Balochistan), and Kachi Canal are underway. However, the most controversial dam still in the debating stage is Kalabagh dam.
Work on Kerala water supply project to begin
Hindu – Mar 26, 2007
Achuthanandan will inaugurate the Project on Tuesday. The project will benefit five districts. The Minister for Water Resources, N. Premachandran, and the Minister for Law, M. Vijayakumar, told journalists here on Sunday that the Project would be completed by October 2008. All the 23 contracts for the Project excluding three had been awarded…
Premachandran claimed that the Project would benefit 41 lakh people. It would be the biggest water supply project to be taken up in the State. He said the State would have to pay 1. 5 per cent as interest on the loan in Japanese Yen. The interest risk would have to be borne by the Government. The repayment would start after ten years.
Inland agencies get money to boost water supply.
Free with registration – Press-Enterprise – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 26, 2007
| Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) (March, 2007). 26–The State Water Resources Control Board issued $25 million in grants to agencies in the Inland region and Orange County to stretch the local supply of the life-sust.