Rehabilitation of five major dams in Tamil Nadu, over five decades old, under DRIP-II with World Bank assistance.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposes to repair scour immediately downstream of Lock and Dam 1 to ensure the lock and dam’s structural integrity. The repair would involve placing about ...

Another measure that has been promoted in the banner to prevent water loss and soil erosion is to build check dams. As a result, Juungar has been able to treat about 62 percent of its Pisha sandstone.

The water flow resulted in severe soil erosion of the riverbed along the check dam, up to a depth of seven metres, further damaging the downstream apron of the ageing structure. “Such soil ...