Impediments in storing water in Pakistan
- 27-Nov-2023
Pakistan gets ransacked by rains every monsoon with huge level of water standing in almost all parts of the country. Despite such massive availability of rainwater, the authorities have singularly failed to make arrangements for storing water. Successive governments have tinkered with plans to build large storage dams but excessive political manipulation has consistently hampered […]
Saudi Arabia announces to provide $240mn to Pakistan
- 07-Apr-2023
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has announced provision of $240 million to advance the multipurpose Mohmand Dam project in Pakistan, ARY News reported on Saturday. The agreement was signed by the Chief Executive Officer of SFD Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad and the Federal Secretary Ministry of Economic Affairs Dr Kazim Niaz, whereas Saudi Ambassador to […]
‘Spanish Stonehenge’ emerges from drought-hit dam
- 18-Aug-2022
A brutal summer has caused havoc for many in rural Spain, but one unexpected side-effect of the country’s worst drought in decades has delighted archaeologists – the emergence of a prehistoric stone circle in a dam whose waterline has receded. Officially known as the Dolmen of Guadalperal but dubbed the Spanish Stonehenge, the circle of […]
PM Shehbaz Sharif barred from inaugurating dam in Kahuta
- 28-Jun-2022
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has barred Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif from inaugurating Karot Hydropower Project in Kahuta Tehsil in Rawalpindi, ARY News reported on Tuesday. According to details, the electoral watchdog has barred the prime minister from violating the ECP’s code of conduct. PM Shehbaz was due to inaugurate the Karot Hydropower […]
CM Kamal lays foundation stone of Pasni dams for smooth water supply
- 14-Nov-2020
Inaugrated construction of Dosi Dam, Shinzani dam, and Shore Protection bund for streamlined supplies of water and protection of people in flash floods
Moderate to high flood recorded in River Indus
- 06-Sep-2020
The River Indus has witnessed moderate flood at Chashma, Taunsa, Guddu and Sukkur barrages.
Dams overflow as Australia braces for more floods
- 13-Feb-2020
Two other dams in New South Wales, Tallowa and Brogo, were also overflowing and more dams could reach capacity in the coming days.
English town evacuated after water cascades through damaged dam
- 01-Aug-2019
Footage posted on social media showed water gushing from the Toddbrook Reservoir which sits above Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, central England.
Work on Dasu and Mangla dams to begin soon: Faisal Vawda
- 15-Jul-2019
Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda today (Monday) announced that he had a good news for the nation regarding water scarcity and floods in the country.
Two-thirds of world’s longest rivers throttled by mankind: study
- 08-May-2019
Scientists found that out of the 91 rivers longer than 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) in length, just 21 retained a direct connection between source and sea.