Tag:Dams
Climate change
Pakistan Floods: Participatory Community Actions Are History
“It was water all around. People were struggling for their safety in hope of some help. But, what we could find, was the ceaseless...
Disaster Management
Dams Have to Prepare Emergency Action Plans, Minister Tells Rajya Sabha
The minister pointed out that the union government has constituted the national committee on dam safety to discharge functions to prevent dam failure related...
Finance and Economy
Sri Lanka’s best-known tourism ambassador wants to leave as economy tanks
Challenged to import fuel to run its power plants and with its dams running out of water reserves and not producing electricity, Sri Lanka’s...
Climate change
Accelerating melt rate makes Greenland ice sheet world’s largest ‘dam’
Researchers estimate the power produced by the falling water during peak melt periods was comparable to the power produced by the Three Gorges Dam...
Disaster risk reduction
Ageing dams are ‘ticking time bombs’
China, the US and India top the list of countries with a significant number of large dams. China alone hosts 40 per cent of...
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Crisis-hit Sri Lanka Seeks ‘Value-add’ with Research
Sri Lanka’s National Research Council has three different programmes focused on research grants that can generate direct economic benefits....
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IMF Approves $1.1 Billion Final Tranche for Pakistan
The statement said, macroeconomic conditions have improved over the course of the program, adding growth of 2 per cent...
Sri Lanka: Concerns Raised as Death Rate Exceeds Birth Rate
Meanwhile, a recent report by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has also reported a 0.6 per cent drop...
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Crisis-hit Sri Lanka Seeks ‘Value-add’ with Research
Sri Lanka’s National Research Council has three different programmes...
IMF Approves $1.1 Billion Final Tranche for Pakistan
The statement said, macroeconomic conditions have improved over the...
