After K-P Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, the Punjab government also threw its weight behind the construction of the controversial Kalabagh dam, with the provincial information minister terming it a ...

Jalandhar: Having faced the worst monsoon in four decades this year, dam authorities and Punjab water resources department have started preparing after forecast of heavy to very heavy rainfall in ...

The Punjab Government has asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to share the construction cost of the Ranjit Sagar and Shahpur Kandi dams, as per the previously agreed terms between the two ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab cabinet on Monday decided to withdraw the consent given by the previous Congress government to deploy the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Bhakra Dam. The consent had ...

Though the Dam Safety Act was passed in 2021, the ground situation in Punjab, as far as the security of dams, hasn’t changed. Under the Act, BBMB had moved a proposal for the deployment of four ...

With the three key dams in Punjab — Bhakra, Pong, and Ranjit Sagar — located on the Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi rivers, respectively, close to full capacity, experts have warned that if the high inflow ...

The Punjab Assembly today passed a resolution opposing the deployment of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Bhakra-Nangal dam project, stating that the state's own police force is ...

Owing to incessant rainfall in the catchment of the river Sutlej, the water level in the Bhakra Dam reservoir, Gobind Sagar Lake, on Wednesday rose to 1,678.45 feet, just 1.5 feet short of its maximum ...

Patiala: The Punjab Medicos Union has called for a mass public movement demanding the transfer of control over the Bhakra, Nangal, Pong, and Ranjit Sagar dams to Punjab. The union cited mismanagement ...

Chandigarh: In a major relief for a multitude of affected people in the flood-stricken regions of Punjab, the water levels in the key dams of the state, namely, Bhakra, Pong and Ranjit Sagar dams, ...

Punjab minister Harjot Singh Bains announced on Wednesday that schools and colleges in the state will remain closed till September 7 amid the fear over flood situation. The announcement came as Punjab ...