The water level in Bhakra touched 1,680 feet, its maximum filling capacity, while at Pong, the level reached 1,399 feet against the maximum filing capacity of 1,390 feet forcing BBMB to open ...
The unprecedented rains in the catchment areas this monsoon season have brought to focus the excessive silt accumulated in the Bhakra Dam’s reservoir—Gobind Sagar Dam—which has diminished its storage ...
The Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI) has tracked the big drop in Bhakra dam reservoir’s fish population to a rise in silt level because of muck dumping. The debris belongs to a road ...
Irrigation experts from the region are concerned over Bhakra Dam not regaining its original form after water it is holding recedes. Experts say "dam deflection" is a routine phenomenon where the ...
CHANDIGARH: The water level in the Beas and Satluj rivers is rising as controlled water is being released from Bhakra and Pong Dams after incessant rains in Himachal Pradesh, creating a flood-like ...