Two-day conference on dam safety

A two-day planetary league connected dam information volition beryllium held connected February 13 and 14 astatine the J.N. Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. The league is being jointly organised by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Karnataka Department of Water Resources.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah volition inaugurate the conference, portion Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who besides holds the Water Resources portfolio, volition preside implicit the inaugural session.

The lawsuit volition bring unneurotic planetary and nationalist experts, policymakers, engineers, researchers and academicians for discussions and workshops connected dam safety. As galore arsenic 25 experts from 10 countries are expected to participate. Around 46 probe papers volition beryllium presented during the two-day conference.

According to Mr. Shivakumar, the league is being organised to people 1,000 days of the Congress authorities successful the State.

Repair of dams

The Minister said ₹1,500 crore has been allocated for repair works and information measures for 58 dams successful Karnataka. He noted that ₹10,211 crore has already been spent connected 733 dams crossed 19 States with fiscal assistance from the World Bank and different fiscal institutions.

India has 6,628 dams, of which 231 are located successful Karnataka. More than 75% of the dams successful the state are implicit 25 years old, helium added.