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Thrilling water sports coming soon at HP’s Pong dam

The reservoir or lake is a famous wildlife sanctuary and one of the 25 international wetland sites declared by Ramsar Sammel in India. (File)

chandigarh news

Published on Feb 18, 2025 09:16 AM IST

Pong dam displacement: 5 decades on, over 6k families still await rehabilitation

He said the process to provide land to 16,352 families was started and cultivable land has been allocated to 9,616 affected families in Rajasthan. (HT File)

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Published on Oct 18, 2024 10:59 PM IST

Deficient monsoon: Dams witness sharp dip in water levels

Water levels in the Bhakra, Pong, and Ranjit Sagar Dams are significantly lower this year compared to the same period last year owing to a deficient monsoon, the Central Water Commission (CWC) report revealed. (HT File)

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Published on Sep 21, 2024 10:21 PM IST

Water level in dams dips, may hit irrigation, power generation

The water level in Ranjit Sagar reservoir was 1,645 feet on August 31 against 1,707.1 feet last year and 1,713.5 feet in 2022. (HT File)

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Updated on Sep 02, 2024 06:06 AM IST

Govt to re-review the Pong Dam eco-sensitive zone: CM Sukhu

HT Image

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Updated on Dec 23, 2023 05:30 AM IST

Punjab: 25 Bet area villages inundated after water released from Pong dam

Rescue operation underway in Tanda villages where Beas water has caused large scale damage. (Harpreet Kaur/HT photo)

chandigarh news

Updated on Aug 17, 2023 12:40 AM IST

Will continue to release excess water for 4-5 days, says BBMB officials

Bhakra Dam received inflow of 45,509 cusecs and 68,844 cusecs of water was released on Wednesday as the water level in the reservoir is rising fast and touched 1,677 feet, three feet short of the maximum capacity of 1,680 feet

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Updated on Aug 17, 2023 12:13 AM IST

Himachal flood fallout: NDRF rescues 85 villagers in neighbouring Punjab

An aerial view of a flooded village in Ropar district on Wednesday after floodgates at Bhakra Dam were opened two days ago. (ANI Photo)

chandigarh news

Updated on Aug 16, 2023 03:40 PM IST

Himachal flood: IAF, army evacuate stranded villagers in Kangra district

A video grab of a woman being rescued by the Indian Air Force during an operation to evacuate stranded residents in flood-hit Kangra district on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)

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Updated on Aug 16, 2023 02:45 PM IST

Bhakra, Pong Dams brimming, Punjab put on high alert

Bhakra Dam over Sutlej, which has a catchment in Himachal Pradesh, also witnessed a heavy inflow. The dam has reached its top filing capacity of 1680 feet. The floodgates of the dam were opened on Sunday, but the rise in the water levels in both dams are posing a threat downstream in Punjab.

chandigarh news

Updated on Aug 15, 2023 01:18 AM IST

Punjab: Water level on the rise, BBMB opens Pong dam floodgates

As the water level of the Pong dam on Beas rose by over two feet on Monday, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) opened the floodgates releasing 13,848 cusecs of water, officials said .

chandigarh news

Updated on Jul 18, 2023 12:34 AM IST

Himachal floods: BBMB releases 10,000 cusecs of water from Pong Dam into Beas river

Locals walk along the eroded riverbank damaged by the swollen Beas river following heavy monsoon rains in Himachal Pradesh. (PTI Photo)

chandigarh news

Updated on Jul 12, 2023 03:48 PM IST

Dams filling fast in Punjab, officials on toes

In three days, Bhakra Dam, which is built on Sutlej, has witnessed a 21-ft jump in its water level, raising alarm bells. (HT File Photo)

chandigarh news

Updated on Jul 12, 2023 01:02 AM IST

Himachal: Cow sanctuary to be set up in Fatehpur

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inaugurates 51.85 meter-long double lane bridge over Sakri Khud on Dadwala- Sakri road, in Kangra. (ANI)

chandigarh news

Updated on Jun 01, 2023 10:34 PM IST

To attract tourists, Himachal mulls introducing shikaras, houseboats

To compete with water tourism in Kashmir, the Himachal Pradesh government is contemplating to introduce shikaras, houseboats and cruise boats in its major water bodies which are mainly the reservoirs of the hydropower projects, besides promoting the water sports. (ANI File Photo)

chandigarh news

Updated on Apr 11, 2023 12:34 AM IST

Sale of poultry, fish banned in four sub divisions of Kangra district to control bird flu spread

Wildlife and animal husbandry department officials conducting the post-mortem of the migratory birds at Pong Dam wetland.

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Updated on Jan 06, 2021 01:05 AM IST

Zoos on alert across the country after bird flu deaths in Himachal

Sanitisation underway at Chhatbir Zoo in Mohali district near Chandigarh.

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Updated on Jan 05, 2021 10:50 AM IST

Avian flu causing migratory birds’ death at HP’s Pong Dam, toll rises to 2,400

Wildlife officials collecting carcasses of birds that died under mysterious circumstances in the Pong wetland in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh over the past week.

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Published on Jan 04, 2021 09:54 PM IST

Punjab’s Harike Pattan wetland on alert after bird deaths at Pong Dam in Himachal

A flock of migratory birds take flight at Harike Pattan wetlands on the border of Ferozepur and Tarn Taran districts of Punjab.

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Published on Jan 04, 2021 12:28 PM IST

Five decades on, Pong Dam oustees await rehabilitation

The Pong Dam reservoir in Kangra district. Construction of the dam started in 1961 on the Beas river, so that waters from its reservoir could be taken to the desert of Rajasthan and feed the extensive network of canal irrigation system there.

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Published on Jan 21, 2020 05:23 PM IST

Rajasthan’s Sambhar lake, where 18,000 birds died, among worst wetlands in India

At Rajasthan’s Sambhar lake, the carcasses of close to 18,000 migratory birds have been found since November 10.

india news

Updated on Nov 20, 2019 04:09 PM IST

BBMB to release 26,000 cusecs water from Pong Dam today, alert sounded

SThe release of excess water from Pong Dam, which is located on Beas river, may create a flood-like situation in parts of Punjab, some areas of which are already facing floods after release of excess water from the Bhakra Dam a few days ago.

india news

Updated on Sep 03, 2019 10:46 PM IST

BBMB decides against releasing more water

BBMB chairman DK Sharma maintained that authorities will continue to release 19,000 cusecs of water from the flood gates.

others

Updated on Aug 19, 2019 09:47 AM IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Two Himachal polling booths differ in topography, but share similar plight

Once a beautiful village in Kangra, Kuther was submerged after construction of Pong Dam. The people affected by the dam were promised rehabilitation in Rajasthan but that never happened.

lok sabha election 2019

Published on Mar 18, 2019 02:13 PM IST

49,000 cusecs water from Pong dam in Himachal to be released on Tuesday, people told to remain cautious

The water level of river Beas has risen following heavy rains and even washed away portions of national highway in Kullu District, India on Monday, Sept 24, 2018.

india news

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 10:58 AM IST