TNPSC Thervupettagam

International Dam Safety Conference

January 24 , 2018 2499 days 1124 0
  • India  hosted the first International Dam Safety Conference 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram on January 23-24.
  • Central Water Commission is organizing the event in association with Kerala state government.
  • Dam safety conferences is an annual event under the Dam Safety Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) project, the conferences will be conducted in DRIP states.
  • The key recommendations emerging from the deliberations of the conference will be circulated to stakeholders as well as policy makers for implementation.
DHARMA App
  • Dam Health and Rehabilitation Monitoring Application (DHARMA) will be launched during the international dam safety conference.
  • The app will serve as a web tool to digitize all dam related data effectively.
  • It will help to document authentic asset and health information pertaining to the large dams in the country, enabling appropriate actions to ensure need based rehabilitation.
DRIP
  • Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) was implemented by Ministry of Water Resources with assistance from the World Bank.
  • The Central Dam Safety Organisation of Central Water Commission is coordinating and supervising the Project implementation.
  • The main objectives of DRIP are
  • To improve the safety and performance of selected (223 dams across 7 different states) existing dams in a sustainable manner.
  • To strengthen the dam safety institutional setup in participating states as well as at central level.
  • The Seven DRIP States includes Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Uttarakhand.

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