TNPSC Thervupettagam

Scientific deep-drilling program

July 22 , 2024 125 days 198 0
  • The Borehole Geophysics Research Laboratory (BGRL) in Karad, Maharashtra, has mandated to execute India’s sole scientific deep-drilling programme.
  • The aim is to drill the earth’s crust to a depth of 6 km and conduct scientific observations and analysis.
  • This will help to expand the understanding of reservoir-triggered earthquakes in the active fault zone in the Koyna-Warna region of Maharashtra.
  • This region has been experiencing frequent and recurrent earthquakes since the Shivaji Sagar Lake, or the Koyna Dam, was impounded in 1962.

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