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"How many monsoons have gone since the Mullaperiyar dam was [constructed]? 130 monsoons...it's another 2 monsoons only...I have lived in the state which lives in constant fear of Mullaperiyar dam ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Crews have successfully installed a temporary barrier at Longhorn Dam to prevent a further drop in water level at Lady Bird Lake after one of the dam’s gates failed Tuesday.

The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, which could affect nearby countries. By Tiffany May Isabelle Qian and ...

There are plans to build a magnificent, multi-billion dollar mega-dam on the Congo River - one that ... existed on the river - Inga 1 and Inga 2. DR Congo's long-time leader Mobutu Sese Seko ...

India is set to build its largest hydropower dam on the Siang River in Arunachal Pradesh to counter China's construction across the border. The 1.5-lakh crore project with a 9.2 billion cubic metre ...

The crack, which formed on a seam between concrete pours from the dam’s construction, was 2 inches wide and ran 65 feet just below the water line. On a structure that’s 185 feet tall and 8,320 ...

Despite local protests, India is building a giant hydro dam on the Siang River to counter a Chinese dam – the world’s largest – upstream in Tibet. Millions of people in India and Bangladesh ...

The proposed dam in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river, known as Brahmaputra in India, is expected to generate 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, about three times the ...

Photo for illustration. Credit: Getty Images/SOPA Images. Source: Getty Images The lifeless bodies of the two young girls who went missing were allegedly found in a dam. The mother of a 12-year-old ...

The thickness of the dam’s base is 660 feet, which is equivalent to 2 football stadiums. Its construction started in 1931 and finished in 1936 which was extremely difficult because the flow of ...

The Mavrokolympos reservoir has a capacity of 2.18 million cubic metres, diverted from the Mavrokolympos River. The dam was constructed in 1966 to serve banana plantations in and around the ...