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Dam

A subdivision of the mohar, the currency of Nepal prior to 1932. A dam was equivalent to 1/128 of a mohar.

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The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration's (Pagasa) dam bulletin showed that water level at Angat Dam further rose to 177.54 meters as of 6:00 a.m., Sunday.

Angat Dam water level rises, nears minimum operating level

The report comes more than a year after the Solai/ Patel Dam tragedy on May 9 last year.

Kenya dams disasters waiting to happen, says task force

Moving the Dam Safety Bill, 2019 for passage, Shekhawat said India had the third-largest number of dams in the world.

Parliament takes up discussion on dam safety bill

round farming in the northern regions, through the construction of dams, under the 'One Village One Dam' programme.

Our dams will not fly to Burkina Faso -Veep jabs NDC

PESHAWAR -- The feasibility studies and detailed designs of 16 small dams were completed in Khyber Pakhunkhwa with an objective to store floods and rain waters for irrigation and clean drinking water to people.

Feasibility studies, detailed designs of 16 small dams completed in KP

An amount of Rs.1750 million for Raising of Mangla dam Project, Rs 400 million was released for Nai Gaj Dam (Dadu), Rs.

Over Rs 36,110.281 mln released for water projects so far

Mohamand dam has a water storage capacity of 1.28 million acre feet and power generation potential of 730 megawatt.

Mohamand Dam inauguration

Based on the report, Cong Dadong Dam in Arayat, Pampanga, suffered the most infrastructure damage, estimated to cost about P20 million.

'Stable NIA dams to continue releasing irrigation water'

"At present, the water input to the Karkheh dam is 2,287 cubic meters per second, and the water output from this dam is 2,400 cubic meters per second," noted Lashkari.

Karkheh dam in Iran can go out of control

Senator Usman Kakar said, 'One cannot build a big dam in Rs7 billion to Rs8 billion donated by the people, but this amount can play a major role in minimising the water shortage problem in Balochistan.'

Senate panel sees dams fund solving Balchoistan's water problem

The dams have never been rehabilitated since 1963 after the British moved out of the country after Kenya attained independence.Despite the existence of the dams, the national government will spend S5 billion to build another dam in the neighbouring Kigumo Constituency which is meant to provide water for irrigation in Maragua.