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| Dams and their safety |
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Dam safety activities are directly related to Department's priority to ensure reliable and efficient delivery of water and hydro power. The objectives of our Dam Safety Program are:
- to ensure that the Department's facilities do not cause unreasonable risks to people, property, or the environment and
- to take appropriate action to reduce and manage risks in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
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The Department is responsible for 200 dams that form a significant part of the water resources infrastructure for the State. As these structures age, concern increases about their satisfactory performance.
The Department has launched a massive program of conducting Safety evaluation of all the dams and has taken up necessary corrective steps to ensure the safety of all these dams. Necessary guidelines and manuals for conducting safety inspection of earth, masonry and concrete dams and gates as well as other electrical and mechanical components of the dams have been issued. Checklists have also been prescribed and various levels of officers are assigned duty to inspect the dams twice a year – immediately after monsoon and prior to monsoon. These officers were imparted training on how to inspect, what to inspect, how to record findings and what follow up action to take subsequent to dam inspection. Further, preparation of Emergency Preparedness Plans (EPP) for dams is also taken up. Necessary rectification of dams was also taken up.
This shall be further strengthened by imparting continuous training twice a year to all the officers and by continuous monitoring so as to imbibe a culture of safety inspection and follow up irrespective of monsoon being very good or very bad. It is also planned to complete EPPs for all the dams. |
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