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DAM SAFETY MEASURES FOR MITIGATING INCREASED DESIGN FLOODS IN EXISTING MINOR AND MEDIUM UNGATED DAMS BY INSTALLING TOP-HINGED FLOAT GATES (AUTOMATIC)
India has a large number of existing dams, barrages, and weirs that were designed and constructed several decades ago using hydrological data and flood estimation practices prevalent at the time. In recent years, climate change induced extreme rainfall events have resulted in flash floods and increased inflows and revised design flood estimates across many river basins. Reassessments carried out under initiatives such as the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) a
Keshava Mandhana
Jan 14 min read
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