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The NGRI has submitted a detailed survey report on the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel to Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy. The report highlights stress zones, seepage patterns, and factors behind the February 2025 roof collapse.

Residents in parts of Hyderabad, including Gajularamaram, Quthbullapur and Medchal, reported tremors lasting a few seconds on Tuesday morning, accompanied by rumbling sounds.

The Srisailam Left Bank Canal tunnel project beneath the Amrabad Tiger Reserve faces uncertainty as the Forest Department has not been informed about the new tunnelling technology proposed by the State government. Following a February mishap that killed eight workers, tunnelling was suspended and an aerial electromagnetic survey was launched to study geological conditions.

Nine months after the collapse of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Nagarkurnool district that killed eight workers, the state government has disbursed Rs 25 lakh ex-gratia to each of the victims’ families. The National Geophysical Research Institute is now completing advanced surveys.

The NGRI is close to completing its helicopter-borne electromagnetic survey of the unfinished stretches of the SLBC Tunnel Project. A comprehensive 3D map with high-resolution visualisations will be submitted to the government by month-end, providing crucial data to resume construction.

The Srisailam Left Bank Canal Tunnel project, intended to bring Krishna River water to Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda, remains stalled following a fatal roof collapse and the insolvency of contractor Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. Despite partial progress, a critical nine-kilometre stretch remains incomplete.

SCCL, which has expanded its operations beyond coal excavation into power generation, is setting up a Geochemical Laboratory in Kothagudem at a cost of Rs.15 crore. The lab will specialise in analysing rare earth elements (REEs) and critical minerals found in the company’s coal mines and power plants.

In Ramagundam Open Cast Mine-II and the Singareni Thermal Power Plant, both fly ash and bottom ash samples revealed the presence of light and heavy REEs.

The conclave theme also underscores the need for collaboration among different scientific institutions, industry partners, investors and policymakers

The State government had sought the Centre's help to conduct a seismological study, which is intended to locate the trapped workers and assess the structural condition of the tunnel following the roof collapse

A workshop to explore ways and means to meet the country’s mineral needs will be held under the aegis of the Society of Geologists at the Centre of Exploration Geophysics, Osmania University, here on November 8.

This is about 37 times the quantity of water the Indira Sagar dam — India's largest reservoir — can hold at full capacity

In view of the urgency involved in the task assigned by the State government, the team reached Medigadda and started its investigation at the barrage.

The open house initiative will be open for general public and for school/college students followed by a popular scientific talk to be delivered by INCOIS scientists for training participants and research scholars.

Hyderabad: Director of Hyderabad-based National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Dr. VM Tiwari is now Director (Additional Charge) of Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT). Dr Tiwari was given the Additional Director charge of IICT, as the current IICT Director, Dr Srivari Chandrasekhar has taken charge as the Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST). Dr. […]

Hyderabad: Researchers from Hyderabad-based National Geophysical Research Institute of India (NGRI) might have just located the lost Saraswati river. In an airborne electromagnetic study, NGRI researchers have located a 45-km-long buried ancient river in the Ganga-Yamuna Doab, usually described as a tract of land between the confluence of two rivers. The study, titled ‘Airborne Electromagnetic […]

No one group or individual can take credit for CSIR’s contributions in fighting Covid-19 and the entire credit goes to CSIR as an organisation, said Dr Shekhar C Mande, DG CSIR

Addressing a virtual inaugural ceremony of Diamond Jubilee Year Celebrations of CSIR-NGRI on Sunday, Prof VijayRaghavan said that NGRI should become a nodal agency between academia and industries

Hyderabad: Mild tremors measuring 1.5 on Richter scale were recorded in Borabanda in the city on Friday evening. Around 8.35 pm, residents of Borabanda and nearby areas who felt the tremors and heard a loud sound, rushed out of their homes and panic prevailed for some times in the area. As the word spread, police […]