This guidelines deal with the preparation of site specific seismic study report of a river valley project and its submission to the National Committee on Seismic Design Parameters (NCSDP) for necessary approval. The guidelines will help in estimation of parameters to be used in seismic design, analysis and safety evaluation of new or existing dams and their appurtenant structures. It is also expected that the guidelines will bring uniformity in site specific seismic studies being carried out by different expert organizations.

Standing Committee on Water Resources (2010-2011) present this Seventh Report on "The Dam Safety Bill, 2010". The Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha and was referred by the Hon‘ble Speaker to the Standing Committee on Water Resources on 9 September, 2010 for examining and Report. In the process of examination of the Bill, the Committee took oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Water Resources and Central Water Commission on
27.12.2010 and 24.03.2011. The Committee also sought written information on various aspects of the Bill from the Ministry.

This bill introduced in Lok Sabha is aimed at setting up an institutional system for regular monitoring of safety of large dams.  It is to provide for proper surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of all dams of  certain parameters in India to ensure their safe functioning and for matters connected
therewith or incidental thereto.

The coffer dam is being built for the 99 MW Chuzachen hydro electric project developed by GATI Infrastructure. As per the preliminary information, the labourers were working in the coffer dam in the night shift when the dam suddenly burst

Floods are the most destructive, most frequent and most costly natural disasters on earth. Flood damages have soared in recent decades, despite hundreds of billions of dollars spent on flood control structures. This is partly because global warming is causing more severe storms, and partly because of growing populations and economic activity on floodplains. It is also because flood control technologies and approaches often prove counterproductive. This report explains the failure of dams and levees to stop rising flood damages and describes better ways to tackle flood management.