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Shri Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav, Minister of State for Water Resources has called for use of latest technologies for investigation in river valley projects. He was inaugurating a National Seminar on Importance and Challenges of Investigation in River Valley Projects here today. Mrs. Sushma Singh, additional Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Dr. Dhawan, Director of Central Soil and Materials Research Station, and senior consultants associated with Ministry of Water Resources and various attached offices were also present on the occasion.
Inaugurating the Seminar, Shri Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav, Minister of State for Water Resources hoped that the Seminar will bring together engineers, scientists, technologists, policy makers and others working in the field of river valley projects on a common platform to discuss and share their experiences on water resources and geo-technical issues. The one-day Seminar has been divided in three sessions : (i)Geotechnical Investigation and Construction Materials Testing, (ii) Water Management, Environmental Problems and Remedies and (iii) New Dimensions in Technology related to Water Resources.
The Seminar has been organized by the Central Soil and Materials Research Station (CSMRS) which is an attached office of the Ministry of Water Resources and deals with field and laboratory investigations, basic and applied research on problems in geo-mechanics, concrete technology, construction materials and associated environmental issues, having direct bearing on the development of irrigation and power in the country. It also functions as an Advisor and Consultant in the above fields of various projects and organizations in India and abroad. The Research Station is also involved in research works relating to natural disasters as landslides and its prevention and is involved in numerical modeling in the fields of geo-technical and concrete technology.
More than 100 representatives are participating from over 10 organizations and 28 technical research papers have been received and will be presented in the Seminar.
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