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An NDSA team reviewed implementation of the Dam Safety Act, 2021 with Jharkhand's Water Resources Department on 8 September 2026.
NDSA sought Comprehensive Dam Safety Evaluations, Emergency Action Plans on the DHARMA portal, and a plan to rehabilitate Category-II dams.
It asked Jharkhand to make its State Dam Safety Organisation a dedicated body and directed Nalkari Dam (Patratu) to set up a Dam Safety Unit.
GS Paper 2 > Statutory Bodies; GS Paper 3 > Disaster Management
A dam over 15 m high, or 10-15 m high meeting design criteria, covered by the Dam Safety Act, 2021.
Dam-owner plan setting warnings and procedures to protect downstream people in a dam emergency.