ON MARCH 22 EVERY YEAR WORLD WATER DAY IS BEING CONDUCTED. THIS YEAR THEME IS FOOD AND WATER SECURITY. I REMEMBER THIS DAY IN MY LIFE THROUGHOUT AS ON THIS DAY I WAS PROMOTED AS CHIEF ENGINEER ,WATER RESOURCE DEPARTMENT OF GOD'S OWN COUNTRY-KERALA,WHERE THE AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL IS CALCULATED TO BE 3000mm. BUT THIS AVERAGE IS NOT GIVING THE TRUE PICTURE OF KERALA'S REAL POSITION IN WATER RESOURCE. WILL ANYBODY BELIEVE THAT DURING SUMMER MANY OF KERALA'S VILLAGES ARE UNDER REAL WATER SCARCITY? BUT TRUTH ARE STRANGER THAN FICTION. COCHIN ,THE SMART CITY IS A THIRST CITY IN SUMMER .THE PEOPLE OF VYPIN ARE THE WORST HIT . THERE ARE MANY PLACES IN PALAKKAD -THE LAND OF MANY DAMS-WHICH ARE UNDER SEVERE WATER SCARCITY.
THE ONLY RICE BOWL OF KERALA CHITTUR IS LOOKING EAST(TAMILNADU'S)FOR MERCY FOR RELEASE OF WATER FROM PAP TO MANACADAVU.THE INTERSTATE AGREEMENT IS OVERDUE FOR REVIEW. THOUGH AT THE END OF THIRTY YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ITS VALIDITY(,29-05-1958)THE AGREEMENT IS DUE FOR REVIEW , IT IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE. IF ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF REVIEW IS FURTHER DELAYED FOR ANOTHER 6 YEARS IT WILL BE 60 YEARS -THE TIME FOR SECOND REVIEW-2018..WILL THE NEIGHBORS -(TAMILNADU AND KERALA )SIT TOGETHER FOR AN AMICABLE SOLUTION SO THAT CHITTUR WILL BE BLESSED WITH SUFFICIENT WATER FOR ITS THIRSTY PADDY-FIELDS AND CHALAKKUDY AND KERALA SHOLAYAAR WILL GET ITS SHARE OF POWER? WE ARE THIRSTY BECAUSE THEY ARE HUNGRY?
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Saturday, December 24, 2011
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
HI EVERYBODY,
LAST FEW MONTHS THERE WERE CONFLICTS GOING ON EVERYWHERE IN INDIA. ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH INDIA . BROTHERS ON THE BORDER OF KERALA AND TAMIL NADU WERE FIGHTING OVER AN ISSUE. PASSIONS WERE RUNNING HIGH. HATE SPEECHES AND ACTIONS WERE SEEN. IT IS VERY SAD TO SEE THAT A DAM BUILT BY THE BRITISH A CENTUARY BACK DIVIDES THE DRAVIDIAN BROTHERS-TAMILS AND MALAYALEES .
ON DECEMBER 25TH LORD JESUS WAS BORN TO PROPAGATE THE MESSAGE OF LOVE AND PEACE .
HIS FAMOUS WORDS LET US ALL REMEMBER " LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR ". LET US ALL REMEMBER THIS MESSAGE ON THIS CHRISTMAS EVE.
LET THE NEW YEAR BRING PEACE AND PROSPERITY TO ALL.
"THOSE WHO DONOT KNOW THEIR OPPONENT'S ARGUMENTS DO NOT COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN" ..."THOSE WITH WHOM ONE DISAGREES SHOULD NOT NECESSARILY REGARDED AS ENEMIES,BUT PERHAPS SIMPLY AS PEOPLE WHO SUGGESTS DIFFERENT PATHS TO A COMMON GOAL"(DAVID L.BLENDER ,PUBLISHER OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS SERIES). LET US AGREE TO DISAGREE AND FIND A SOLUTION THROUGH DIALOGUE AMICABLY TO ALL OUR PROBLEMS. Sri SAI BABA appealed to the people not to entertain hatred of any kind. HE TOLD " NEVER HATE ANY RELIGION,NEVER HATE ANY INDIVIDUAL" .WHAT GOVERNMENT BABU'S COULD NOT DO BABA DID. HE BROUGHT DRINKING WATER FROM ANDHRAPRADESH TO CHENNAI.
I WISH ALL MY READERS, A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2012.
LAST FEW MONTHS THERE WERE CONFLICTS GOING ON EVERYWHERE IN INDIA. ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH INDIA . BROTHERS ON THE BORDER OF KERALA AND TAMIL NADU WERE FIGHTING OVER AN ISSUE. PASSIONS WERE RUNNING HIGH. HATE SPEECHES AND ACTIONS WERE SEEN. IT IS VERY SAD TO SEE THAT A DAM BUILT BY THE BRITISH A CENTUARY BACK DIVIDES THE DRAVIDIAN BROTHERS-TAMILS AND MALAYALEES .
ON DECEMBER 25TH LORD JESUS WAS BORN TO PROPAGATE THE MESSAGE OF LOVE AND PEACE .
HIS FAMOUS WORDS LET US ALL REMEMBER " LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR ". LET US ALL REMEMBER THIS MESSAGE ON THIS CHRISTMAS EVE.
LET THE NEW YEAR BRING PEACE AND PROSPERITY TO ALL.
"THOSE WHO DONOT KNOW THEIR OPPONENT'S ARGUMENTS DO NOT COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN" ..."THOSE WITH WHOM ONE DISAGREES SHOULD NOT NECESSARILY REGARDED AS ENEMIES,BUT PERHAPS SIMPLY AS PEOPLE WHO SUGGESTS DIFFERENT PATHS TO A COMMON GOAL"(DAVID L.BLENDER ,PUBLISHER OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS SERIES). LET US AGREE TO DISAGREE AND FIND A SOLUTION THROUGH DIALOGUE AMICABLY TO ALL OUR PROBLEMS. Sri SAI BABA appealed to the people not to entertain hatred of any kind. HE TOLD " NEVER HATE ANY RELIGION,NEVER HATE ANY INDIVIDUAL" .WHAT GOVERNMENT BABU'S COULD NOT DO BABA DID. HE BROUGHT DRINKING WATER FROM ANDHRAPRADESH TO CHENNAI.
I WISH ALL MY READERS, A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2012.
Monday, September 26, 2011
EARTH DAM
HI EVERYBODY,
"DAMS ARE TEMPLES OF MODERN INDIA" PUNDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA TOLD. BUT NOW A STRONG ANTI-DAM LOBBY IS WORKING IN INDIA. THEY CALL THEMSELVES AS ACTIVISTS. HOW THIS CHANGE OF MIND CAME ? BEFORE GOING DEEP INTO SUCH CONTROVERSY
LET US LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT DAMS.
WHAT IS A DAM?
Dam is a solid barrier constructed at a suitable location across a river valley to store flowing water.
WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVE OF STORAGE OF WATER?
Hydropower
Irrigation
Water for domestic consumption
Drought and flood control
For navigational facilities
Other additional utilization is to develop fisher.
"DAMS ARE TEMPLES OF MODERN INDIA" PUNDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA TOLD. BUT NOW A STRONG ANTI-DAM LOBBY IS WORKING IN INDIA. THEY CALL THEMSELVES AS ACTIVISTS. HOW THIS CHANGE OF MIND CAME ? BEFORE GOING DEEP INTO SUCH CONTROVERSY
LET US LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT DAMS.
WHAT IS A DAM?
Dam is a solid barrier constructed at a suitable location across a river valley to store flowing water.
WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVE OF STORAGE OF WATER?
Hydropower
Irrigation
Water for domestic consumption
Drought and flood control
For navigational facilities
Other additional utilization is to develop fisher.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Basic Civil Engineering-Levelling
Hi everybody,
We have seen that Leveling is an operation determining the relative elevations of different points on the surface of earth.
By the relative elevation is meant the difference of elevation between any two points considered . There may be rise or fall at one point with respect to other . The relative elevations of different points are always referred to some datumto represent them on the plan or map.USUALLY THE MEAN SEA LEVEL(MSL) IS TAKEN AS THE DATUM.
Instruments used for levelling
1)LEVEL
2)lEVELLING STAFF
3) CHAIN OR TAPE AND A LEVEL FIELD BOOK IS USED TO RECORD THE B.S,F.SAND I.S AND R.L
WHAT IS B.S ,F.S,I.S AND R.L? WE WILL SEE.
We have seen that Leveling is an operation determining the relative elevations of different points on the surface of earth.
By the relative elevation is meant the difference of elevation between any two points considered . There may be rise or fall at one point with respect to other . The relative elevations of different points are always referred to some datumto represent them on the plan or map.USUALLY THE MEAN SEA LEVEL(MSL) IS TAKEN AS THE DATUM.
Instruments used for levelling
1)LEVEL
2)lEVELLING STAFF
3) CHAIN OR TAPE AND A LEVEL FIELD BOOK IS USED TO RECORD THE B.S,F.SAND I.S AND R.L
WHAT IS B.S ,F.S,I.S AND R.L? WE WILL SEE.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Basic Civil Engineering- Surveying and Levelling
Hi,
SURVEYING IS AN ART OF DETERMINING THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF POINTS ON,ABOVE,OR BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH.
BY MEASURING THE DISTANCES,DIRECTION,AND ELEVATION ,THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF POINTS CAN BE DETERMINED.
AFTER KNOWING THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF POINTS ,THEY CAN BE REPRESENTED ON A PLAN
SURVEYING IS ESSENTIALLY A PROCESS OF DETERMINING THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF POINTS IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE.
SURVEYING INCLUDES LEVELING ALSO.
LEVELING IS AN ART OF DETERMINING THE RELATIVE HEIGHTS OF ELEVATIONS OF DIFFERENT POINTS ON EARTH'S SURFACE SO THAT THE LEVELS OF THAT CAN BE REPRESENTED ON A PLAN.
IT IS ESSENTIALLY A PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF POINTS IN A VERTICAL PLANE.
THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF SURVEYING IS TO PREPARE A PLAN OR MAP.
SURVEYING IS AN ART OF DETERMINING THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF POINTS ON,ABOVE,OR BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH.
BY MEASURING THE DISTANCES,DIRECTION,AND ELEVATION ,THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF POINTS CAN BE DETERMINED.
AFTER KNOWING THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF POINTS ,THEY CAN BE REPRESENTED ON A PLAN
SURVEYING IS ESSENTIALLY A PROCESS OF DETERMINING THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF POINTS IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE.
SURVEYING INCLUDES LEVELING ALSO.
LEVELING IS AN ART OF DETERMINING THE RELATIVE HEIGHTS OF ELEVATIONS OF DIFFERENT POINTS ON EARTH'S SURFACE SO THAT THE LEVELS OF THAT CAN BE REPRESENTED ON A PLAN.
IT IS ESSENTIALLY A PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF POINTS IN A VERTICAL PLANE.
THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF SURVEYING IS TO PREPARE A PLAN OR MAP.
Basic Civil Engineering-Scope of Civil engineering
Hi Everybody,
The Major Specializations civil engineering are:-
1) FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULICS,AND HYDRAULIC MACHINES
2) GEO-TECHNICAL ENGINEERING
3) IRRIGATION ENGINEERING
4) STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
5) SURVEYING AND LEVELING AND REMOTE SENSING
6) TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
7) WATER SUPPLY , SANITARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.
The Major Specializations civil engineering are:-
1) FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULICS,AND HYDRAULIC MACHINES
2) GEO-TECHNICAL ENGINEERING
3) IRRIGATION ENGINEERING
4) STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
5) SURVEYING AND LEVELING AND REMOTE SENSING
6) TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
7) WATER SUPPLY , SANITARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Basic Civil Engineering
HI EVERYBODY,
LET US LEAN ABOUT THE BASIC CIVIL ENGINEERING.
CIVIL ENGINEERING IS THAT BRANCH OF ENGINEERING WHICH LOOKS AFTER THE BASIC NEEDS OF HUMAN BEINGS. IT IS ALSO THE BACKBONE OF OF DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY. HENCE IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE BASICS OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SHOULD BE KNOWN BY ALL,ESPECIALLY ALL ENGINEERING STUDENTS.ENGINEERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED MUCH FOR THE SHAPING OF CIVILIZATION. THE ROLE OF ENGINEERS IN SOCIETY IS TO DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATION TO THE PRACTICAL NEEDS OF THAT SOCIETY.
THE SYSTEM THAT SUPPLY OUR FOOD ,WATER,FUEL,POWER,TRANSPORTATION NETWORK,COMMUNICATION AND OTHER CONVENIENCES ARE THE PRODUCT OF ENGINEERING SKILL. EVEN THOUGH THEY PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE ABOVE PROGRESS AND WELL BEING OF THE SOCIETY ,THEIR ROLE IS ALWAYS MISUNDERSTOOD OR NOT PERFECTLY UNDERSTOOD.
ENGINEERING IS THE ART OF CONVERTING KNOWLEDGE INTO USEFUL PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.OFTEN THEIR HAVE BEEN DIFFICULTIES IN DISTINGUISHING ENGINEERS FROM SCIENTISTS. THE BASIC DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE LINKED PROFESSIONS OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LIES IN THEIR GOALS.
CIVIL ENGINEERING.
CIVIL ENGINEERING IS THAT BRANCH OF ENGINEERING WHICH PROVIDES A COMFORTABLE AND SAFE LIVING TO PEOPLE. SHELTER IS PROVIDED BY CIVIL ENGINEERS. WE SAY (ROTI,KAPPADA AUR MAKKAN),THAT IS FOOD,CLOTH AND SHELTER ARE THE THREE BASIC NEEDS OF MANKIND.
A MALAYALAM POET HAS SUNG THERE IS PLACE FOR SNAKE TO LIVE IN ,SKY TO BIRDS BUT NO LIVING PLACE FOR MEN TO LIVE. THIS SHOW THE STRONG WISH FOR A MAN TO HAVE A SAFE SHELTER. THAT IS BEING PROVIDED BY CIVIL ENGINEERS.
THE EFFICIENT PLANNING OF WATER SUPPLY AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS INCREASES THE FOOD PRODUCTION IN A COUNTRY.COMMUNICATION LINES LIKE ROADS,RAILWAYS,BRIDGES etc..WITHOUT WHICH DEVELOPMENT IS IMPOSSIBLE ARE THE FRUITS OF CIVIL ENGINEERS WORK.
I AM PROUD TO SAY I AM A CIVIL ENGINEER.WHO SERVED KERALA STATE FOR 31LONG YEARS IN THE WATER RESOURCE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S ALL FOR THE DAY. SCOPE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND DIFFERENT SPECIALIZATION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING FIELD CONTINUES....NEXT WAIT.....
LET US LEAN ABOUT THE BASIC CIVIL ENGINEERING.
CIVIL ENGINEERING IS THAT BRANCH OF ENGINEERING WHICH LOOKS AFTER THE BASIC NEEDS OF HUMAN BEINGS. IT IS ALSO THE BACKBONE OF OF DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY. HENCE IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE BASICS OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SHOULD BE KNOWN BY ALL,ESPECIALLY ALL ENGINEERING STUDENTS.ENGINEERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED MUCH FOR THE SHAPING OF CIVILIZATION. THE ROLE OF ENGINEERS IN SOCIETY IS TO DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATION TO THE PRACTICAL NEEDS OF THAT SOCIETY.
THE SYSTEM THAT SUPPLY OUR FOOD ,WATER,FUEL,POWER,TRANSPORTATION NETWORK,COMMUNICATION AND OTHER CONVENIENCES ARE THE PRODUCT OF ENGINEERING SKILL. EVEN THOUGH THEY PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE ABOVE PROGRESS AND WELL BEING OF THE SOCIETY ,THEIR ROLE IS ALWAYS MISUNDERSTOOD OR NOT PERFECTLY UNDERSTOOD.
ENGINEERING IS THE ART OF CONVERTING KNOWLEDGE INTO USEFUL PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.OFTEN THEIR HAVE BEEN DIFFICULTIES IN DISTINGUISHING ENGINEERS FROM SCIENTISTS. THE BASIC DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE LINKED PROFESSIONS OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LIES IN THEIR GOALS.
CIVIL ENGINEERING.
CIVIL ENGINEERING IS THAT BRANCH OF ENGINEERING WHICH PROVIDES A COMFORTABLE AND SAFE LIVING TO PEOPLE. SHELTER IS PROVIDED BY CIVIL ENGINEERS. WE SAY (ROTI,KAPPADA AUR MAKKAN),THAT IS FOOD,CLOTH AND SHELTER ARE THE THREE BASIC NEEDS OF MANKIND.
A MALAYALAM POET HAS SUNG THERE IS PLACE FOR SNAKE TO LIVE IN ,SKY TO BIRDS BUT NO LIVING PLACE FOR MEN TO LIVE. THIS SHOW THE STRONG WISH FOR A MAN TO HAVE A SAFE SHELTER. THAT IS BEING PROVIDED BY CIVIL ENGINEERS.
THE EFFICIENT PLANNING OF WATER SUPPLY AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS INCREASES THE FOOD PRODUCTION IN A COUNTRY.COMMUNICATION LINES LIKE ROADS,RAILWAYS,BRIDGES etc..WITHOUT WHICH DEVELOPMENT IS IMPOSSIBLE ARE THE FRUITS OF CIVIL ENGINEERS WORK.
I AM PROUD TO SAY I AM A CIVIL ENGINEER.WHO SERVED KERALA STATE FOR 31LONG YEARS IN THE WATER RESOURCE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S ALL FOR THE DAY. SCOPE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND DIFFERENT SPECIALIZATION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING FIELD CONTINUES....NEXT WAIT.....
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