National Centre for Earthquake Safety of Dams

Vision

To Serve the Cause of Structural and Earthquake Safety of Dams in India.

Mission

To Assist the Dam Owners, Regulators and Policy Makers with Technical Knowhow, and Capacity Development in the Domain of Structural & Earthquake Risk Evaluation, and Retrofit of Dams.

MoU signing ceremony at MNIT Jaipur on 22 May 2023, in the presence of Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon'ble Union Minister, Government of India

Why Dam Safety?

Large dams are high-risk structures, as their structural and/or operational failure have the potential of uncontrolled and sudden release of impounded water, and in turn, this will have catastrophic consequences on life, property, and the ecology, particularly on the downstream of the dam. During the recent years, there has been a growing concern about the structural and earthquake safety of the aging dams in India. To ensure the high standards and uniform policy in the implementation of dam safety measures across the country, the Union Parliament has enacted The Dam Safety Act, 2021, steered by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India.

The MoU

To give impetus to the National Mission for ensuring Structural and Earthquake Safety of Dams in India, a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the National Dam Safety Authority (Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, New Delhi) and the Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur on 22 May 2023 with the initial financial grant of Rs 30 Crore for establishing and running the Center for 5 years.