About this stamp
A Century of CWPRS
India Post issued this ₹5 stamp on 4 October 2016 for the centenary of the Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, India’s leading institution for hydraulic research in the water and power sector. It began in 1916 as a “Special Irrigation District” of the Bombay Presidency, set up for laboratory studies of problems such as waterlogging and salt efflorescence and of rivers and canals.
Service to the Nation through Research
Over a hundred years, almost every major irrigation, hydropower, water supply, navigation and port project in India has drawn on its work. Through physical and mathematical models and field and laboratory studies it advises on river training and flood control, hydraulic structures, ports and harbours, coastal protection and foundation engineering, for central and state governments, port trusts, municipal corporations and companies. Its motto is “Service to the Nation through Research”.
The stamp was designed by Nenu Gupta; Security Printing Press, Hyderabad printed 410,400.
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