The Punjab Canal and Drainage Act, 2023
The Government of Punjab on December 27, 2023, notified the Punjab Canal and Drainage Act, 2023. The following has been stated: Section 2 talks about various definitions like “canal” “culturable command
Canal Irrigation
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Rajasthan owes Punjab billions of rupees for water
Rajasthan owes Punjab billions of rupees for the water it has been receiving through Rajasthan canal for more than 40 years now.
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Apathy delays Kadapa projects
Kadapa: Development schemes are going on at a snail
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Plea to restore Kurur canal
KOCHI: The demand for cleaning up the Kurur canal in Kothamangalam, which is in a bad condition due to the dumping of garbage for several years, gained national importance after hundreds of NCC cadets from various colleges in the country staged a rally seeking immediate action to restore the canal.
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Study on issues related to gap between irrigation potential created and utilized: final report
The objectives of this study were: ?to examine the various issues associated with irrigation potential creation, irrigation potential utilization, gross irrigation and net irrigation including the definition, the reporting practices and consistencies in the data; ?to suggest procedures for collection of related data to be applied uniformly throughout the country; ?to identify clearly the irr
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Separate body needed to save rivers, canals
A separate body is needed to save the rivers and canals in and around the capital from being polluted, said the speakers at a discussion yesterday. They also stressed the need for a halt to dumping industrial and urban waste into the rivers and canals to save them from pollution.
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Breach-prone
Canals are poorly maintained This is not the first time that Narmada canals have breached. In June this year, there was a major breach near Kadi in Mehsana, leading to the flooding of Sujaatpur village. This is the third breach in Kadi in four years. A kilometre away at Narsinhpura there was another breach in June. Compensation for agricultural losses is nowhere in sight.
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Reserve game
CEC observes violations in forest laws, orders
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Rs 123-cr grant for canal revamp project
Bardwal (Dhuri): To ensure speedy development in all parts of the state, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced a grant of Rs 2 crore each for all 117 Assembly constituencies, in addition to the already announced grant of Rs 2 crore.
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Effluents continue to pollute irrigation canals, water bodies in
Erode Action please: Effluents from a yarn-dyeing factory at Vairapalayam in Erode enter Kalingarayan Canal, which irrigates thousands of acres in Erode district.
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Rajasthan has no claim over Ghaggar waters: Punjab
Punjab has accused Rajasthan of not placing all relevant facts before the Ghaggar Standing Committee while seeking approval of schemes to utilise the waters of the Ghaggar, which it had no right to do. Punjab has asked Rajasthan to get the matter resolved, failing which it would be constrained to pursue appropriate action as per the law.