Despite the call for a global paradigm shift in water governance—from the traditional reductionist engineering approach to the more holistic integrated river basin governance framework—a change is not
Chief minister Narendra Modi's Rs 10,000 crore Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) scheme for water-starved Saurashtra is facing serious challenge from BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh (MP). In September,
Criticising the Union ministers from the State for not making any attempts to get Karnataka an appointment with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the Cauvery issue, BJP General Secretary and MP Ananth Kumar has hoped the four ministers will make efforts in this direction at least now. Addressing the party’s Bangalore district workers’ meeting in Bangalore on Monday, Kumar said that Union Ministers Mallikarjun Kharge, M Veerappa Moily, K H Muniyappa and Rahman Khan should endeavour towards getting Karnataka leaders an appointment with Singh, as the Cauvery issue was contentious.
Undeterred by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s refusal to meet him on two occasions in the recent past to discuss the controversial Cauvery water issue, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has sought
Seeks remainder of what was originally demanded earlier this month With the imminent closure of the Mettur dam for irrigation looming large, the State government has decided to move the Supreme Court, seeking around 20 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft). The quantum is the remainder of what (30 tmc ft) was originally demanded by Tamil Nadu before the court early this month. Subsequently, the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) directed Karnataka to release 12 tmc ft. Since the beginning of this month, the State realised about seven tmc ft of the Cauvery water.
Opposition members stage a walk out in the Assembly The Kerala Cabinet will discuss on Wednesday how the State should respond to Tamil Nadu’s unresponsiveness to its demand for releasing water under the Parambikulam-Aliyar pact. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday told the Assembly that the Minister for Water Resources had repeatedly brought to the notice of his counterpart in Tamil Nadu the need to expeditiously release the water. “But Tamil Nadu has not responded positively. In this context, the Cabinet will on Wednesday decide what measures, including legal, the State should take,” Mr. Chandy said.
The Punjab and Haryana governments had failed to reach a consensus on sharing of water under the Kajauli water supply scheme, according to the minutes of the meeting that were submitted to the Punjab and
Once the Union government publishes the award in gazette this month-end The stage will be set for the constitution of a mechanism to implement the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal as soon as the Union government publishes the award in its gazette this month-end. The establishment of the implementation mechanism becomes crucial if the award, delivered by the Tribunal in February 2007, were to come into force from next water year, beginning June 2013.
The Supreme Court today made it clear that it will not interfere with the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s order directing Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with 12 TMCft of Cauvery water during December despite
Disregarding the directive of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC), Karnataka has stopped releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar told agitating Congress members at the
The Supreme Court today made it clear that it will not interfere with the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s (CMC) order directing Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with 12 thousand million cubic feet (tmc)
