On the water front
A one-week delay in the monsoon’s arrival has laid bare the precariousness of India’s water situation. The images of thousands of Chennai residents running after water tankers were telecast by BBC and
Central Water Commission (CWC)
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Flood threat looms as Ganga rises by 20mts in 24 hrs
Swollen tributaries of Ganga and Yamuna have raised flood fear in the city. People have already started shifting to safer places. Farmers of low-lying areas of Phaphamau, including Phaphamau village, Morhu,
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Flood alert: 70,000 evacuated in Bihar
More than 70,000 people have been evacuated to safety camps after a flood alert in Bihar. “So far there is no rise in the water level of the Kosi river and there is no imminent danger but all precautionary
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Rs 11,000 cr TN project to improve Cauvery basin irrigation system
Tamil Nadu government today proposed to launch a Rs 11,420 crore project to improve the irrigation system in Cauvery river basin with the Central Water Commission (CWC) having already given its 'in-principle
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BJD Questions Green Clearance to Polavaram Without Hearing
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday raised the issue of environmental clearance given to Polavaram project without public hearing and asked the Government to explain how the final clearance was given
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Govt to Control Water Supply in Parched West, South India
The government will have to regulate the supply of water for irrigation and drinking in western and parts of southern India as exceptionally weak monsoon has rapidly depleted reservoirs that normally start
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Markets not spooked by weak monsoon; hopes pinned on forecasts predicting rains picking up in July
Why aren't the markets spooked by the poor monsoon in June? Simple, because forecasts point to rain picking up in July, water reservoir levels are higher than average and India has buffer stocks that would
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Incessant rains trigger flood in four districts
GUWAHATI, June 24: Incessant rains in the last few days have resulted in flood in the State’s four districts – Lakimpur, Darrang, Sonitpur and Udalguri – affecting about 24,393 people. Reports stated that
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Andhra Pradesh assembly urges Centre to complete Polavaram in 3 years
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh assembly urged the Centre to take steps to complete the Polavaram project in three years and bring about a legislation replacing the ordinance to transfer to AP all villages
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Ganga cleaned to pay tribute to Uttarakhand tragedy victims
ALLAHABAD: Around 15 quintals of garbage was removed from Dashaswamedh ghat during a clean Ganga campaign organised as part of series of programmes organised on Tuesday to observe a year of flashflood
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Govt to set up panel to clean Yamuna
Days after setting up a committee of secretaries to work out a plan on Ganga rejuvenation, the government on Tuesday announced a similar group of senior officers to make a plan to clean the Yamuna.