Chief minister Manohar Parrikar has said that the Mhadei tribunal has accepted the argument advanced by the state government through its counsel. He also said that Karnataka did not have any valid argument
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in an interim order has stayed rat hole mining in Jaintia Hills. The petitioners contended in the original application no 73/2014; M.A.No.174/2014 that the water bodies which are sources of water for human consumption and other related activities were severely contaminated in the downstream areas of Assam due to acid mine discharge from the mining areas in Jaintia Hills located in the upstream.
In a major victory for Goa, the Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal in New Delhi on Thursday directed the Karnataka government to ensure that there is no automatic diversion of water from Mhadei basin to the Malprabha river. Karnataka has been asked to plug both the vents of the canal wall, constructed at Kalsa-Bhandura and cover a section of the reach within the Mhadei basin canal with a brick masonry embankment by May 31, till further orders.
The State government has constituted a four-member committee for the final scrutiny of the amended ESA (Ecologically Sensitive Area) maps of the 123 villages demarcated by the High Level Working Group
Asks ministry to take its consent before approving eco-sensitive zone Taking a tough stand on the proposal of the Punjab Government to reduce the radius of the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, the UT Administration has written to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) stating that before approving the proposal, the ministry must take its consent.
The extensive Delhi zone of the Indian Railways, it seems, is still dependent on tubewells for its whooping water demands running into lakhs of litres and has failed to set up Rain Water Harvesting Systems (RWHS) at its stations and colonies. In an RTI reply, the Railways has stated that 14,45,500 litres of water was consumed daily in its eight colonies in Delhi for domestic purposes and also for cleaning trains. All this water was drawn from tubewells .
The state government has submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court that raps the Sree Padmanabhaswamy authorities for their failure to evict the encroachers at the Pathrakulam inside the complex and
कहीं बना दी गईं हैं बिल्डिंगें, तो कही बन गई हैं झुग्गियां नेचुरल वॉटर बॉडीज पर कुछ लैंड माफिया अवैध कब्जा कर रहे हैं दिल्ली के बुराड़ी में बने तालाबों की हालत काफी खस्ता है। तालाबों में मलबा, कूड़ा-कचरा फेंका जा रहा है। इलाके के लोग इस बात से परेशान हैं कि नेचुरल वॉटर बॉडीज पर कुछ लैंड माफिया अवैध कब्जा कर रहे हैं। लोगों का कहना है कि इस इलाके में मौजूद तालाबों की हालत काफी खराब हो चुकी है। बुराड़ी के गढ़ी गांव से सटे छोटी गढ़ी और बड़ी गढ़ी में तालाबों पर अतिक्रमण कर लिया गया है।
The Apex council with Union Minister of Water Resources as Chairperson and the Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as members to resolve river water disputes between the two States will not
Power project on Lamba Dug Residents of the Chhota Bhangal area of Baijnath sub-division have announced that they will intensify their agitation against a private power company, who is constructing a 25 MW power house on the Lamba Dug in Multhan.
