State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Delhi Jal Board has no mechanism to check the demand of water in the city, which is the cause of its failure to identify and hence avoid water crisis in the Capital. The problem was highlighted by DJB's UK-based consultant company, Ernst Young, in its study presented to the DJB on Friday.
Himachal Government has prepared an ambitious plan to connect all villages with road, having a population of over 250 people, by 2010 and improve overall connectivity by building a network of National and State highways and arterial roads, Public Works Minister Gulab Singh Thakur said on Friday.
Keeping in mind the growing Maoist activities in the country
The Union Government will formulate separate policy for development of horticulture in hilly States of the Country, keeping in view the special geographical and topographical needs of these areas. This was revealed by Himachal Horticulture Minister, Narender Bragta after his meeting with Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in New Delhi on Friday.
The Rajasthan Government on Thursday stepped up its efforts to get maximum water from Bhakra and Pong dams in Punjab, in view of the threat by the Kisan Mazdoor Vyapari Sangharsh Samiti to launch an agitation from Friday in Sri Ganganagar and adjoining areas, if sufficient water for irrigation was not made available from the Indira Gandhi Canal.
In a bid to boost tiger conservation in its natural habitat, a young tigress has been relocated to Antharasanthe forest in Nagarahole national park. A team of experts led by D Yathish Kumar, in charge Deputy Conservator of Forests at Nagarahole National park tranquilised the big cat and released it in the Bhadra Wildlife sanctuary in the Western Ghats.
The Assam Government has sent out a red alert across the flood-prone districts, following a breach of embankment on the swelling Brahmaputra river in Upper Assam on Wednesday. State Revenue Minister Bhumidhar Barman said at least 80 villages have been engulfed by gushing waters, rendering over one lakh people homeless in the Lakhimpur district.
In what could rouse both suspicion and relief, a State-level committee constituted by the Chief Wildlife Warden of West Bengal on the directions of the Centre to assess the damage caused to the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve by cyclone Aila, has claimed there were
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday urged the Union Government to cover all the poor in any State in the proposed National Food Security Act and cautioned against imposing a ceiling on the number of below poverty line(BPL) families. He also favoured a system of direct cash transfer to the beneficiaries instead of a complex delivery mechanism.
Better road infrastructure in North-Eastern States, an all-weather highway link for Kashmir Valley and speedy clearance of projects are the top priorities for the Government in the first 100 days.