40t garbage removed from Vaigai river
Madurai: Nearly 40 tonnes of garbage was removed from the Vaigai river in a mass cleaning programme organized by the Madurai Corporation between Kamarajar Bridge near Bethaniyapuram and Kuruvikkaran Salai.
Vaigai
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Say inter-linking of rivers is not possible
MADURAI: At a time when the Tamil Nadu government is looking forward for inclusion of Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar rivers linking project at a cost of Rs 5,166 crore in the 2015-16 Union Budget, a group of experts
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Interlinking of rivers, a long way to go
Interlinking of rivers, a pet idea of political leaders in the State, has come to the fore again, thanks to Lok Sabha elections. Almost every major party supports the concept and has included it in its
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Corporation invites public for cleaning Vaigai
Once the Vaigai river enters Madurai city, it carries city's trash that is thrown into it or deposited on its banks. Though, time and again environmental activists have been raising alarm over threat to
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Cabinet set to OK river-linking today
Connecting Ken-Betwa To Be First Of 30 Projects Costing 5,60,000cr New Delhi: After almost a decade of political objections and green opposition, the Cabinet is likely to clear on Thursday the ambitious project to inter-link rivers, beginning with the process of connecting the Ken and Betwa rivers in Madhya Pradesh.
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Master plan for river restoration in Tamil Nadu
While a shortage of drinking water continues to be a problem for Tamil Nadu, the state government is planning a major restoration of rivers with the future needs of the ever-growing population in mind.
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Contentious project gets court green light, Environmentalists in Bangladesh fear it would spell disaster
The Indian Supreme Court yesterday ordered the government to implement an ambitious project to link the major rivers of the region in a “time-bound manner”. The court also appointed a high-powered committee
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Supreme Court directs Centre to implement river interlinking
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to implement the ambitious interlinking of rivers project in a time-bound manner and appointed a high-powered committee for its planning and implementation. Observing that the project has already been delayed resulting in an increase in its cost, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia said the Centre and the concerned State governments should participate for its “effective” implementation “in a time-bound manner”.
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Apex court okays interlinking of rivers
The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to implement the ambitious interlinking of rivers project in a time-bound manner and appointed a high-powered committee for its planning and implementation.
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Supreme Court-appointed panel inspects Vaigai dam
Kerala Irrigation Department engineers accompanied it The Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee on Sunday inspected Tamil Nadu Hydel Power generation station at Lower camp and Vaigai dam as part of its inspection of Mullaperiyar dam here.