Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of 'News Item titled "Deforestation ill-planned construction and unscientific - illegal mining behind Himachal Pradesh, monsoon catastrophe" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.11.2023' dated 29/02/2024. One of the issue under consideration in the application is deforestation, ill-planned construction activities, illegal mining …
Peeved at Pakistan's often-repeated allegation that it is being deprived of its share of common waters, India today said such charges were aimed at diverting the attention of their people from their own inefficient use of the vital resource. On the eve of the bilateral talks on water here, India …
The sharing of the Indus waters stands settled by the Indus Waters Treaty 1960, and the nature of the sharing is such that no disputes can arise on this matter. Questions of the conformity of Indian projects to the provisions of the treaty can indeed arise, but the agreement provides …
SHAFQAT ALI ISLAMABAD Pakistan and Indian officials will hold alks on the water issue from March 28 in Lahore, officials here said. The three-day annual meeting of Indus Water Commissioners of Pakistan and India would begin from March 28 in Lahore, a government official said, adding the Indian delegaion will …
Srinagar: The Jammu Kashmir Power Development Corporation today approved the starting of the second phase of the Baglihar project, which is projected to generate another 450 MW of power and give a major push to the state
Almost a year after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the 450 MW Baglihar power project on Chenab river in Jammu & Kashmir, the Union government is all set to push work on the second power project (Baglihar-II) on priority basis. The high-level team comprising over a dozen Central secretaries that …
Talks between Pakistan and India on the controversial Kishanganga Hydro Power Project have broken down, a private TV channel quoted Pakistan Indus Water Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah as saying on Friday. Talking to media in Islamabad on his return from India, Shah said the issue of the Kishanganga project came …
Pakistan on Monday took up water compensation issue with India for the loss of about 200,000 cusecs of water India had stopped last year for filling the newly built Baglihar Dam on Chenab River in occupied Kashmir. Pakistan discussed the issue and expressed its concern on the second day of …
Expressing his deep concern over the construction of Baghliar Dam on Chenab river in Occupied Jammu & Kashmir, President, Kissan Board, Muhammad Ayub Meo, has said that the construction of the dam would adversely affect the agricultural sector of Pakistan. He expressed his views in a ceremony held here on …
With submergence threat at their doorsteps, aggrieved residents of Pul Doda and its adjoining areas in district Doda are at the mercy of the callous officials of various departments dealing with the distribution of adequate compensation for their proper rehabilitation and resettlement. Despite high court directions proper distribution of compensation …
Srinagar: Five days after The Indian Express reported that J-K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is planning to scrap a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the J-K State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) and a private consultancy firm, the Directorate of Information on Sunday issued a statement quoting a
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is all set to scrap an MoU signed in 2007 between the JK Power Development Corporation (JKPDC), which is executing the Baglihar power project, and an international consultancy firm. The MoU provides KEC International a 50 per cent share of the revenue generated from the …
Iftikhar Gilani NEW DELHI, Jan 27: The Centre is planning to go ahead with constructing another mega power project on river Chenab in Doda district after the completion of Baglihar. In less than a week after putting the controversial 450 MW hydro-power project on the river Kishanganga on fast track, …
By Shafqat Ali, Islamabad Dec. 4: Negotiations are underway with the Indian authorities about the Baglihar Dam built by India over river Chenab, Pakistan minister for water and power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Thursday. "If Pakistan and India fail to resolve the Chenab water issue through dialogue, then the …
SRINAGAR: Few days after prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh commissioned the state's first 450 MW Baglihar power project, Pakistan has once again objected to the construction of the power project and has said that 23,000 cusecs of water to fill Baglihar dam has reduced the flow of water in the …
SRINAGAR Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday dedicated to the people of Jammu and Kashmir its biggest power project owned by the state, called the Baglihar Hydroelectric Project. The project, inaugurated by him by pressing a remote button at Chanderkote in Ramban district, about 150 km south of here, is …
Shujaat Bukhari SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday appealed to Pakistan to work jointly to address the problems faced by the people of the two countries. He said the Baglihar power project had been constructed within the parameters of the Indus Water Treaty. Inaugurating the 450 MW Baglihar power …
Pakistan Indus Water Commission (PIWC) delegation will travel to India on October 18 at the invitation of the Indian government for physical inspection of the controversial Baglihar Dam on river Chenab in Occupied Kashmir. Pakistan Indus Water Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah told Business Recorder here on Monday that he had …
