Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 14, 2017. The Bill seeks to amend the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956. Under the Act, when a complaint is received from a state government regarding a water dispute, the central government may ask the affected states to …
The legal validity of the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004 is not only the case being faced by the state with regard to river waters in the Supreme Court and elsewhere. There is virtually a mountain of cases burdening the state since decades. In fact, for the past about …
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the assigned Krishna Water Tribunal will decide Telangana's share of the river water, and this will be done without disturbing the allocation made to neighbouring States of Karnataka and Maharashtra. The Union Ministry of Water Resources made it clear to a …
Claiming before the Supreme Court that the right to access water is a human rights issue, the Telangana government on Wednesday sought fresh allocation of the disputed waters of the Krishna river. In a hearing before a Bench led by Justice Dipak Misra, the State said previous dispute proceedings and …
New Delhi: The likelihood of a below-normal monsoon; temperature above 40 degrees Celsius for the next couple of months; a large population and limited sources of water are making Delhi desperate for its share from Munak Canal. Having spent almost Rs 1,800 crore on the construction of the canal and …
Major relief for Goa; Karnataka told to plug both vents of canal wall Maharashtra directed to constitute three-member monitoring team 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 …
Amid recurrent floods and ongoing water disputes between states, the government today floated a draft Bill which seeks to set up 12 river basin authorities in the country to settle discords and prevent deluge and pollution in inter-state rivers. The Draft River Basin Management Bill, which seeks to amend the …
Promises action on Tribunal order Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday assured a delegation of DMK MPs here that he would hold discussions with Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat on the setting up of Cauvery Management Board (CMB) and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC), as ordered by the Cauvery …
A Bill further to amend the River Boards Act, 1956 to provide for the establishment of River Basin Authority for the regulation and development of Inter-State Rivers and River Basins.
The Centre is yet to take a decision on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s request, made in April to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, for appointing a new Chairman to the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal after Justice N.P. Singh resigned his post on health grounds. As a result, the Tribunal is …
It will have guiding principles on laws States may adopt In a move that will have far-reaching implications, the Centre has decided to frame a new National Water Framework Act with guiding principles on water laws the States may adopt. States that adopt and reform will be incentivised for water …
In a move that will have far-reaching implications, the Centre has decided to frame a National Water Framework Act with guiding principles on water laws the States may adopt. States that adopt and reform will be incentivised for water projects. That such a law would be made is buried in …
