The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today sought to water down the Opposition charges over use of the Mahanadi water for industries.Against the backdrop of the agitation against the use of the river water for industrial use picking up steam, an unrelenting government strongly defended its decision to supply water to industries …
The Union Water Resources Minister, Mr P.K .Bansal, has been directed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to convene a meeting of irrigation ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra to resolve inter-State disputes with regard to Babli and 13 other river projects between the two States.This follows a meeting …
LUCKNOW: Even as widespread rains lashed many parts of the state on Monday, claiming over 20 lives in past 24 hours, the weatherman forecast that rains will continue at least for the next two days. The heavy rains also pose the threat of floods in major rivers. The monsoon trough …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi July 19, 2010, 1:06 IST Kharif sowing has progressed well despite the 14 per cent deficiency in monsoon rainfall till mid-July. But restocking of the depleted reservoirs has been adversely hit. This has caused concern about water availability for both irrigation and hydel power production …
With water level rising in rivers including the Kosi, the fear of floods has begun to haunt the people living in north Bihar yet again. "All the rivers are in full spate following heavy rains. Some rivers may cross the red mark late Wednesday or Thursday," officials of the Central …
After floods claimed 33 lives in Punjab and Haryana and caused an estimated loss of nearly Rs 1,400 crore, a blame game has started between the two states. Ironically, the two states have been fighting over water issues in the past, with Punjab maintaining that it did not have a …
MUZAFFARNAGAR: A flood alert has been sounded in ten districts of western Uttar Pradesh with swelling of Yamuna while water level in Ganga was also rising at many places. Deputy secretary of the revenue department Raj Raten said that the flood alert has been issued in Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Baghpat, Meerut, …
Though the situation is far better than last year, inadequate and erratic rainfall in the month of June has meant that water level in most of the reservoirs in the country is slightly below the average level expected around this time of the year. Of the 81 important reservoirs monitored …
Over 8, 63, 000 people of 1,206 villages in eleven districts of the State have been affected by floods during the past about four months. Official sources while revealing these figures, also told this newspaper that four persons were also reported drowned in flood-related incidents during the period. Floodwaters of …
New Delhi: As an GoM meets on Tuesday to decide the fate of 600-mw Loharinag Pala hydel power project in Uttarakhand, the Centre has said the state would be adequately compensated in case the project is scrapped.
NEW DELHI: The Centre has asked the Madhya Pradesh Government to submit a plan for rehabilitation of families affected by the Maheshwar hydro-electric project coming up in the State. This is in response to the State Government's request for Prime Minister's intervention to allow construction of the dam that was …
Abhijit Prashar | Chandigarh Water conservation techniques like zero tillage technology, raised bed plantation and sprinkler irrigation are being popularised in Punjab on a large scale and with the Punjab Preservation of Sub Soil Water Act 2009 firmly in place, the State Government has also undertaken the rehabilitation of canal …
NEW DELHI: The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to send a high-level Group of Ministers to the Narmada Valley to assess
Hyderabad, May 11: The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, on Tuesday directed the irrigation department not to make any changes in the designs of the Polavaram multi-purpose project and take steps to complete it by 2014. The Chief Minister
Under pressure from the PMO, the ministr of environment and forest (MoEF) has given the gree signal to partial construc tion of the Maheshwar dam The Central Water Com mission had warned th MoEF that some parts o the project, including th seven gates that are now under construction, need …
Priscilla Jebaraj Under pressure from the Madhya Pradesh government and the Prime Minister's office (PMO), the Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided to allow partial construction of the Maheshwar dam to resume, modifying its own suspension order. Sources from the Ministry told The Hindu that the decision was taken …
Kalpana Jain / New Delhi May 01, 2010, 1:58 IST The government is taking a fresh look at the 600 Mw Loharinag-Pala hydel project on the Bhagirathi river following an expert committee report cautioning against stopping work at an advanced stage, as it might be disastrous for an active seismic …
This project is seen to be a major boon for the drought-prone Telangana region. The Centre and the Central Water Commission (CWC) have given in-principle clearance for the Rs 40,300-crore mega Pranahitha Sujala Sravanthi Irrigation Project, considered to be biggest ever planned in the country. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, …
