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 …
Hyderabad, April 12: The state government has taken up a study of the structural stability of all major dams in the state. Keeping in view the unprecedented floods in Krishna River last October the government has set up an expert committee to look into the safety aspects of 16 major …
$1bn WB Loan Also On Cards: Ramesh New Delhi: In a boost to the Ganga cleaning programme, the government has cleared projects worth Rs 1,394.11 crore for the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Uttarakhand. While the Union government had allocated Rs 500 crore for the 2010-11 fiscal, …
Cleaning the Ganga has become the top priority of the government and projects have been put on a fast track. The second meeting of the Empowered Steering Com- mittee of the National Ganga River Basin, com- prising Union minister, the Central Pollution Board and the Central Water com- mission, has …
S.S. NEGI As a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court commenced its hearing on contentious Mulla Periyar dam row between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, former Attorney General K. Parasaran, appearing for the Tamil Nadu government, said that raising the height of the reservoir to the level of 152 feet would …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The combined live water storage level in 81 major reservoirs is lower this year as on December 31, 2009. But what has set the alarm bells ringing in official circles is that the storage level in the crucial dams in North India
The Central Water Commission has given its nod to the longstanding proposed Rs 146 crore Finna Singh Medium Irrigation Project for the Nurpur area. Talking to mediapersons here last night, local MLA Rakesh Pathania said the Central Ground Water Commission and the state government had to bear 90 and 10 …
Experts here view the present move of the State Government to amend the Assam Embankment and Drainage (E&D;) Act, 1953 as a good chance to enlarge the scope of the legislation to cover many areas of activities connected with the Water Resources Department (WRD). The Act came into effect in …
Andhra Pradesh Government and the Central Water Commission were caught in a war of words over fixing the responsibility for the failure in anticipating the worst ever floods in Krishna River earlier this month. While the CWC Chairman Arun Kumar Bajaj has insisted that the warning of flood was issued …
Oct. 13: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to clarify whether it had received any early warning from the Central Water Commission regarding floods in the Krishna River. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy gave this directive …
Oct.12: The state government has decided to lodge a complaint with the Central government against Mr A.K. Bajaj, chairman of the Central Water Commission. Mr Bajaj in an interview to the media was stated to have observed that the floods in the state were man-made and alleged that the government …
New Delhi: The flooding of Kurnool could have been averted had successive state governments in Andhra Pradesh not avoided repeated reminders of the Central Water Commission (CWC) on doubling the spillway capacity of the Srisailam dam. Since 1990, CWC had advised the state government twice to increase the spillway capacity …
Punjab and the Centre appear to be headed for a fresh confrontation over the issue of inter-state water sharing. Nearly 62 years after the Independence, Punjab has decided to take the Centre head on and demand a royalty on water to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore for the water …
The erosion by Barak river has expanded by a range of 5 km near Panchgram, which includes the villages like Kalarpar, Das Colony, Katakhal and Tukargram. People from these villages, like Satyendra Singha, Biswas Singha and Birendra Singha, have discovered cracks in their RCC buildings. Altogether, 20 families have been …
BERHAMPUR: After being put on the backburner for decades, the Cheligada irrigation project in Ganjam district has finally been put on fast-track by the Government. The project will irrigate lands in Ganjam and Gajapati districts, supply drinking water to Berhampur city and generate power. As part of the project, the …
The Haryana government has proposed a project to provide irrigation facilities in Ambala district and the adjoining areas. The proposal has been sent to the Central Water Commission for approval. This was disclosed today by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda while addressing a public meeting after inaugurating Rajiv Gandhi Government …
