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 …
The CWC has sent a strong note to Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati, complaining against the committee’s recommendations. The employees of the Central Water Commission (CWC) have slammed the Mihir Shah panel, calling its recommendations on water reforms “conceptually flawed”, “anti-development” and something that will result in “disaster of unmatched …
Patna: With five more deaths reported from Samastipur district on Wednesday, the toll in the Ganga floods in 12 affected districts has mounted to 28. The state Disaster Management Department (DMD) said two more deaths reported from Begusarai district were subject to verification. Bhojpur has the maximum number of deaths …
Varanasi: The rising Ganga and Varuna have inundated almost all localities along the rivers. On Saturday, about 3,000 people were taken away from the flood affected areas to relief camps running at 11 places. The situation in the 6 km stretch from Sarai Mohana to Sadar Tehsil along Varuna is …
It said the chairman of the Central Water Commission will continue to chair the reconstituted supervisory committee. The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Centre to have representatives from Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh in the “supervisory committee” to monitor the release of water from the Babli barrage by Maharashtra …
The Central Water Commission will formally protest against a proposal to subsume it into a new organisation. The proposal that resulted from a report — A 21st Century Institutional Architecture for India’s Water Reforms: Restructuring the CWC and CGWB — of a high-powered committee led by Mihir Shah, member of …
Hyderabad: The Union water resources ministry on Thursday announced a committee comprising engineers from the Central Water Commission (CWC) to study the contentious issue of water sharing between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The committee will complete its study in a month and submit a report to the Centre. Union water …
An eight-member team of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), headed by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests SP Vasudeva, today took stock of the rehabilitation plan and environmental mitigation measures related to the proposed Rs 5,242-crore Renuka Dam. Sources said the team stressed the rehabilitation plan should ensure all families, which …
The scheme, called ‘Preserve and Use’, will restore 90 wells around the floodplain to extract the water. Once the project is completed, the government claimed it would be the first-of-its-kind in the world. To avert another water crisis in the capital, the Delhi government is planning to create a month’s …
The Water Resources Ministry is on tenterhooks on account of its Central Water Commission’s fresh study pointing to a continuous decline in the water level in country’s 91 major reservoirs. Though several parts of the country received sporadic rain this week, the measurement for the week ending May 26 said …
Water scarcity is not restricted to the plains as is generally perceived, but is also seriously affecting many areas in the Himalayan heights that remain snow-bound for a large part of the year. The Central Water Commission (CWC) has identified eight villages in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir to …
With 40 per cent of the country under the impact of consecutive failed monsoons, water rationing could become a norm in many parts of the country in the coming summer, they warned. According to a recent Central Water Commission report, water levels in the Maharashtra reservoirs are 58 per cent …
VARANASI: To prevent the majestic ghats from caving in, the experts of Geological Survey of India (GIS) and National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) will assess the measures to check erosion on the left bank of river Ganga induced due to siltation on right bank during their visit to the city …
National Register of Large Dam (NRLD) is a compilation of the large dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government / Authority concerned. The lists of dams have been regrouped as per their location within the territory of a State. At present there are 4861 …
Tamil Nadu to have 14 stations Kerala finds a place among six States where flood forecasting stations will be set up for the first time by the Central Water Commission (CWC) under the Union Ministry of Water Resources. The CWC confirmed that while Kerala will get two such stations, neighbouring …
With China commissioning Zangmu Hydropower station on upper Brahmaputra earlier this month, India seems to have lost its shot. Early into the summer of 2009, China kicked off construction work on a controversial project, the Zangmu Hydropower station on the Yarlung Zangbo River — the Tibetan name for the Brahmaputra. …
Another break in monsoon during its last leg has caused the rainfall deficiency in Marathwada and central Maharashtra to increase again, data provided by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has shown. The good rainfall spell a few days ago had reduced rainfall deficiency in these regions by almost 10%. However, …
Constitutes A Seven-Member Panel To Quickly Complete Aquifer Mapping Seeking to carry forward the Gujarat-model o irrigation reform in the country and to quickly com plete the task of aquifer map ping to quantify available groundwater resources, the Centre has constituted a sev en-member committee to res tructure the central …
Falling water levels in 91 major reservoirs to hit availability for irrigation & drinking The country is heading for a shortage of water for irrigation and drinking as water level in 91 major reservoirs has dipped 16% below normal, and is expected to deplete further with the monsoon on the …
An expert panel of the environment ministry has recommended forest clearance for three crucial hydro projects located in the Siang river basin, Arunachal Pradesh, that will collectively denude 200 hectares of biodiversity rich forests. The three projects – Pauk, Heo and Tato-I, are all proposed on Yarjep River, a tributary …
Brahmaputra flowing above danger level throughout Upper Assam; Train movement hampered; Army pressed into rescue operation The flood situation in the State continued to deteriorate on Thursday, affecting nearly 3 lakh people in thirteen districts. The Brahmaputra was flowing above danger mark at Neamatighat (Jorhat) and Dibrugarh. Three other rivers …
