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 …
: In answer to queries posed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, project manager of Ganga Pollution Control Unit has diverted most of the questions to other departments and ministries and has demanded payment of Rs 5 for every 15 minutes for going through whatever details the board has …
Over 17 lakh people have been hit by the floods in Uttar Pradesh, where the situation continued to remain grim with the swollen rivers inundating thousands of villages and the death toll in the deluge and other rain-related mishaps climbing to 280. Two persons died Sunday in Auraiya district in …
Water at 75 locations of major rivers, such as Ganga, Yamuna, Chambal, Sone and Wainaganga are not fit for drinking, the Government said in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The Central Water Commission (CWC) under the Water Resources Ministry, which monitors water quality at 396 stations located in all the …
Rain-related incidents claimed eight lives in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday with moderate to heavy showers lashing most parts of North India. It was a pleasant day in the national Capital with cloud covers keeping the temperatures within the normal level. During the past 24 hours ending at 8-30 a.m. in …
Expressing “deep concern” over the recent tragedy caused by floods and landslides in Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court today directed the Centre and the state government not to clear any hydroelectric power project in the hilly state. “We direct the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) as well as the …
Deeply concerned about the recent tragedy in Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered fresh environment impact assessment of 24 hydro-electric projects on Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers and scrutiny of the disaster management plan. A bench of Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra ordered the ministry of environment and …
Questions being raised about possible floods in downstream areas The level in the Tehri dam in Uttarakhand on Sunday reached 818.50 metres against the permissible mark of 825 metres, Tehri District Magistrate Nitesh Kumar Jha told The Hindu . According to Northern Regional Load Despatch Centre (NRLDC) data, the level …
Kerala on Tuesday submitted before the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court that the report of the Empowered Committee (EC) on the safety of Mullaperiyar dam has to be relooked in the light of the facts brought by the state. Senior counsel Harish Salve, appearing for Kerala, argued that the …
The Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has reiterated its claim that 20.52 sq km area of erosion-hit Majuli river island has been reclaimed. The Brahmaputra Board took up protection of Majuli island from floods and erosion in January 2004. Since then no loss of landmass of the river island has …
Finds Study On Dam Safety Unreliable Kochi: Members of the Supreme Court constitution bench hearing the Mullaperiyar dam case on Wednesday raised doubts over the reliability of the finding of a team from IIT Delhi that the dam is unsafe. The judges observed on the second day of Kerala’s argument …
It is a multipurpose project, which would also provide irrigation and drinking water facilities to Delhi and other northern states such as Rajasthan, Haryana and UP. With the Uttarakhand government keen on constructing the 300 Mw multipurpose Lakhwar project on the river Yamuna, the state Planning Commission has come up …
The Empowered Committee after going through several aspects had technically concluded that the Mullaperiyar dam is hydrologically, structurally and seismically safe for raising the water level beyond 136 ft, senior counsel Vinod Bobde, appearing for Tamil Nadu, asserted in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Mr. Bobde made this submission before …
Central water commission last year had given its clearance to 300 the Lakhwar project located in Dehradun district With the Uttarakhand government keen on constructing the 300 MW multipurpose Lakhwar project on the river Yamuna, the state planning commission has chalked out plans for developing a Rs 351 crore drinking …
Even as the Uttarakhand floods brought to the fore debate over the strength of dams, there are over 4,500 such structures in the country which are operating without an 'emergency action plan'. This renders a huge area and property vulnerable to cascading effects of dam failure. The Central Water Commission …
The Union Power Ministry is likely to send a high–level team to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh to assess the ground realities over the 2000–MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project. The team, according to sources, would make a final review of the present situation that had cropped up following the continuous agitation …
Central project sanctioned by 13th Finance Commission. A Rs.70-crore project of the Centre for solving the drinking water woes of Kuttanad taluk in the district has been sanctioned, Union Minister of State for Labour Kodikunnil Suresh has said. He was speaking at a review meeting of the Kuttanad package at …
Even as floods play havoc in Uttarakhand, several states have opposed the provisions of a 38-year-old Model Flood Bill aimed at minimising losses to life and property in the natural calamity. The Bill, prepared by the Central Water Commission in 1975, will empower authorities to remove dwellings from flood-prone areas. …
SHILLONG: After much criticism, claims and counter-claims, the Myntdu Leshka Hydel Power Project has achieved its desired target of generating 126 megawatts from the three units. Encouraged by the successful generation of power from the project, the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) is now preparing to initiate Stage II of …
Being one of the biggest river channelisation project in the country, the Central Water Commission (CWC) has approved a Rs 945.48 crore project for taming the remaining 55 tributaries of the Swan river in Una district. The project, which is expected to reclaim about 6,060 hectares of land, will be …
Rajasthan has demanded that neighbouring Haryana release the Yamuna waters from Tajewala headworks in accordance with the provisions of the 1994 river water agreement among five States to facilitate supply of water to Bharatpur, Churu and Jhunjhunu districts in the State waiting since long for the Yamuna waters. Addressing the …
