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 Haryana Government has forwarded a Rs 666.6 crore Mewat canal project to the Central Water Commission for appraisal to supply water for irrigation and drinking purposes in Mewat. An official spokesman here today said while there was a plan to construct four dams on the Ghaggar river and its …
Moves fresh petition in Supreme Court for direction to neighbouring State Tamil Nadu on Thursday filed a fresh petition in the Supreme Court for a direction to Karnataka to release 52.8 tmcft of water till February 2013 to save crops raised on 15 lakh acres. The State also wanted the …
Project-affected villagers pitch for technical and financial audit It took 37 years to complete the Rajiv Sagar project on the tributary of the Wainganga river in the Godawari basin. The project, a joint venture between the Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh governments, was started in 1975, with an approved cost of …
Kimi (Arunachal Pradesh), Oct. 15: There will soon be light at the end of the tunnel, literally. Engineers of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) Limited are just 3km away from breaking out through the mountains to complete construction of a 14.5-km-long tunnel for the Kameng hydroelectric project, nestled in …
BJP president Nitin Gadkari wrote to Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Bansal in July this year to push for the release of central funds for contractors of an irrigation project declared as seriously flawed by India’s premier water resources technical organisation. The Gosikhurd project, the biggest in drought-prone Vidarbha, is …
Kerala will convey its displeasure over the appointment of consultant to the monitoring committee for maintenance and repair at Mullaperiyar dam. The Irrigation department has already conveyed the displeasure to the State Water Resources Department to be taken up with the Central Water Commission. As per the Supreme Court direction, …
Even as the State received the lowest quantum of Cauvery flows during the southwest monsoon (June-September) in the last two decades, Union Water Resources Secretary Dhruv Vijai Singh is to visit Chennai and Bangalore on Thursday (October 4) to meet officials of the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments for discussions …
GUWAHATI, Sept 25 – Over 17.60 lakh people in 2,055 villages under 69 revenue circles of 16 districts of the State are hit by the current wave of floods. In all, 18 persons have been reported dead and seven are reported missing due to the current wave of flood in …
Parts of North India received heavy rain which claimed 18 lives in Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours even as a cloudburst washed away many shops and vehicles in Himachal Pradesh. Ten persons died in Gorakhpur followed by three each in Lakhimpur and Amethi and two in Basti in …
At least 13 people were killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh as heavy showers lashed North India on Monday. Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 31.5 degrees Celsius, three less than normal, while the minimum was recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius. The city received 2.2 mm of rainfall. In …
The Supreme Court has said that it will hear on September 10 the plea of Tamil Nadu seeking a direction to Karnataka for releasing 2TMC of water from Cauvery river as an interim measure. The plea by the Tamil Nadu Government was made after the Centre told a bench comprising …
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has said the state was facing problems in getting environment clearances, in some cases taking years, for the proposed hydropower projects. Attending a panel discussion on ‘Hydropower Projects in North-East’ at New Delhi yesterday, Tuki said the state was facing serious problems in …
Good rains in August has not just partially offset the rainfall deficit across the country but also helped major reservoirs to replenish its storage. The total storage in these reservoirs has reached normal levels, even though it remains below the level observed last year during this time. The current year’s …
The second meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority’s inter-Ministerial group in Delhi on Tuesday could not make much headway on the contentious issue of the under-construction hydro-electric project on the Alaknanda at Srinagar in Uttarakhand. The group, headed by Planning Commission Member B. K. Chaturvedi, heard the builders …
Four labourers declared dead in Uttarkashi found alive Many areas in North India received rain on Monday while some stared at floods and landslides due to incessant downpour. In Uttar Pradesh, swollen rivers in the eastern districts have sent alarm bells ringing, forcing many people in several villages to seek …
The Supreme Court will hear on August 17 Tamil Nadu’s application for a direction to the Centre to convene a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority immediately to perform its statutory obligations and approve the distress sharing formula evolved by the Cauvery Monitoring Committee, in view of the distress situation …
SILCHAR: In order to resolve the raging controversy over the construction of Barak dam, both Delhi and Dhaka have agreed for an expert-meet on August 27 in the national capital. The six decade old multipurpose project could not take off due to opposition from the environmentalists and naturalists as well …
Incessant rain lashed parts of North India on Sunday where many rivers were running above the danger mark. The capital Delhi recorded received 0.8 mm of rain. During the past two days, incessant rains battered Uttarakhand triggering landslides, cloud bursts and flash floods which flattened homes and stranded hundreds of …
Bhubaneswar: Seeking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention into the dispute between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh over the Polavaram project, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday demanded stop of tendering process till matters pending in the Supreme Court were disposed off. I request your kind personal intervention in the matter. Immediate …
Joint panel to inspect Karcham Wangtu project. A joint committee comprising representatives of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the Central Water Commission (CWC) and the state government will inspect the 1,000 MW Karcham Wangtu project of the Jaypee Group to ascertain the deviation from the originally approved project. The panel …
