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A statement signed by eminent lawyers, activists, groups and individuals has been sent to the Prime Minister, vice chairman of the planning commission, the ministry of environment and forests and the minister of water resources, protesting against the construction of the Lakhwar Dam on the Yamuna in the Upper Yamuna …
THE state government seems to be spending double the amount it has estimated on irrigation projects for the last three years. However, the percentage of areas under irrigation in Maharashtra remains dismally low as compared to the national average. An audit for the last three years by the state economic …
Allaying apprehensions over construction of three dams by China on the Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo in China), Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat on Friday said the “run-of-the-river’’ projects would not impact water flows on the Indian side. He said the issue had been taken up by India at the highest …
New Delhi: Union agriculture ministry has declared 17 districts of Gujarat consisting 132 talukas as drought-affected. In a reply to Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani, union minister of water resources Harish Ravat stated that the districts include Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Amreli, Anand, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kutch, Mehsana, Patan, …
The Union Government has declared 17 districts in Gujarat as drought-affected, Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani has said. These districts are Vadodara, Bharuch, Anand, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Amreli, Banashkantha, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Junagadh, Kutchh, Mehsana, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot and Surendranagar, Nathwani said in a statement issued here quoting Harish Ravat, Union …
New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu Government moved the Supreme Court on Monday for a direction to the Union Ministry of Water Resources to constitute the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) before April last week to effectively implement the final Order of the Cauvery Tribunal …
“Govt. non-committal on water release from Hathini Kund barrage” Even as thousands of “Yamuna Muktikaran Padyatra” activists, including women and children, crossed over into Delhi on Monday after a prolonged stay in neighbouring Faridabad over the weekend, they put the proposed demonstration at Jantar Mantar on hold in view of …
Around 15,000 persons from various organisations, under the umbrella of the Yamuna Rakshak Dal, entered Delhi on Monday morning, as part of a protest padyatra, organised to voice their displeasure with the pollution in the Yamuna. The march started on March 1 from Vrindavan and included devotees, who treat the …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday said the Delhi Government was eagerly awaiting the commissioning of Munak Canal, which will result in saving 80 MGD raw water, to help the city meet its demand for drinking water. Moreover, three water treatment plants lying idle at Dwarka, Okhla and Bawana are …
The Delhi government today said that it is contemplating the commissioning of Munak Canal to help the functioning of three water treatment plants which are lying idle due to lack of required raw water. The matter has been taken up with the Prime Minister's Office and the Union Water Resource …
With summers approaching, and with it the shortage of water supply in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has written to the Ministry of Water Resources, demanding that Haryana release water to Delhi. Sent 10 days ago, the letter requests the Union Ministry to intervene and direct the …
With the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) taking effect on the date of its publication in the gazette (February 19), the Union Ministry of Water Resources has sought the Law Ministry’s opinion on how to implement it till the formation of the Cauvery Management Board (CMB). …
Guwahati: Union Minister of Water Resources Harish Rawat has said that the Centre will work with the Assam government to find a lasting solution to the recurring flood and erosion problem. He was apprised on the gravity of the annual problem by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi during a meeting here …
GUWAHATI: Dispur is eagerly waiting for the Central government’s nod to include land erosion caused by the rivers in the State as an eligible calamity for relief under National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). The eagerness of the Assam government is justifiable as the State …
India on Friday said it would look into how much water will be lost from its rivers because of dams being built by China on the Brahmaputra. “The Ministry of Water Resources will advise us whether these dams are just run–of–the–river dams or storage dams. Our understanding is that these …
Shettar’s letter to PM delayed process, Supreme Court told The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Centre’s plea seeking time till January 31 to notify the decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal passed in 2007. A bench of justices D K Jain and Madan B Lokur, however, pulled up …
Although inter-State water disputes and arbitration with neighbouring Pakistan over the Kishenganga hydro-electric project in Jammu & Kashmir dominated the functioning of the Union Water Resources Ministry in 2012, it is expected that in the New Year the Government will focus on giving a push to water sector reforms. With …
Expressing concern that the inter-state water disputes are not being resolved within the framework of law, the State Government has maintained that adequate regard is not being paid towards the riparian rights of the different stake holders. The State Government on Friday raised the controversial Polavaram dam project of Andhra …
The National Water Resource Council has adopted the National Water Policy (2012). The consensus in this regard was made during 6th meeting of the council held here in New Delhi under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh. This has been stated by the Union Water Resource Minister …
While the charges against then NCP minister Ajit Pawar may have forced the Maharashtra government to release a white paper on its delayed irrigation projects, an RTI reply shows that 120 of the 159 projects cleared under the central Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) across the country are running behind …
