Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
NEW DELHI, Feb 1 – Decks have been cleared for execution of the crucial phase of the Majuli Island Protection Project aimed at ensuring protection of sattras, with the Planning Commission on Wednesday sanctioning investment clearance for implementation of the Phase II and III of the anti-eorsion project at an …
Wastage of water in the city, lack of recharge facilities and the problems in water supply were some of the issues raised in the meeting of the newly constituted General House of the Municipal Corporation. The officials of the civic body has been asked to prepare a status of the …
GUWAHATI: Union Minister for Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday said though the Central Government has no role to play in water related issues concerning the states as water is a state subject, it has been acting as a catalyst in ironing out the differences. Attending the sixth High …
GUWAHATI: Erosion was a graver problem in Assam compared to floods as it resulted in permanent land loss and crippled a family”, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Wednesday. “It is an area where much importance has to be accorded by the Central Government and the Brahmaputra Board”, Gogoi said …
Minister for Revenue and Vigilance Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has said that the State government will not backtrack on its demand for a new dam to replace the existing Mullaperiyar dam. He was talking to reporters on the sidelines of a training programme for government officials at the district collectorate here on …
JORHAT, Jan 17 – Visiting the erosion-hit areas at Salmora, Majuli this afternoon, P K Bansal, Union Cabinet Minister of Water Resources and V H Pala, Minister of State for Water Resources, stated at a meeting held in the Majuli College playground near Daria Bridge that Majuli has enough potential …
KOTTAYAM: Union Science and Technology Minister Ashwani Kumar's statement that the 115-year-old Mullaperiyar dam is safe has not gone down well in Kerala with ruling front ally Kerala Congress (Mani) on Monday announcing its support to a strike call by an anti-dam panel. Government chief whip and senior KC (Mani) …
Considering the dismal record of different Water Dispute Tribunals, the Union Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has decided to amend the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 — notably to replace all tribunals with a single one. “We are preparing amendments charter for the Act to replace all tribunals with …
The Supreme Court of India has in its judgement of 27 February 2012 on the interlinking of rivers project, given categorical directions to the Executive Government to implement the 'project' as a whole in a time bound manner and has also asked the Centre to appoint a Special Committee to …
Interview with Ramaswamy R. Iyer, former Secretary, Union Ministry of Water Resources. THE controversy over the Mullaperiyar dam has acquired emotional overtones, with both Kerala and Tamil Nadu adopting intractable positions on the future of the dam. Is there a middle ground? In this interview, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, a well-known …
In another sop for election-bound Uttar Pradesh, the Ministry of Water Resources yesterday included two irrigation projects of the state in the scheme of national projects. The projects are “Sarayu Nahar Pariyojana” and “Restoring capacity of Sharda Sahayak Project”. These projects would thus be eligible for 90 per cent funding …
NEW DELHI, Dec 20 – The ongoing agitation against construction of mega dams in Assam may not cut much ice with the Centre, as a Ministry of Water Resources-sponsored study has favoured storage-backed projects for flood control. The Report of the Working Group on Water Resources for XIth Five Year …
The government on Monday proposed the setting up of a parliamentary panel to go into the issue of farmer suicides in the wake of contradictory figures emerging from the States and the Union Home Ministry's National Crime Records Bureau. The suggestion came after the government was cornered in the Rajya …
NEW DELHI, Dec 16 – Even as the agitation against mega dams in Assam gathers momentum, the Centre is currently examining the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of seven private hydropower projects proposed to be set up in Arunachal Pradesh. Of the seven projects, three are over 1000 MW capacity, including …
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Tamil Nadu Government plea for deploying Central force personnel at Mullaperiyar considering Kerala’s undertaking to protect the dam from all possible acts of “vandalism”. The bench took on record the Centre’s submission that Central forces could be deployed only if requested by Kerala Government. …
When was the Mullaperiyar Dam constructed? On October 29, 1886, a lease indenture for 999 years was made between the Maharaja of Travancore and the secretary of state for India for construction of the Mullaperiyar Dam over the headwaters of the Periyar River in Kerala. The dam was constructed during …
Defence Minister A.K. Antony has said that the Central government will continue its efforts to bring both the Kerala and Tamil Nadu governments into the negotiating table for finding an amicable solution to the Mullapperiyar dam issue. Responding to queries from media persons during a meet-the-press organised by the Kannur …
The Tamil Nadu government has decided not to attend the proposed talks on the Mullaperiyar dam dispute issue to be held in New Delhi on December 16. The talks have been convened by the Union government, inviting Secretaries of the governments of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in charge of irrigation. …
The Centre has invited Tamil Nadu and Kerala for talks on the Mullaperiyar dam issue on December 16. The date was re-set after the Tamil Nadu government sought postponement of the informal talks that were slated for Monday. This will be the first official meeting between the two sides on …
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam MPs from Tamil Nadu, led by M. Thambidurai, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh separately here on Friday and urged him to intervene in the Mullaperiyar issue immediately and resolve the row between the two States. Mr. Chandy, who …
