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On Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's directions, the Union Water Resources Ministry will hold official-level talks with Tamil Nadu and Kerala here next week on the Mullaperiyar dam issue. Indications are that this will materialise on Monday. Dr. Singh communicated as much to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday in …
The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court accusing the Kerala government of spreading a “fear psychosis” on the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam, even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in a letter to TN Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, said nothing should be said or done to cause …
Intervening in the Mullaperiyar dam row for the first time, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday warned against creating “undue alarm” among the people. Setting the stage for a dialogue between Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Singh also directed the Water Resources Ministry to convene a meeting of officials from both …
Permanent restoration works to be covered under SPA/STF JAMMU: Planning Commission of India today cleared flood protection projects and two major schemes of Leh Master Plan, funding for which would start from the beginning of the next financial year. However, the permanent restoration works would be covered under the Special …
The Kerala government on Monday gave an undertaking to the Centre that it would continue to provide the same quantum of water to Tamil Nadu, as is being given now, if a new dam was constructed in the place of the existing 116-year old Mullai Periyar dam in the Idukki …
Protests are mounting in Kerala over the Mullaperiyar dam issue. Hundreds of people living downstream of the dam took to the streets and blocked the Kottayam-Kattappana road at Karinkulam Chappathu on Sunday. Spontaneous protests were mounted in many parts of Idukki district, including Kumily, as the water level in the …
The Centre on Wednesday appealed to Tamil Nadu and Kerala to amicably settle the issue of Mullaperiyar Dam between them and expressed its willingness to play a role of “facilitator”. “It is amongst themselves that the matter can be sorted out. We can only play a role of facilitator. We …
Thiruvananthapuram, 23 Nov: Harping on the ‘grim danger’ posed by 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam, Kerala today wanted the Tamil Nadu government to come forward for talks on the proposal to construct a new dam, the entire cost of which would be borne by the state. After water resource minister Mr PJ …
Union Minister for Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal on Tuesday clearly told Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy in New Delhi that the Centre would try to mediate and convene a bilateral meeting between governments of Kerala and Tamil Nadu if Kerala gave a written assurance that it would continue to …
India and Nepal will hold bilateral talks on shared water programmes, including the progress on the 6000-MW multi-purpose Pancheshwar hydropower project on the river Mahakali near the border. The Joint Committee of Secretaries will meet on November 24 and 25, Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said here after …
The rules to regulate exploitation of ground water will come into effect by early December, P N Sreenivasachary, Secretary, Water Resource Department (Minor Irrigation) has said. “Rules under the Karnataka Ground Water (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act, 2011, will be approved soon and an authority to regulate …
Tentatively agreed upon by the panel at Delhi meeting The five-member empowered committee (EC) constituted to go into the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam is likely to submit its report to the Supreme Court in the middle of January 2012. This was tentatively agreed upon by the committee at its …
Gauhati High Court today directed the Brahmaputra Board to submit a status report on steps taken for the protection of Majuli island from floods and erosion. The board will have to furnish the report before the court on or before November 22. The interim order was passed by a division …
Prime Minister’s visit: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, along with Chief Ministers of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, West Bengal and Tripura, will visit Bangladesh on September 6 and 7 Determined to put their old hostilities to rest and move towards a fresh era of cooperation, India and Bangladesh are set to sign …
Standing Committee on Water Resources (2010-2011) present this Seventh Report on "The Dam Safety Bill, 2010". The Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha and was referred by the Hon‘ble Speaker to the Standing Committee on Water Resources on 9 September, 2010 for examining and Report. In the process of examination …
As India has limited water resources, it should either be rationed or “adequately priced”. This was the point of discussion of the keynote address delivered by Minister of water resources Pawan Kumar Bansal at the launch of the CII-Triveni Water Institute, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to …
Kendrapada: A three-member team of oceanography experts from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai, made an on-the-spot inspection to conduct a comprehensive study of the erosion- prone coast at Pentha under Rajnagar block. According to official sources, the experts have decided for a thorough scientific study of the erosion-hit coastline …
Caught in a row over selection of the firm that will construct it, the World Bank-aided data centre for water resource will finally see the light of day. For, the irrigation department has allotted the design work to the office of the Punjab Chief Architect. The planning and design wing …
The Ministry of Water Resources is at present engaged in revising the National Water Policy 2002. Instead of trying to make changes in the 2002 Policy, the ministry should put it aside and draft a new policy, starting from first principles. In that context, the draft presented here is an …
