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Hyderabad: The Centre-appointed A.K. Bajaj Committee of irrigation and power experts that concluded its three-day visit to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday said it has no authority to allocate waters being diverted from Godavari to Krishna Basin by AP to TS. The panel said that it was the job …
The ministry has also asked all the state governments to celebrate the World Wetlands Day in their respective states in a befitting manner. The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) under the Environment Ministry has decided to organise two events to spread public awareness about conservation of wetlands which includes a radio-outreach …
Water resource ministry says that concerns of the Expert Advisory Committee have been addressed, and an approval should come soon Centre's ambitious Rs 10,000 crore Ken-Betwa river linking project is on its way to obtain environmental clearance, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati and Secretary Amarjit Singh said on Tuesday. The …
Rajasthan has sought Central status for the proposed water project on the Chambal river and its subsidiary, Parwan, in view of the pressure irrigation technique adopted in it for increasing the irrigated area at an additional cost. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who met Union Water Resources and River Development Minister …
This will help us tackle 22 drains responsible for 90% of pollution of river, says Uma Bharti The Union Cabinet has approved changes allowing the National Mission for Clean Ganga to fine those responsible for polluting the river. Earlier this power was vested solely with the Central Pollution Control Board. …
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday apprised different political parties, social organisations and individuals about the outcome of talk on sharing of Mahanadi River water convened by Union Water Resource Minister Uma Bharti at New Delhi on September 17. Not convinced by the government’s narration, the Opposition Congress and BJP …
As many as 150 water supply schemes with estimated expenditure of Rs 1716.59 crore under various components of Prime Minister Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) submitted by the Himachal Government are awaiting approval from the Union Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR). The state Irrigation and Public Health Department had sent shelf …
Cauvery basin to get real-time water flow monitoring system. The Union Ministry of Water Resources is working to instal modern technology to monitor water data in the Cauvery basin areas within one year to end the dispute on the availability of water in the states. Union Water Resources Secretary Shashi …
MUMBAI: Union minister for water resources Uma Bharti has called for exercising restraint while exploiting groundwater. She said over-exploitation had led to a sharp decline in ground water level and deterioration of water quality in major parts of the country. Bharti said factors including an increasing demand of ground water …
Mr Rao urged Ms Bharti to direct the Krishna River Management Board to constitute a supervising body with officials from both the states. Hyderabad: TS irrigation minister T. Harish Rao on Tuesday requested Union water resources minister Uma Bharti to address the concerns of the state in the proposed Apex …
In a major boost to 26 large but incomplete irrigation projects in Maharashtra, the Centre on Tuesday sanctioned a Rs 16,603-crore loan to the state. "This is the single largest assistance organised by the Indian government for the irrigation sector to one state,'' I S Chahal, principal secretary , state …
The apex council was created by the AP Reorganisation Act. The council had not met even once despite both states asking for a meeting. Hyderabad: Union water resources minister Uma Bharati will hold the first apex council meeting with the Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh this month. On …
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Thursday sought funds and clearance of pending DPRs worth Rs.951.98 crore from the Centre to expedite waste management and sewage treatment projects under the Namami Gange project. Mr. Rawat took up the issue with Union Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Conservation Minister Uma …
The matter before the SC pertains to a suo moto one where in August 2013, the apex court had halted work on all hydro-electric power projects in the wake of the 2013 Uttarakhand disaster. Even as the water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation ministry under Uma Bharati had categorically …
After being at loggerheads over the issue of hydropower projects in Uttarakhand for long, both water and environment ministries will now take a united stand before the Supreme Court with the former softening its stand in favour of dams. The move will pave the way for construction of select hydropower …
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday urged the central government to withdraw the recommendation for conducting an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a dam across Siruvani River in Kerala. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she urged his intervention to withdraw the recommendations made by …
The CWC has sent a strong note to Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati, complaining against the committee’s recommendations. The employees of the Central Water Commission (CWC) have slammed the Mihir Shah panel, calling its recommendations on water reforms “conceptually flawed”, “anti-development” and something that will result in “disaster of unmatched …
The proposed Ganga Act, which, if enacted, will be the first-of-its-kind legislation for river regulation in India, its aim being to bring under the Centre’s ambit the power to penalise the polluters. A senior Water Ministry source said that the government’s inability to impose any fine or serve notices directly …
Agra: In a boost to Yamuna cleaning drive, work on the Rs 40 crore project on the stretch between Vrindavan and Mathura began at this temple town on Wednesday, with Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Uma Bharti and Dharmendra Pradhan and MP Hema Malini giving a green signal to it. The …
The government expects to spend a massive Rs 5,60,000 crore on various river interlinking (ILR) projects, according to a statement by Minister of State, Water Resources, Sanjeev Balyan in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Though this is only a projection and not timebound — as none of these projects are …
