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Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh appear to be on warpath over sharing water from the Bansagar dam across the Sone river. Last week, Madhya Pradesh flatly refused to share water with Uttar Pradesh due to the dispute over operational expenses, forcing the latter to knock at the Centre's door. Though …
The much-touted Namami Gange project, which was allocated Rs 20,000 crore by the Union Government recently, will complete its first phase by October 2016 and on-ground Ganga rejuvenation work will begin. As per Ganga Rejuvenation-Water Resources Union Minister Uma Bharti, Clean Ganga drive will show its initial results by October …
Union Minister for Water Resources Uma Bharati on Monday assured that the Centre would do everything for completion of the Polavaram project on time after Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu met her and took up the issue of increasing the funding for the project. Speaking to reporters at Delhi after …
A day after government gave a Rs 20,000 crore boost to its flagship 'Namami Gange' programme, the Union water resource minister Uma Bharti on Thursday said around Rs 7,000 crore would be spent on payment of dues of previous clean Ganga projects, which have escalated due to time and cost …
The National Green Tribunal today sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking stay on the operation of all industries which are dumping untreated effluents into the Hindon river and its tributaries. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to Ministry of Water Resources, Environment …
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking keen interest in cleaning of Ganga, a group of environmentalists will be petitioning him to pursue with UNESCO for declaration of upper region of the holy river as a World Heritage Site. “I have already written to the Union Ministry for Water Resources and …
The Centre today constituted a task force comprising experts and senior officials to forge a consensus among states for the speedy implementation of the interlinking of rivers in the country. The task force would be chaired by BN Navalawala, adviser to the Gujarat Chief Minister on water resources development and …
A three-member panel constituted by the Centre to decide the environmental flow in the Ganga basin which gave varying opinions over the quantity and quality of water to be maintained in Yamuna, is likely to meet this week to arrive at a consensus. The committee, which includes the additional secretaries …
The Centre will prepare a roadmap within 45 days to find a solution to the SYL canal and other inter-state issues between Haryana and Punjab. This was conveyed by Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at a meeting here today. The minister informed Khattar …
The National Green Tribunal has sought the Centre's response on "unregulated" operation of rafting camps on the banks of Ganga from Shivpuri to Rishikesh in Uttarakhand. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to Environment Ministry (MoEF), Ministry of Water Resources, Uttarakhand government and others on …
Differences of opinion among the members of a panel set up to decide on the 'Environmental Flow' in Yamuna river has forced the Ministry of Water Resources to ask them to arrive at a consensus so that their report can be submitted to another body set up by the National …
If the Centre has its way, the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) - a key central body which monitors planning and execution of all schemes of Ganga rejuvenation in coordination with five states - will be converted into a commission under Parliament Act so that it can work more …
The water crisis in the Marathwada region has pushed thousands towards the unregulated borewell industry, draining groundwater and posing an ecological disaster. The water table in 61 of the 76 talukas in Marathwada has dipped in the last five years. At least 25 talukas show a depletion of one to …
Both states asked to prepare plan to contain contamination Residents of 12 districts of Punjab and Haryana are consuming poisonous water as the groundwater there has been detected with arsenic levels beyond the permissible limit, the Union Ministry of Water Resources has said. The ministry has directed the two states …
The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation had a plan allocation of Rs.13237 Cr. during 2014-15. The work relating to the River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation was transferred to this Ministry on 31.7.2014; the Namami Gange project is still at an approval stage. As a result of …
Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today said a meeting of Upper Yamuna River Board has been called on March 20 to amicably sort out various issues related to the river among UP, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. Addressing a group of Yamuna Muktikaran Padyatrees near Palwal at Haryana, she said …
Polluted water discharged from Yamunanagar and Jagadhri industries has endangered the lives of thousands of residents of 27 villages situated near Dhanaura escape. The metal and chemical content in the water has made the quality of groundwater poor. It has also affected soil fertility and farmers are facing financial losses …
Ganga will be cleaned in a "qualitatively manner" within next two years, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said here on Sunday. "The plan for cleaning Ganga was made in 1985 but nothing happened in that direction in the last 29 years. As per my plan, we will clean Ganga …
VARANASI: A project supported by Uma Bharati's water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation ministry and Akhilesh government to check pollution in the river in Prime Minister's constituency has run into rough weather with opposition coming from BJP sympathizers. While workers of former BJP ideologue K N Govindacharya patronized 'Rashtriya …
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi urged Union minister for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation, Uma Bharati, to clear the Rs 1,500-crore, World Bank-funded Assam Flood and Erosion Management Modernization Project. Gogoi had submitted the project proposal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi a few months ago. Gogoi also asked Bharati …
