Reply affidavit by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board in Original Application No 32/2023 (WZ) (Raju alias Devavappa Anna Shetty & Others Vs M/s Shri Dutt India Pvt Ltd & Others) dated 17/02/2024. The SPCB informed said that total environmental damage compensation (EDC) amounting to Rs 90 crore has been calculated and …
Water experts in the City have termed uneconomical the BWSSB expert committee’s plan to divert west-flowing rivers to fulfil Bangalore’s growing demand for water. The panel, which was set up in the beginning of 2011, had to design projects to fulfil both short-term and long-term water needs of residents. Chaired …
The Supreme Court today said it would not favour interlinking of rivers if it causes huge financial burden on the Centre and asked for a report on its costs. “My concern is only on the financial liability of the project. We want to make it clear that we would not …
Though the onset of northeast monsoon is still a month away, the water level at Poondi reservoir has already reached the brim. In a bid to stock resources, one of the shutters was opened on Thursday to transfer water to Cholavaram reservoir. The level at the reservoir has shot up …
The Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti (Mans) has slammed the civic administration for its failure to make adequate arrangements to avoid water pollution during the Ganesh immersion. It also claimed instructions of the Maharashtra pollution control board (MPCB) and the judiciary were overlooked by the government. Mans founder, Narendra Dabholkar, told …
In a bid to curb sound pollution, most of the mandals in Kolhapur city preferred playing traditional instruments this year, in place of high decibel sound systems, during the immersion of Ganesh idols on Sunday. The local police, various social organisations and the media had relentlessly campaigned for the last …
Flood in north Karnataka region has claimed two lives. While, there was a decline in the release of water into most of the rivers from the dams, flood threat continued to loom over Rivers Krishna and Malaprabha. Belgaum district Sufiyaan Peerzade (12) was allegedly drowned in the Ghataprabha left bank …
The detailed project report (DPR) for the Krishna phase-III project that will bring an additional 90 million gallons of water per day to the city has been submitted to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Board by the Tata Consultancy Engineers Limited, Mumbai. The DPR pegs the total project cost …
The Krishna River Basin has witnessed high rainfall and consequent floods of various intensities during the last few years. These floods have both the positive as well as negative impacts on the population and the resources. Increase in the ground water potential and availability of additional surface water resources are …
Few Hyderabadis know that they consume 0.14 to 9.50 micrograms per litre of uranium when they drink water from the River Krishna. While the amount is within the permissible limits set by the World Health Organisation, environmentalists warn that the dissolved uranium levels in water will go up once the …
The volume of Krishna water at State border may increase The Poondi reservoir, the prime storage point for Chennai's drinking water needs, has so far received a steady inflow of Krishna water from Andhra Pradesh since Friday morning, sufficient for the city's supply for two days. Officials of the Water …
Officials of both States to discuss date of water release CHENNAI: A team of officials from the Water Resources Department and Chennai Metrowater visited their counterparts in Hyderabad on Monday to discuss the date of water release from the Kandaleru reservoir in Andhra Pradesh to Chennai. According to sources in …
400,000 MAY BE DISPLACED The environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the project says 276 villages will be affected; an estimated 177,275 people live in these villages. The Polavaram Project Environmental Impact Appraisal Report of 1985 expected 150,697 people to be displaced in 226 villages. But the population of these villages …
With both Karnataka and Maharashtra opposing a special leave petition filed by Andhra Pradesh challenging the award of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II), the Supreme Court has decided to hear in July the maintainability of the SLP. In the meantime, it will be open to Karnataka and Maharashtra to …
Five years after the project was almost shelved, tenders have been called for the Krishna Phase-III project that will bring an additional 90 million gallons per day (MGD) of drinking water to the city from the present 340 MGD to 430 MGD. Krishna Phase-III has been revived by the Chief …
Complaints are still pouring in of foul-smelling, yellow coloured drinking water being supplied to residents of various localities in the Old City. This is despite the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board claiming that measures have been taken to ensure that the water is potable. Most areas in the …
If energy, reforms and governance are addressed right, the Indian economy will be the largest by 2045 Given its extraordinary demographics and the unfulfilled demand for infrastructure and consumption combined with the hopes and predictions of responsible bankers such as Citibank and Goldman Sachs, India must know her strategy to …
The Centre is all set to notify the verdict of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) pronounced on December 30 last year without waiting for clarifications, if any, sought by the contesting parties
Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday indicated that the State government would appeal against the Krishna Water Tribunal Award II and said he has begun the consultation process to take appropriate decisions in this regard. Addressing reporters here, he said the State has two legal options
The award given by the Krishna water dispute tribunal, headed by Justice Brijesh Kumar, seems to have adverse implications on irrigation projects undertaken across Rayalaseema. The state lost the right over utilisation of Krishna surplus, which will have severe implications on irrigation and drinking water purposes in the future. The …
