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 …
April 8: At a time when the state is reeling under a shortage of drinking water, the government has issued an order allowing Coca-Cola company to draw 2,150 cusecs of water per day from the Western main canal of the Krishna river. The company will draw water from the Guntur …
Vijayawada, April 5: The minister for animal husbandry, Mr K. Parthasarathi, has made it clear that the government would safeguard the interests of the people on the issue of surplus water of Krishna river. He said the state government has been engaged in a legal battle for getting its due …
Hyderabad, April 4: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra are all anxiously awaiting a judgment on water sharing from the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal which completed its hearings last week. The judgment will have far-reaching implications for all three states and particularly for the future of several irrigation projects under construction …
Hyderabad, March 9: The Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal is all set to come out with an interim report in August directing that the surplus water from the river be shared by AP, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Until now, AP has been enjoying exclusive rights over about 330 TMC ft water of …
This document contains the presentation made by Umesh Babu at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. Central to global measures to contain climate change is reduction in emissions of GHGs. Several times, non-annex countries like India and China are blamed for Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, particularly …
Hyderabad, Feb. 16: The Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal report is likely to lose importance amidst ongoing Telangana agitation and the appointment of Srikrishna Committee. The tribunal
Hyderabad, Jan. 29: The MPs, MLCs and MLAs on Friday unanimously decided to ask the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, to revive the Krishna Phase-III drinking water project for the city. They took the decision at the district review committee meeting, chaired by the home minister, Ms P. Sabita Indra …
Nov. 19: Doubts are being expressed on the strength of the Srisailam project constructed on the Krishna river. According to irrigation engineering sources, experts made several suggestions to the state government for strengthening the project. Experts also expressed concern over increasing sediment in the project reservoir. The hydro-electric project constructed …
Oct. 22: Even as India and other countries quibble about how to handle climate change and who should cut what percentage of carbon emissions, the damaging effects of global warming are being felt right in our own backyard. Scientists attribute the extreme climate patterns in Andhra Pradesh this year
Oct. 13: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to clarify whether it had received any early warning from the Central Water Commission regarding floods in the Krishna River. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy gave this directive …
HYDERABAD: Workers engaged in the operations to remove the thick layer of silt deposited in Kurnool city and elsewhere after the floodwater receded are faced with a peculiar problem as the soil has become very hard. After flood receded, five to 25 feet high silt accumulated in Kurnool. It turned …
Oct. 8: Modernisation of the Krishna delta alone will provide a lasting solution to the perennial flooding of Krishna district, said irrigation experts. Implementation of the long-pending modernisation scheme was one of the cherished dreams of the late Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy. The Krishna Delta modernisation was planned …
Guntur: The cup of woes was overflowing for the Andhra Pradesh government with a fresh breach in Krishna river submerging a whole town in chief minister K Rosaiah
The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh worsened after the Krishna river breached its left embankment near Oleru village on Tuesday afternoon inundating at least 35 villages in Krishna and Guntur district. No loss of life has been reported so far. The breach came about even as inflow and outflow on …
Oct. 5: The UPA chairperson, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, on Monday assured maximum Central assistance to the state which was hit by massive floods from the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers. Mrs Gandhi gave this promise after conducting an aerial survey of Kurnool and Mahbubnagar districts along with the Union home minister, …
The retreating monsoon claimed 12 more lives as the death toll due to torrential rains and rampaging floods in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh soared to 205 on Sunday even as relief operations were on in full swing in the two states to provide succour to the affected. Karnataka, which reported …
