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 …
Officials fail to give information; ask media to invoke Right to Info Act. Vijayawada: The AP Pollution Control Board officials have been refusing to provide the data on the quality of the Krishna River water at Vijayawada, by saying that they were not authorised to reveal any information on it. …
Agreements to help irrigate 39 lakh acres in Telangana Unveiling a new chapter in the inter-State relations with neighbouring States, Telangana signed three agreements with Maharashtra in Mumbai on Tuesday with plans to utilise its allocated share of waters to irrigate 39 lakh acres of parched land by constructing three …
Water Pollution from Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station is going to be harmful for the pilgrims. Vijayawada: Krishna Pushkaralu, the mega fete of Andhra Pradesh government, has to face a major threat of water-borne diseases to the pilgrims taking holy dip in the Krishna river. Water Pollution from Narla …
Capital region in the floodplains of Krishna river is subject of argument. Vijayawada: The extent of the floodplains of Krishna River and Kondaveeti Vagu is again going to be a subject of arguments before National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, on August 10. The NGT is going to hear on …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Sajeev Bharadwaj Vs State of Telangana & Others dated 27/07/2016 regarding alleged environmental violations committed by persons illegally involved in the rearing of banned African Catfish in the areas of Gadwal, Dharoor, Alampur, Atmakur, Kollapur, ltikyala, Wadapally, …
The Hindus believe in taking a holy dip in the River Krishna during pushkarams to cleanse their sins. However, a dip in the river here, especially during the fete, is likely to leave them with a host of health problems. The pilgrims are at risk of exposure to faecal contamination …
AP sought the release of Krishna waters from Nagarjunasagar for the Krishna Pushkaralu. Hyderabad: Differences over sharing of Krishna waters between TS and AP at the Krishna River Management Board meeting held here forced an abrupt end to the meeting. While AP sought the release of Krishna waters from Nagarjunasagar …
Noted urban planning experts Vikram Soni and Romi Khosla have asked the Andhra Pradesh government to push the seed capital inland and not build it on the floodplain of Krishna River in accordance with the Master Plan prepared by a Singapore based company. Theoretical Physicist and Delhi Jal Board Advisor …
Hyderabad: The Union water resources ministry on Thursday announced a committee comprising engineers from the Central Water Commission (CWC) to study the contentious issue of water sharing between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The committee will complete its study in a month and submit a report to the Centre. Union water …
Continue with Bachawat Award, Telangana, AP told Hyderabad: The Krishna River Management Board on Wednesday told TS and AP to continue with the sharing of water as per the Bachawat Tribunal, at least till the next one month during which period the two states would have to try and sort …
TS, AP stick to their guns on Krishna river water distribution. Hyderabad: The crucial Krishna River Management Board meeting in New Delhi chaired by Union irrigation secretary Amarjeet Singh saw nine-hour-long arguments by Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. The meeting will resume on Wednesday. TS Irrigation department engineer-in-chief …
The water scarcity crippling large parts of India has already cost coal power companies nearly 7 billion units in lost electricity generation, with an estimated revenue loss of Rs. 2,400 crore in the first five months of 2016 alone, according to an analysis by Greenpeace India. The coal power sector …
Major drinking water plans required on war footing. Vijayawada: The state government selected the Amaravati capital location because it had adequate water. Contrary to its expectations, drinking water scarcity is being experienced in Krishna delta. The situation calls for precautionary measures. Irrigation experts and officials say Amaravati capital city needs …
AP govt on Thursday began its arguments before the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal in Delhi. Hyderabad: The AP government on Thursday began its arguments before the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal in Delhi, stated it was in toto against the final order of the Tribunal in 2013 and very much in …
The extent of the floodplains of the Krishna river and Kondaveeti Vagu were argued furiously by advocates in the matter of developmental activity planned for the Capital City of Andhra Pradesh on the banks of the river between Vijayawada and Guntur in the National Green Tribunal in New Delhi on …
The government will complete the Polavaram project by 2018 just as it completed Pattiseema in a record time of one year, said Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. Addressing a public meeting organised to mark the completion of the Pattiseema project, Mr. Naidu said the Polavaram project was the biggest ongoing …
Kolhapur: In Atigre village, around 15km from Kolhapur, people prefer walking or cycling long distances to fetch drinking water instead of banking on the Panchganga river. The reason: pollution in the river over the years. Same is situation at around 12-15 villages in the periphery of Ichalkaranji, where drinking water …
Department put figure at 22 per cent as against 12 per cent. Hyderabad: The data of Global Forest Watch, an initiative of the World Resources Institute and its partners, contradicts the claims of the AP and TS forest departments over the extent of tree cover in the two states. While …
While North Karnataka has been hit hard by the dry spell and is facing a severe drinking water shortage, it is the districts of south-interior Karnataka which are digging deeper into the ground and overexploiting groundwater resources. The northern districts are facing groundwater depletion levels of a maximum of 35 …
The estimated cost for the proposed mining project including utilities, offsite and auxiliary services, is about Rs 95 crore. Jaypee Cement has received the green nod for expansion of limestone mining capacity from 3.47 million tonnes per annum to 6 MTPA in Andhra Pradesh, entailing an investment of Rs 95 …
