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 …
According to this policy released by the government, all water data maintained by the Central Water Commission and the Central Ground Water Board will be made available in the public domain. See Also Policy: National Water Policy 2012. Policy: Draft National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy. News: ICSSR plans one-stop …
The sweltering summer heat has aggravated the problem of drinking water supply in most parts of the State, prompting the State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RD≺) to seek the permission of Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (OCEO), Karnataka, to implement approved action plans related to drinking water at …
New Delhi: Reliance Industries (RIL) has struck a gas pool in the first exploration well dug in more than five years in its showcase Andhra offshore field that has seen production dropping to less than half the quantity for which expenditure was approved. Sources in the know said drilling of …
Vijayawada: Mango farmers are expressing concern over fall in price due to trips attack on mangoes. Though the mango crop was encouraging this year, majority of mango gardens were affected with trips. The farmers attribute the low quality yield to rainfall in January end when the trees were in flowering …
This summer, Chennai Metrowater’s well fields in Tiruvallur district will be rejuvenated after a gap of nearly a decade to tackle water shortage in the city. The fast-depleting resources in the reservoirs, the major suppliers of drinking water to the city, have set the focus on well fields in Poondi, …
Hyderabad: World Water Day will be observed as usual on March 22 even as citizens of Greater Hyderabad continue to be deprived of even the minimum litres per capita of water per person per day of 165 litres (LPCD) a norm set by the WHO, or 150 LPCD as per …
Untimely rains and hailstorm in Andhra Pradesh have killed 18 persons and damaged agricultural and horticultural crops in 2.50 lakh hectares in the last two days. Paddy, maize, bengalgram and chillies suffered the maximum damage as rains lashed the coastal districts of Krishna, Guntur, Nellore, Prakasam and West Godavari districts. …
Andhra Pradesh objects to Karnataka constructing the Paragodu barrage on a tributary of the Krishna river, but Karnataka denies violating any inter-State water-sharing agreement. Controversy over the sharing of river waters has erupted yet again, this time between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh over a clutch of irrigation and drinking water …
This summer, people in southern Maharashtra can enjoy either electricity or water, not both. Until recently, the state had prioritised use of water for industrial purposes over agriculture. But now the government finds itself at odds to explain the diversion of water to hydel projects when water activists claim that …
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday ordered allocation of nearly Rs.100 crore to strengthen water resources across the State which include construction of a check dam at the cost of Rs. 35 crore across the Kosasthaliyar for storing the Krishna water from Andhra Pradesh for meeting Chennai’s water requirements. An official …
“Where there is a will, there is a way”, goes the adage. It has come true in case of farmers of Krishna belt in Bagalkot district. The farmers in Jamkhandi taluk, suffering huge losses due to the shortage of water to the sugarcane crop, have come together and completed within …
The AP High Court on Monday directed the state government to file a status report on the quantity of the Krishna water required to cater to the drinking water needs of the people of Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Nalgonda, Guntur and Prakas-am districts. The court said it had no concern with politics, …
Experts feel common infrastructure practical solution as defence min forbids construction of permanent structures RAJEEV JAYASWAL NEW DELHI ONGC and Reliance Industries (RIL) may use surplus infrastructure at the KG-D6 block for their deepwater discoveries in nearby blocks as the defence ministry has forbidden construction of permanent structures in the …
The Andhra Pradesh State Cabinet has approved a new land policy framework which seeks to remove arbitrary allotment of land for industries. The State Cabinet, which met here on Friday after over two months, took this issue on a priority as scores of large infrastructure projects have been allocated land …
More than 10.86 Million Indians depend on rivers, wetlands, floodplains, estuaries, ponds and tanks for subsistence and market-based fisheries. Though the absolute contribution of riverine fisheries may not be huge in economic terms, it is a very crucial component in livelihood and nutritional security of the rural poor. With declining …
Desperate to reverse the falling output at its KG-D6 block, Reliance Industries (RIL) has proposed to drill the first exploration well in almost five years in the flagging gas fields at its own cost. Dhirubhai-1 and 3 (D1 & D3) gas fields, the largest among the 18 gas finds on …
Panel Gives Conditional Approval For D6 Block, Gas Output Set To Rise New Delhi: The oversight panel for India’s showcase gas field off the Andhra coast gave Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries (RIL) and BP Plc permission to pump over $1 billion into the flagging field, but with the rider that …
M.B. Patil, MLA representing Babaleshwar, has accused the State government of deceiving the people of Bijapur and Bagalkot districts because it had earmarked only Rs. 1,200 crore for nine irrigation projects in phase 3 of the Upper Krishna Project (UKP) as against its promise of Rs. 3,600 crore. Addressing mediapersons …
While the authorities do not hesitate to take action against the common man if he defaults on his monthly water bills, various government departments together owe a whopping Rs 146.38 crore to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board. The cash-starved Water Board has neither been able to disconnect …
It will have guiding principles on laws States may adopt In a move that will have far-reaching implications, the Centre has decided to frame a new National Water Framework Act with guiding principles on water laws the States may adopt. States that adopt and reform will be incentivised for water …
