Interstate Disputes

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of a railway bridge on the flood plains of river Ganga, Uttar Pradesh, 07/03/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bharatiya Kisan Union Purwa through its Secretary Vs Union of India Ministry of Jal Shakti & Others dated 07/03/2025. The grievance of the applicant is that railway bridge between Daraganj and Jhunsi is being constructed on the flood plains of …

AP to chart out master plan for optimum use of water

The Irrigation Minister said the State Government has taken up the issue of inter-State water disputes with the Maharashtra Government and also with the Central Water Commission The Andhra Pradesh Government has initiated a process to chart out a master plan that seeks to optimise use of water from overflowing …

Polavaram SC notice to Andhra on Orissa's suit

Oct. 4: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and Andhra Pradesh on a suit filed by Orissa, challenging the construction of Polavaram dam close to the border of the two states on the grounds that it would submerge hundreds of villages of Orissa. While admitting the …

Centre has overreached court on Polavaram project: Orissa

J. Venkatesan Final approval a deliberate act to make suit infructuous Supreme Court Bench issues notice to Centre Maharashtra and Karnataka can file applications for impleadment New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on Orissa's application seeking a stay on the operation of the final …

Negotiated settlement sought on inter-State river issues

Ramadoss for a meeting of Chief Ministers concerned THANJAVUR: Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S. Ramadoss on Thursday called for negotiated settlements on the Cauvery, Palar, Mullaperiyar river issues with the involvement of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He told reporters here on Thursday that the solution for all these issues lay …

Hope floats above murky depths of neglect

K Rajani Kanth / Polavaram September 22, 2010, 0:27 IST The final instalment of our two-part report on the situation on the ground at Polavaram, site of the controversial Indira Sagar project. PART 1: BEFORE THE DELUGE, A SEA OF TRIBAL TEARS Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah has, of …

River Waters: Badal calls Rajasthan leaders to Chandigarh today

The frayed tempers of BJP leaders of Rajasthan over the alleged denial to their state of its rightful share of river waters by the Punjab government were soothed here today by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal by declaring that no injustice would be done to the neighbouring state. Badal made …

New tribunal to settle Goa-Karnataka water row

J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that a decision had been taken to constitute a tribunal to hear the water dispute between the States of Goa and Karnataka relating to the construction of the Kalasa Banduri project across the Mandovi river. A Bench of …

Call all-party meet on Polavaram

BHUBANESWAR: THE Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) today urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to convene an all-party meeting on the Polavaram issue if his Government is really concerned for the interests of the State. Pradesh BJYM president Bibhuti Jena told a media conference here that all political parties of the …

Orissa moves SC over Polavaram

Continuing its protest over the Rs 10,000-crore Polavaram power project on the Godavari river in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, the Orissa government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court opposing the Centre

Orissa govt to move SC over Polavaram project

The Orissa government will move the Supreme Court against the clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to the Rs 10,000-crore Polavaram irrigation project on the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. Naveen Patnaik

Dont release water to TN

Even as the Tamil Nadu Government is pressurising the Union Government to direct Karnataka to release water, the Cauvery Hitharakshana Samithi took exception to TN

BJP leader battles for Sone river rights

ANAND S.T. DASPATNA A senior BJP eader has been carrying out an untiring judicial and pub ic crusade for Bihar and Jharkhand's rights over its share of the Sone river's water, which gets illegally diverted by neighbouring Uttar Pradesh for an NTPC hermal power plant, endangering farmland irrigation in arge …

Centre to convene meet soon on inter-State water disputes: Rosaiah

The Union Water Resources Minister, Mr P.K .Bansal, has been directed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to convene a meeting of irrigation ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra to resolve inter-State disputes with regard to Babli and 13 other river projects between the two States.This follows a meeting …

On the brink: water governance in the Yamuna river basin in Haryana

This study attempts to develop a case study of the Western Yamuna Canal Command in Haryana with the purpose of developing a general picture of the institutional environment and arrangements related to water resource development and use in the State of Haryana. It is based on a review of water …

Impossible to release water to TN

Minister for Water Resources Basavaraj Bommai said it is impossible to release water to Tamil Nadu from reservoirs in the Cauvery river basin till all the reservoirs are filled. Addressing mediapersons in Bangalore on Thursday, the minister said the water level in Krishnaraja Sagar dam stood at 91.3 feet. The …

TDP gives PM 15 days on dam issue

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resolve the Babli Project controversy within 15 days time or be ready to face a mass agitation led by the TDP. TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu, addressing the media after deliberating the issue in detail …

PM will help resolve river water disputes: Rosaiah

The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr K.Rosaiah, said on Tuesday that the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will play crucial role in resolving inter-State water disputes, including the one regarding the dam height at Babli project with the Maharashtra Government.

Chavan not interested in Babli meet

July 27: Chances of a quick solution to the row over the controversial Babli project appear to be dim with the Maharashtra the Chief Minister, Mr Ashok Chavan, avoiding a meeting with the AP Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, to discuss and resolve the issue. The Centre has suggested that …

TD gives PM 15 days for Babli

July 27: The Telugu Desam on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to resolve the Babli Project controversy within 15 days time or be ready to face a mass agitation led by the TD. The TD chief, Mr Chandrababu Naidu, said,

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