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 …
India has approached the Hague-based International Court of Arbitration (ICA) to vacate the stay order earlier got by Pakistan to halt construction of Kishanganga project in Jammu & Kashmir, reliable sources told TheNation on Thursday.In 1960, Pakistan and India hammered out the Indus Water Treaty, which governs the sharing of …
Although inter-State water disputes and arbitration with neighbouring Pakistan over the Kishenganga hydro-electric project in Jammu & Kashmir dominated the functioning of the Union Water Resources Ministry in 2012, it is expected that in the New Year the Government will focus on giving a push to water sector reforms. With …
This report attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis of the state of water resource development and management in India, based on secondary information and consultations with leading experts, government officials, academicians, activists and grassroot workers. It maps current challenges and suggests feasible alternatives amidst increasing water scarcity and disenfranchisement of …
The draft policy guidelines are basically for sharing / distribution of waters of inter -State rivers amongst the States and Union Territories of India and are recommendatory. It has no relevance or applicability in regard to international sharing/ distribution of waters of international basins in which India is a co-basin …
For the second consecutive day, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda raised the issue of water disputes with neighbouring Punjab and sought the intervention of the prime Minister. Speaking at the National Water Resources Council, in the National Capital, Hooda said the Council should deliberate on the modalities to resolve …
PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar expressed his opposition to any transfer of water from river basins before ‘within basin requirements’ were taken into consideration and wanted a permanent tribunal set up so that decisions could be arrived at in a time bound manner on water sharing issues. Speaking at the …
Expressing concern that the inter-state water disputes are not being resolved within the framework of law, the State Government has maintained that adequate regard is not being paid towards the riparian rights of the different stake holders. The State Government on Friday raised the controversial Polavaram dam project of Andhra …
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today asked the Centre not to notify the Cauvery Tribunal award without consulting all the river basin states. In his speech at the National Development Council meeting, Shettar noted that Karnataka and other states have challenged the final award in the Supreme Court and the …
Chief minister Narendra Modi's Rs 10,000 crore Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) scheme for water-starved Saurashtra is facing serious challenge from BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh (MP). In September, Modi had announced this scheme, which envisages filling up 115 dams of seven districts, with surplus water from Narmada. However, MP, which is …
Criticising the Union ministers from the State for not making any attempts to get Karnataka an appointment with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the Cauvery issue, BJP General Secretary and MP Ananth Kumar has hoped the four ministers will make efforts in this direction at least now. Addressing the …
Undeterred by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s refusal to meet him on two occasions in the recent past to discuss the controversial Cauvery water issue, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has sought appointment with him once again on the issue of the sharing of the river water with the neighbouring Tamil …
Seeks remainder of what was originally demanded earlier this month With the imminent closure of the Mettur dam for irrigation looming large, the State government has decided to move the Supreme Court, seeking around 20 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft). The quantum is the remainder of what (30 tmc …
Opposition members stage a walk out in the Assembly The Kerala Cabinet will discuss on Wednesday how the State should respond to Tamil Nadu’s unresponsiveness to its demand for releasing water under the Parambikulam-Aliyar pact. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday told the Assembly that the Minister for Water Resources …
The Punjab and Haryana governments had failed to reach a consensus on sharing of water under the Kajauli water supply scheme, according to the minutes of the meeting that were submitted to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday. Punjab Chief Secretary Rakesh Singh, Haryana Chief Secretary P K …
Once the Union government publishes the award in gazette this month-end The stage will be set for the constitution of a mechanism to implement the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal as soon as the Union government publishes the award in its gazette this month-end. The establishment of …
The Supreme Court today made it clear that it will not interfere with the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s order directing Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with 12 TMCft of Cauvery water during December despite both warring states expressing dissatisfaction over the award. A Bench of Justices D K Jain and Madan …
Disregarding the directive of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC), Karnataka has stopped releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar told agitating Congress members at the Assembly today that the release of water to Tamil Nadu had been stopped since Sunday evening. The Supreme Court had on Wednesday …
The Supreme Court today made it clear that it will not interfere with the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s (CMC) order directing Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with 12 thousand million cubic feet (tmc) of Cauvery water during December despite both warring states expressing dissatisfaction over the award. A Bench of justices …
Following the Supreme Court’s directive to Karnataka to release 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu from December 5 to 9, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has decided to take a delegation to Delhi on Friday to apprise Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat of the …
Asks Centre to indicate time frame for notifying final decision of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Directing Karnataka to release 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu from Wednesday till December 9, the Supreme Court asked the Centre to indicate the time frame within which it would notify the final decision …
