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 …
The Cauvery agitation did not take a breather even on Gandhi Jayanti. As protesters blocked the Mysore-Bangalore alternative route via Malavalli and Kanakapura, traffic between the state capital and the royal city was also affected on Tuesday. Though Mandya and its taluks were fully affected by the two-day-old protests and …
Artificial rain in Cauvery catchment area to increase inflow into 4 dams The Cauvery water-sharing crisis has prompted the Karnataka government to go for cloud seeding in the catchment areas of the river to increase the inflow of water into its reservoirs. Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said …
Even as the State received the lowest quantum of Cauvery flows during the southwest monsoon (June-September) in the last two decades, Union Water Resources Secretary Dhruv Vijai Singh is to visit Chennai and Bangalore on Thursday (October 4) to meet officials of the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments for discussions …
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Unhappy that it didn’t obey PM’s order on Cauvery water release The Supreme Court on Friday expressed its displeasure over Karnataka not complying with a direction issued by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, heading the Cauvery River Authority (CRA), to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu from …
“Due to failure of monsoon, drought had been severe affecting agriculture” Karnataka farmers have moved the Supreme Court challenging the direction given to the State by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as the head of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA), to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu from September …
Karnataka not honouring directions of the Cauvery River Authority With Karanataka refusing to release water as per the directions of the Cauvery River Authority headed by the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, the Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court for a direction to Karnataka to release 2 tmcft …
The Centre has sought the comments of Cauvery basin States on the inability of Karnataka to release 9000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu as directed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the meeting of the Cauvery River Authority on September 19. Secretary Union Water Resources D.V. Singh, who is …
The Cauvery water dispute is back in the news after the main co-basin states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka rejecting the verdict given by the prime minister at the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) meeting held recently. The authority’s meeting was convened after a gap of nearly 10 years, that too …
As the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) meeting has failed to break the stalemate over the continued release of Cauvery water for ‘samba’ cultivation, Tamil Nadu will immediately file a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to Karnataka to release the water. This was decided at a meeting chaired …
This group, with representatives from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, seeks role in dispute resolution Even as the dispute over sharing of the Cauvery waters between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka is hotting up yet again, a group of stakeholders on both sides of the border — under the banner of ‘Cauvery …
Further releases to be based on inflows into Kabini and Krishnarajasagar The goodwill gesture extended by Karnataka to release 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu till September 20 has come to an end and further releases are expected to be purely based on the inflows into the Kabini and …
The worrying decline in inflow into the major reservoirs in the Cauvery basin has forced the Karnataka government to reject the formula suggested by the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) for sharing the river water with Tamil Nadu. To make matters worse, the south west monsoon is all set to end …
Jayalalithaa to knock at the doors of Supreme Court Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday directed Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu at Biligundlu (the border) daily from September 21 till October 15. Both the States said the ruling was “unacceptable’’. Chairing the seventh meeting …
Jagadish Shettar walks out of the Cauvery River Authority meeting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday said she was “totally disappointed” at the outcome of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) meeting held here as an “adamant” Karnataka even refused to accept the ruling of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who …
As the Prime Minister chairs the meeting of the Cauvery River Authority on Wednesday after a gap of nine years, the Centre is hoping to persuade Karnataka to adhere to the formula laid down by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal for water-sharing in a distress year. Karnataka is demanding reworking …
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu have both recorded deficient rains Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will chair a crucial meeting of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) here on Wednesday to clinch a consensus on pro rata distress sharing of the water by Karnataka and Tamil Nadu as both have recorded deficient rains so …
It would be the first meeting of CRA after UPA government assumed power in 2004 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will chair the meeting of the Cauvery River Authority for the first time in nine years, on Wednesday, to discuss Tamil Nadu's demand that Karnataka release water from the river. The …
Despite Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s missive to the Centre for expediting clearance for raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam, a crucial panel reviewing and monitoring the implementation of resettlement and rehabilitation policies and programmes on Wednesday deferred a decision in this regard. The Resettlement and Rehabilitation sub-group …
Shettar would hold another round of floor leaders' meeting on Sept 15 before attending the CRA meeting An all-party meeting convened by Karnataka government on Tuesday resolved to urge the Cauvery River Authority headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to evolve a distress formula based on ground realities on sharing …
