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 State Government has expressed its favourable disposition to the idea of a ‘joint control' of the proposed new dam at Mullaperiyar. But it could not have been more happy and relieved to learn that the ‘new dam in place of the century-old' should have found wide acceptance, according to …
Considering the dismal record of different Water Dispute Tribunals, the Union Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has decided to amend the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 — notably to replace all tribunals with a single one. “We are preparing amendments charter for the Act to replace all tribunals with …
Pakistan has decided to challenge in the international court of arbitration a decision of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to grant carbon credits to India on a controversial hydropower project without mandatory clearance of its trans-boundary environmental impact assessment. Simultaneously, the water and power ministry has sought …
The State Government will ‘petition' the Empowered Committee (EC) against the ‘unacceptable' conduct of a two-member team it had deputed to Mullaperiyar to take stock of the situation of the century-old dam there. Riparian States Kerala and Tamil Nadu have been contesting each other's claims on the safety aspect of …
Experts and right activists on Sunday urged the government to resist India’s plan for Tipaimukh dam on the river Barak by involving experts and the common people in the procession. They also demanded a joint study on the environmental effects of the dam on the project area before India built …
The Supreme Court of India has in its judgement of 27 February 2012 on the interlinking of rivers project, given categorical directions to the Executive Government to implement the 'project' as a whole in a time bound manner and has also asked the Centre to appoint a Special Committee to …
An Act to provide a broad overarching national legal framework of general principles on water as a vital and stressed natural resource, under which legislation and executive action on water at all levels of governance, as also water-use and actions relating to water by citizens, their associations and voluntary agencies, …
The strong protest that the Tamil Nadu government registered over the formation of an expert committee to prepare a disaster contingency plan has finally yielded result with the Centre deciding to postpone convening the panel till the court-appointed empowered committee submitted its report on the health and future of the …
GUWAHATI: Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) that is spearheading anti-mega dam protests in eastern Assam has called for indefinite bandh of Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts from Tuesday (December 27) in protest against ‘police atrocities’ on anti-dam protestors who were forcefully evicted from the demonstration site at Ranganadi in the wee …
Left political leaders on Monday described India’s under construction Tipaimukh Dam as the ‘death trap’ for Bangladesh. They said that India was unilaterally building the dam violating agreements with lower riparian Bangladesh as well as international conventions. India is building the dam on the international river Barak before it splits …
The Centre would spare no effort to find a solution to the Mullaperiyar Dam row between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the Defence Minister, Mr A.K. Antony, said here today. “The Centre’s efforts to find an amicable solution to the vexed issue have not been fruitful so far. But that does …
The rising tension, passion and stray incidents of violence in Kerala and Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar dam have once again brought the focus on water conflicts in the country, control over natural resources of the communities and on the safety of dam. (Letters)
IDUKKI (Kerala), 23 DEC: Technical experts on the Supreme Court-appointed empowered committee on Mullaperiyar Dam issue today began their visit of dams in Idukki district and adjoining areas to provide inputs for the panel to draw up its report on the dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The expert members, …
"DAM 999", a movie that has been in the news for being banned in Tamil Nadu, has been shortlisted among the 265 films contending for the Best Picture nomination at the Oscars. This apart, its three songs are among the 39 shortlisted for nominations in the Original Song category for …
The Mullaperiyar dispute calls for creative political intervention and water management solutions Tamil Nadu and Kerala are on the boil over the Mullaperiyar dam. Mistrust between the governments has percolated to people living in both states. Incidents of physical violence have been reported from both states and road traffic at …
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday said the state would get its share of water from Punjab following a three decade-long dispute over it. "For the first time in 30 years, the state would be getting its share of water from Punjab's Ranjit Sagar Dam," Minister for Public Health …
The Kerala Government today reiterated its willingness for bilateral discussions with Tamil Nadu or a dialogue through the Centre to resolve the vexed Mullaperiyar dam issue but insisted that it would not compromise on the demand for a new dam. “Kerala is ready for bilateral talks with Tamil Nadu or …
The safety of the Mullaperiyar dam is not a matter for judicial determination. This dispute is eminently a case for an agreed settlement by amicable talks between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Talks at the intergovernmental level must be supplemented by civil society moves to bring the people concerned in the …
AHMEDABAD: Parched throats in Rajasthan are crying hoarse over Gujarat allegedly stealing its share of the Mahi river waters by constructing the Sujalam Sufalam irrigation canal. The issue has the potential of starting a water war between the two neighbours after Ashk Ali Tak, a Congress MP from Rajasthan, raised …
