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 Andhra Pradesh government lied to obtain forest clearance for the Polavaram dam on the Godavari; it said there were no forest rights claimants in the dam’s submergence zone. Down To Earth visited the villages denied forest rights and found the state had indeed lied. To know more click on …
Fear of submergence haunts Kurturu, a village nestled in the Papi hills of the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh. In 2005, a band of officials, an unusual sight in this remote village in West Godavari district, visited the place and marked a rock. Then they broke the news about the …
With both Karnataka and Maharashtra opposing a special leave petition filed by Andhra Pradesh challenging the award of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II), the Supreme Court has decided to hear in July the maintainability of the SLP. In the meantime, it will be open to Karnataka and Maharashtra to …
A high-powered panel appointed by the government to recommend a transparent allocation mechanism for scarce natural resources is likely to recommend bringing
The Assam Government is the appropriate authority to take up the issue of the apprehensions expressed by the downstream people or for that matter any organization, on the possible devastating impacts of the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP), with the other authorities. This has been made adequately clear by …
Panjim, March 4: The central Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership today virtually distanced itself from intervening in the Mhadei water diversion dispute with Karnataka saying it is a matter between the two states. Despite the Supreme Court giving a go ahead for setting up a tribunal for resolving the dispute, …
This Operation and Maintenance (O&M) manual for rural water supplies by the Department of Drinking Water And Sanitation and Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank complements their Gram Panchayat Handbook released in 2010 and provides further technical and managerial information on the process and content through which village …
As the notion of climate change driven by the burning of fossil fuels gains more and more prominence in the eyes of the public and policymakers, the push toward the increasing role of renewable energy sources is seen as one of the key solutions to the problem.
The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has given instructions for utilization of Narmada water by 2020 allocated to the state. Addressing 38th meeting of Narmada Control Board at Mantralaya here today he asked the concerning officers to chalk out a strategy to fully utilize the allocated Narmada water by 2020 …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has given instructions for utilisation of Narmada water by 2020 allocated to the State. Addressing the 38th meeting of Narmada Control Board at Mantralaya here on Tuesday he asked the concerning officers to chalk out a strategy to fully utilise the allocated Narmada water by …
The Centre is all set to notify the verdict of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) pronounced on December 30 last year without waiting for clarifications, if any, sought by the contesting parties
Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday indicated that the State government would appeal against the Krishna Water Tribunal Award II and said he has begun the consultation process to take appropriate decisions in this regard. Addressing reporters here, he said the State has two legal options
To cope with the power shortage in the state, the Centre has decided to set up a 1,000 MW power generation station in Pathankot in Punjab. Addressing a function organised by the Pradesh Congress Committee in connection with the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi here today, the Union Power Minister, …
New Delhi: The water resources ministry is toying with the idea of setting up an integrated water disputes tribunal that will be the one-stop forum for all inter-state water wars. This will not only save the ministry the time and effort of setting up separate tribunals as and when water …
With Delhi and Haryana failing to amicably settle their water sharing dispute, the Centre has set up a Group of Ministers (GoM) for its resolution. The GoM will look into the water sharing dispute arising out of the newly-constructed Carrier Lined Channel (CLC) between Munak in Haryana and Haiderpur in …
With the water sharing row between Haryana and Delhi still unresolved, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set up a four-member Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram to work out a compromise between the two states. On Wednesday, sources in the government said the GoM, set up …
India maintains that it is well within its rights to construct the project Pakistan sought a quick resolution of its dispute with India on the 330-MW Kishenganga hydropower project in Jammu and Kashmir and wanted an immediate site-inspection by the International Court of Arbitration during its preliminary hearing on January …
The last time he went on a fast was for stricken farmers in Andhra Pradesh and now, it's against the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal verdict. The former Congress MP will sit on a fast at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to protest, what he claims, is 'injustice' to Andhra …
Bangladesh and India yesterday agreed on a framework of a 15-year treaty for sharing the Teesta and the Feni rivers' water in dry season. The treaty will be signed sometime either during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Bangladesh visit this year or later at a convenient time. The agreement was …
