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 …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court appointed Empowered Committee on the 115-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam today decided to issue notices to counsels for Tamil Nadu and Kerala to present their views before it during next month's meeting. The dam is operated by the Tamil Nadu government according to a 999-year lease agreement …
All parties must learn to give and take Business Standard / New Delhi January 06, 2011, 0:26 IST All river water-sharing awards invite controversy. So, the varied reaction to the ruling given by the second Krishna water disputes tribunal, headed by Justice Brijesh Kumar Mishra, is not surprising. But what …
Jan. 3: Union Minister of state for steel and mines A. Sai Pratap termed the judgement given by the tribunal on Krishna waters as unjustified. Talking to newsmen here on Monday, he said that all the state ministers and himself would meet the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, soon and …
Criticising the Krishna Tribunal award on sharing of Krishna river water, the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) has urged the state government to file a review petition before the Tribunal to set right the lapses and injustice to the State. The members of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike and Dalit and Backward Castes …
On September 20, 1996 an overwhelming 96.5% of the members present at the Joint Session of the Nepalese Parliament hurriedly ratified the Mahakali Treaty to fulfill the requirements of the Article 126 of the 1990 Constitution of Nepal.
Fixing quotas for withdrawal of Krishna river water by riparian states, the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT) today allocated the maximum share to Andhra Pradesh but allowed Karnataka to increase the water storage level of the Almatti dam from 519.6 m to 524.26 m. The tribunal, the second related to …
Fixing quotas for withdrawal of the Krishna river water by riparian states, the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT) on Thursday allocated the maximum share to Andhra Pradesh but allowed Karnataka to increase the water storage level of the Almatti dam from 519 m to 524.26 m. The tribunal, the second …
In a welcome news for the state, the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) has enhanced its share of Krishna water from 585 TMC to 666 TMC. However, its decision to allow Karnataka to increase the height of the Alamatti dam has led to some consternation. Expressing disappointment over the tribunal
K.S. Sudhi The Supreme Court appointed the committee in February this year It is headed by the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, A.S. Anand KOCHI: After completing its preliminary works, the Empowered Committee on Mullaperiyar dam is all set to get down to its real business. A meeting …
AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Wednesday appealed to the Kerala government to not let unsubstantiated fears be the basis for a decision that could turn five districts of Tamil Nadu into a desert, rendering millions of people homeless. "The so-called danger to the existing dam is a deliberately created bogey, …
Whereas once the Indus Waters Treaty could correctly be described as a beacon of light in an otherwise gloomy relationship between India and Pakistan, this is no longer so. The odds now are that the crumbling IWT will be a cause for further tension and conflict between India and Pakistan. …
Conflict among water users is a part of the history of the American West. They are continuing even today, with modifications in their characteristics, and with more complicated concerns. The conflicts typically involve historical patterns of use by irrigated agriculture on the one hand and increasing needs for urban and …
The three-member Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II, constituted in 2004 headed by Justice Brijesh Kumar gave its judgement on December 30, 2010. KWDT-II freshly assessed the yearly yields in the Krishna and determined the award on the basis of the yearly yield at 65 per cent dependability which was assessed at …
Reema Narendran ENS KERALA in its reply to the Empowered Committee filed on Monday said that it would give water to Tamil Nadu only for agriculture purpose from the new Mullaiperiyar dam to be built in a period of four years. The reply, however, maintained silence on the sharing of …
Karnataka’s irrigation department has fast-tracked construction work to divert water from the Mahadayi river to the Malaprabha. The canal project is under dispute but the state’s water resources department is adamant that it is crucial to meet the drinking water needs of the twin towns, Hubli and Dharwad, that aim …
In response to a questionnaire from empowered committee Kerala to submit that the new dam could be completed in four years, once it got clearance The State will also maintain that there is no need to raise the water level in the reservoir THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala will file a two-part affidavit …
Multi directional strategic approach is being laid down to utilise Narmada water , allocated to Madhya Pradesh. To provide irrigation facilities to the farmer of the state by completing major Narmada valley projects has been the priority of the state govt. This was informed by the Vice Chairman of the …
THE environment ministry has sought an explanation from the Andhra Pradesh government for beginning work on the on the Polavaram irrigation project without complete environmental clearance. The ministry has asked Andhra why a public hearing on the project has not been held despite repeated reminders stretching over a year-and-a-half. The …
AIADMK general secretary and Opposition leader Jayalalithaa on Saturday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on moral grounds since he has failed to ensure release of water from Cauvery to Tamil Nadu despite being in power in the state and the Centre.
