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 …
While the Supreme Court is looking into the Constitutional and legal aspects of the water dispute between Punjab and Haryana, it is a tricky political issue that has not been sorted out for over 35 years now and which requires a high degree of statesmanship to solve, writes Nirmal Sandhu …
The Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the demand of Andhra Pradesh government for a fresh survey of the crest level height of Alamati dam over Krishna river as it could deprive several riparian areas of water for irrigation. The Tribunal said in an order that "there is no …
Hyderabad, June 29: The Centre has promised to convene a meeting of the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra soon to sort out differences between the two states on the Babli and 13 other projects constructed across the Godavari by the Maharashtra government. The Union minister of water resources, …
The State government on Sunday decided to set up a legal and a technical committee to hold talks with neighbouring Maharastra and Andhra Pradesh over the Krishna river water sharing issue. After an all-party meeting presided over by the chief minister, Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the committees have …
The Indo-Pak row over the 330 MW Kishanganga hydroelectric project is getting more serious than New Delhi had earlier anticipated. Buoyed by the success in the Baglihar project, where the Indian position was largely upheld, New Delhi did not quite think matters would go this far when Islamabad first threatened …
Ravish Tiwari As the legal dispute between India and Pakistan over 330 MW Kishanganga hydel project heads to the international court of arbitration, India has invited Pakistan to finalise the names of three neutral umpires for the seven-member bench. Government sources said India has proposed July 7 for this crucial …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The five-member Empowered Committee constituted to go into the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam, at its first meeting has decided to issue a public notice inviting memorandum from interested parties, including the Centre, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The committee is headed by former Chief Justice of …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The five-member Empowered Committee headed by the former Chief Justice of India, Justice A.S. Anand, to go into the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam meets here on Monday for the first time after it was constituted pursuant to the orders of the Supreme Court on February …
Disputes over the crucial issue of water can only be solved by dialogue, Bangladesh's High Commissioner Tariq Ahmed Kari said here on Tuesday. Speaking at a roundtable discussions on water security in South Asia, the ambassador in Delhi noted that "muscle-flexing" never helped. "Our experiences show that it has never …
Pak will achieve nothing with its anti-India campaign on water As was to be expected, the three-day Indo-Pak water talks in New Delhi last week failed to deliver any positive outcome. Pakistan had raised the pitch on the water issue in recent months, and it was not about to lower …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan have resolved at the meeting of the Permanent Indus Water Commission here the issue of water flows in the Chenab river being affected during the initial filling of the Baglihar dam in 2008. Pakistan has decided not to raise the matter further. However, …
Even as India and Pakistan are at loggerheads over the Kishanganga hydro power project in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indus Commissioners of both countries on Monday looked set to resolve the differences over two other hydro-power projects in J-K. The Indus Commissioners are learnt to have discussed 240MW Uri-II project …
The projects, Uri-II and Chutak, are in Jammu and Kashmir India to continue providing Pakistan with advance flood warning New Delhi: In a significant development, Pakistan on Monday withdrew its objection to the construction of Uri-II and Chutak hydel power projects in Jammu and Kashmir. At the Indus Water Commissioner-level …
Peeved at Pakistan's often-repeated allegation that it is being deprived of its share of common waters, India today said such charges were aimed at diverting the attention of their people from their own inefficient use of the vital resource. On the eve of the bilateral talks on water here, India …
Officials from India and Pakistan will meet here next week for the annual meeting of the Indus Water Commission. During the three-day meeting, beginning on May 31, the two sides will attempt to bridge differences over the construction of hydel projects on the tributaries of the Indus river in Jammu …
