Water Disputes

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of a railway bridge on the flood plains of river Ganga, Uttar Pradesh, 07/03/2025

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 …

Pakistan sends second note verbale on Kishanganga

Anita Joshua ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has sent a note verbale to India on May 17 on the disputed Kishanganga project, clearly indicating its intention to set up a Court of Arbitration as provided in the dispute settlement mechanism under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). This was disclosed here on Thursday by …

Pak's legal notice to India over Kishanganga dam issue

Pakistan has served a legal notice to India concerning the long pending issue of construction of the Kishaganga dam over the river Indus. The Nation reported a private television channel, as saying that the notice has been sent by the Water and Power Ministry in consultation with the Indus Water …

Hogenakkal: State to move Supreme Court

B.S. Ramesh Karnataka says the project is detrimental to its interests The project envisages supply of potable water to Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts Legal experts say that there is very little chance of the Supreme Court staying the project BANGALORE: Karnataka has decided to file a suit in the Supreme …

On rivers and glaciers, India, China walk on thin ice

Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: India will not accept any plans by China to divert the Brahmaputra river waters, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here on Sunday even as he urged the Government of India to expedite hydel projects along the river in Arunachal Pradesh. China is …

Kishenganga power project Pak Army, ISI reject new lawyer

SHAFQAT ALI ISLAMABAD The Pakistan Army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) have rejected the appointment of Professor Kaiyan Homi Kaikobad as head of the legal team of Pakistan in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against India on Kishenganga hydropower project, officials here said.

Karnataka projects hit states Krishna share

May 6: There is a shortage in the share of Krishna waters as the Karnataka government is allegedly stealing water. Many agricultural lands have become barren due to water scarcity. State government is not in a position to utilise Krishna waters as awarded by the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal. As …

State MPs urge PM to Hogenakal project

An all-party delegation of MPs from Karnataka on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged him to take steps to stop Tamil Nadu from going ahead with implementing the Hogenakal drinking water project by Tamil Nadu. The MPs, who met Singh at his Parliament House office for a brief …

Vaiko assails Centre, State on Mullaperiyar issue

RAMANATHAPURAM: The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary, Vaiko, has urged the State and Central governments to ensure the rule of law by making Kerala to implement the Supreme Court judgment on Mullaperiyar dam. Speaking at a public meeting held at Paramakudi on Wednesday, he said that though the Supreme …

AP for expert survey to fix Almatti height

Hyderabad, May 3: The state has demanded a survey by technical experts to decide the actual height of the controversial Almatti dam in Karnataka. Resuming its arguments before the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal on Monday, the state pointed that it had got information about the increase of the dam height …

State may approve TN drinking water project

The Karnataka government may allow Tamil Nadu to take up its drinking water project near Hogenakal, if the neighbouring state accords permission to the State in implementing the power generation project at Shivanasamudra. Disclosing this to reporters on Monday, Home Minister V S Acharya said Karnataka is working towards an …

Resolve water disputes, says Karunanidhi

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Sunday urged the Centre to uphold its responsibility for resolving water disputes the State had with neighbours such as Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in the interests of maintaining national unity and integrity. Tamil Nadu, which had all wealth, faced water shortage and the …

Notice to Punjab over water row

There seems to be no end to the water dispute between Haryana and Pun- jab with the Supreme Court on Friday issuing notice to the latter on a new suit filed by the Congress-led Bhupi- nder Singh Hooda govern- ment questioning building of Shahpur-Kandi dam by Punjab on Ravi jointly …

State plans hydel power project at Hogenakkal

Bangalore: After the unveiling of the statues of Kannada saint-poet Sarvajna in Chennai and Tamil saint-poet Thiruvalluvar in Bangalore, the Karnataka Government now hopes to cement the ties between the two States by resolving the dispute over the implementation of a drinking water project by the neighbouring State at Hogenakkal. …

Karnataka plans dailogue with Tamil Nadu on Hogenakkal project

Karnataka Government planned to hold talks with Tamil Nadu for an amicable solution to the contentious Hogenakkal drinking water scheme and a hydel power project utilising the inter-state Cauvery waters, Home Minister V S Acharya on Friday said. Hogenakkal fallsKarnataka has reservations on the Hogenakkal project being implemented by Tamil …

Bend in the Brahmaputra

Geography of India's credibility on river waters Business Standard / New Delhi April 29, 2010, 0:24 IST China

Alagh to head Narmada monitoring panel

Gandhinagar: Government of India (GoI) on Wednesday formed a new committee headed by well-known Gujarat-based academic, Prof YK Alagh, to monitor eco-safeguards during the implementation of Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP), inviting immediate Gujarat government ire. A state government spokesperson told TOI that Gujarat is

More on the sharing of the Indus waters

The important questions about the Indus waters are not about whether or not the Pakistani state is

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