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 …
Haroon Habib DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the issue of the Tipaimukh dam project will be resolved through bilateral discussions with India. Ms. Hasina, whose government is only six months old, said she believed in a negotiated settlement of all problems.
In a move that may heighten the bitterness between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday said his State will not be able to release Cauvery waters to its southern neighbour in June, as the water level in all reservoirs of the river basin had hit …
Standing crops have started wilting in hope of irrigation water in about half a dozen districts in Western Rajasthan. Delay in monsoon and non-availability of water in Indira Gandhi Canal are worrying the farmers of the State. Under the agreement, Punjab has to release about 8,000 cusec water from Pong …
CUDDALORE: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has said that there are certain issues to be sorted out with regard to the proposed Hogenakkal drinking water project to be executed by the Tamil Nadu Government. He hoped that talks would help find an amicable solution. When asked about finding a solution …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday assured his Rajasthan counterpart Ashok Gehlot that his Government would initiate steps to provide Rajasthan its share of water from river Yamuna under the 1981 Water Agreement. Hooda arrived here on one-day visit with a team of senior officials to sort out …
Claiming that the water resources of Goa are in a dangerous state, former Union law minister Ramakant Khalap today said Goa needs to re-demarcate its eastern border with Karnataka to solve the water issues.
State response to Poonchi Commission Panel seeks more powers for States CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu, in its report on Centre-State relations, has reiterated that the Union government can take very effective steps, even under the existing Constitutional scheme, to ensure the implementation of orders of tribunals on inter-State water disputes, such …
Athar Parvaiz : The already exist ing disputes between India and Pakistan over water-sharing are expected to exasperate further given the forecast that the impact of climatic changes, due to environmental degradation, would cause drastic depletion in volume of water in the Indus River system originating from Himalayan glaciers. Himalayan …
As multiple countries share a river, the likelihood of a water resource conflict from climate change could be higher between countries. This paper demonstrates how countries can cooperate in transboundary water sharing in a sustainable way, given the impacts of climate change. It illustrate the case of water sharing of …
The dispute between the irrigation departments of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh over the construction of a check dam in the Chhachhroli area to prevent Yamuna waters from entering villages of this district during the rains was resolved today. It was mutually decided by the Chief Engineer Irrigation, Panchkula, and the …
Water in this century will become a major source of strife between groups within countries. Drought has driven many tribes in Africa into terrain that they are not normally expected to occupy. When coupled with other factors such as ethnic or religious divides, this becomes a dangerous mix. (Correspondence)
Building real cooperation on transboundary waters is always a lengthy and complex journey. Embracing cooperation is no simple task for a nation state, not least because of the perceived costs of the erosion of sovereignty, however small that erosion might be. While there are many examples of where cooperation is …
Transboundary waters are rising on the international agenda. As the forces of climate change, population shifts, and economic stress converge on water scarce countries, the issues of shared freshwater resources move from long term concern to geopolitical urgency. For many nations, transboundary water is becoming essential water.
NEW DELHI: A committee of environmental experts set up by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has concluded that there were major shortfalls in complying with the prescribed environmental conditionalities and requirements with respect to the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP). It has advised the Ministry not to permit further …
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal has said the SAD-BJP government would stop river waters going to neighbouring states and for that Section 5 of the Punjab Termination of River Waters Agreements Act would be scrapped. He was here to address rallies in support of party candidate Hans Raj Hans from …
Meet discusses ways for inclusive water management. Bangalore, April 17 Farmers, Government officials, scientists and NGOs engaged in improving water use patterns in the Tungabhadra basin have called for improved water management and cropping techniques to cope with two looming problems: inter-State disputes on resource use and the problems arising …
K. Raju ANDIPATTI (THENI): The AIADMK and the DMK miserably failed in settling the Periyar dam issue, charged Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) leader Vijaykant. The parties betrayed the people of Theni and four other southern districts. With wrong policies, Tamil Nadu had been depending on three neighbouring States for …
Billed in the run-up as the largest water event of all time, the fifth World Water Forum drew to a close in Istanbul on 22 March 2009. Altogether more than 25,000 people from 150 countries took part in the huge week-long event. By no means did it live up to …
