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 …
A dispute over distribution of irrigation water took lives of two people in the Balkehl village of Badbher here on Monday. A police official said two groups led by Israr Ali and Munsif Khan had developed differences over ownership of a water channel in the locality and despite repeated efforts …
Bangaluru, N STATING that the Tamil Nadu Government had shown a positive response by setting up four hydro power projects along the Cauvery, Union Minister of State for Power and Commerce Jairam Ramesh, on Monday, appealed to the Karnataka Government to make its stand on the issue clear. The projects …
M. Malleswara Rao HYDERABAD: Is Andhra Pradesh fighting a losing battle against Maharashtra in preventing the neighbouring State from constructing 11 barrages across the Godavari? This appears to be the case in the wake of an indication given by the Central Water Commission (CWC) to the Andhra Pradesh government that …
Oct. 18: Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday said the Pakistan government will never compromise on its share of water from India under the Indus Water Treaty. "We are' aware of the problem and Pakistan will not compromise on the water issue," Mr Qureshi said while addressing a …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: Even as the case relating to the Mullaperiyar dam has been posted for hearing on November 17, a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday requested Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan to constitute a new Bench to take it up. The court is hearing …
Rivers, known as mother rivers in many local to regional languages, dialects and cultural idioms, are known as bedrocks of civilisation. River valley populations in the hilly gorges are thus civilisations within our larger civilisation. Land, water, the forests, aquatic and mineral wealth of these river valleys are rarely valued. …
This paper discusses the effects of global change in African mountains, with the example of Mount Kenya. The geographical focus is the northwestern, semi-arid foot zone of the mountain (Laikipia District). Over the past 50 years, this area has experienced rapid and profound transformation, the respective processes of which are …
Nirupama Subramanian Water inflow has reduced because of low rainfall: India Pakistan may approach an expert through World Bank ISLAMABAD: The Chenab is down to a trickle on the Pakistan side, and with officials here in no mood to accept the Indian explanation of a
Nirupama Subramanian ISLAMABAD: Pakistan says India has blocked the Chenab waters from flowing across to its side, endangering its kharif crop as a result. Water and Power Secretary Ismail Qureshi told Geo television that the matter had already been taken up with New Delhi through the Indian High Commission, and …
It has been a hot, dry summer in the Middle East, and as water levels have plunged, political tensions have risen. In early July, Israel's Water Authority unveiled plans to combat what it called "the worst water crisis in the nation's history". Environmental campaigners responded by slating the Water Authority …
Union Health Minister appeals to the people not to politicise the matter Bangalore: Union Minister for Health Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday appealed to the people of Karnataka not to politicise the Hogenakkal issue. Addressing presspersons after inaugurating the advanced services at NIMHANS, the Minister urged the people of Karnataka to …
Centre has been urged to set up tribunal to study the scheme Centre's has sought State's view on Goa's letter Bommai accuses Centre of being partisan BANGALORE: Karnataka has opposed Goa's appeal to the Union Government to set up a tribunal to study the Kalasa-Banduri nala project for diversion of …
BY C. ANAND REDDY NEW DELHI The Centre is in a fix, as state governments do not agree on Centre's version of inter-basin river water transfers. This further complicates the Centre's efforts to take forward the gigantic project of interlinking of rivers. The National Water Development Agency, which is the …
G. Prabhakaran PALAKKAD: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has accused the Tamil Nadu government of trying to avoid the renewal of the inter-State Parambikulam-Aliyar Project (PAP) agreement even after its expiry in 1988. The Chief Minister has said he will take up the matter with the Tamil Nadu government. Talking to …
Tamil Nadu urged to keep project in abeyance Government to take all-party delegation to Delhi State to explore legal options to stop project BANGALORE: The Karnataka Government has decided to write to the Union Government to direct Tamil Nadu to refrain from going ahead with the Rs. 1,334-crore Hogenakkal drinking …
The Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has been setup under the final orders and decision of the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal (NWDT) as a machinery for implementation of its directions and decision. The authority started functioning from 20th December, 1980. The authority is a body corporate with representatives of the four …
