With the Himalayas to the north and the Bay of Bengal to the south, Bangladesh sits on one of the world’s largest and most densely populated deltas, where the Jamuna, Padma and Meghna rivers converge. Bangladesh’s geography and low-lying delta topography make it particularly vulnerable to climate change, repeatedly confronting …
HYDERABAD: The proposed Pattiseema lift irrigation scheme may solve the irrigation needs of farmers in the Krishna delta, but it is likely to throw up new environment and ecological issues affecting agricultural production in thousands of acres en route, damaging the delicate biodiversity and inducing climatological changes in the uplands …
Hyderabad: The controversy surrounding the release of Krishna waters between Telangana and AP governments seems to be over for now, with the Krishna River Joint Management Board ordering the release of 6,000 cusecs per day for a week (roughly 3.4 TMC ft) from the Nagarjunasagar dam to the Krishna Delta …
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh assembly urged the Centre to take steps to complete the Polavaram project in three years and bring about a legislation replacing the ordinance to transfer to AP all villages that are expected to get submerged in the backwaters of the project. Chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu …
The direct impacts of delta subsidence and effective seas level rise abetted by dams include inundation of coastal areas, saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers, increased rates of coastal erosion, an increased exposure to storm surges, etc, in addition to the threat to food security, livelihood security, water security to millions …
The report on `Status of Ground Water Quality in Coastal Aquifers of India’ is the outcome of an attempt at compilation and synthesis of available scientific data on the ground water quality in the coastal aquifers of India, generated through years of scientific studies carried out by Central Ground Water …
Current warnings are in effect for fishermen along the coasts of Andhra Pradesh, who are advised to return to shore Researchers have warned that tropical Cyclone 04B renamed as "Helen" has strengthened and is slowly nearing landfall in southeastern India. On November 20 at 1200 UTC/7 a.m. EST, Tropical Cyclone …
Another PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the contract awarded to Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Canada-based NIKO Resources for exploration and production of natural gas at the Krishna-Godavari Delta block (KG-D6). The PIL by NGO Common Cause, former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian, former naval …
Gujarat government company GSPC has asked the central government to approve its plans to sell natural gas from a field in KG basin at $13-14, three times the current gas price. Gujarat State Petroleum Corp (GSPC) on June 10 wrote to oil secretary Vivek Rae seeking early approval to an …
New Delhi: The cabinet committee on investment (CCI) will focus on 47 oil and gas blocks, including Reliance Industries’ producing KG-D6 gas fields, where defence approvals have delayed the project when it meets for the first time on Wednesday. On agenda is clearance to the blocks where the petroleum ministry …
New Delhi: Various committees, not just the oil ministry, rejected petro giant Reliance Industries Ltd’s (RIL) proposal to link the cost of gas from the KG basin with the international crude price, with the ministry estimating the tab for states and the Centre adds up to a staggering $6.3 billion. …
A regulatory panel overseeing the affairs of Reliance Industries’ (RIL) most prolific KG-D6 gas block has approved field development investments for three years starting 2010-11 with riders, oil ministry sources said on Tuesday. The panel also gave conditional approval to ‘declaration of the commerciality’ of the D-29, D-30 and D-31 …
Scientists of the city-based National Geophysical Research Institute have debunked the age-old theory that sea water is intruding into the Krishna-Godavari delta through ground water channels and turning it saline. There has been a hue and cry by farmers and environmentalists over reports of intrusion of sea water into the …
Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure (RGTIL) is reluctant to build two pipelines it had planned because no gas has been allocated, but it wants to hold on to the licence for the projects, which would become attractive if Reliance imports LNG, a source close to the company said. The company, privately …
Groundwater conditions in the multi-aquifer system in the Krishna River Delta, India, were studied through an integrated approach using hydrochemical, hydrogeological and isotopic techniques. This study was taken up because of the reported seawater intrusion into the groundwater system of this agriculturally rich region. The results, of hydrochemistry and environmental …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Friday announced the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2011, as part of which the no development zone has been reduced from 200 metre from the high-tide line to 100 metres to meet increased demands of housing of fishing and other traditional coastal …
Dec. 8: The state government is taking up delta modernisation works in Krishna district at a cost of Rs 2,180 crore. The works will be completed in a phased manner by next summer. As part of the modernisation works, Krishna eastern canal will be started very soon. The District Irrigation …
Oct. 6: Irked at a series of objections including legal tangles coming in the way for execution of the Indira Sagar (Polavaram) project, the local MP, Mr Vundavalli Arunkumar, warned of an imminent food crisis and transformation of the Godavari and Krishna delta areas into dry areas. The MP said …
Kakinada, Sept 15: Hundreds of people including leaders and activists of the Congress, the Telugu Desam and the Praja Rajyam on Wednesday staged dharnas in front of Cairn Energy seeking immediate steps to remove the oil spill along the coast. The oil spill that was formed in Bay of Bengal …
Renuka Bisht Before its state-owned operator Petrobras struck big oilfields deep below the Atlantic floor in 2007, Brazil used to be chronically energy-deficient. No wonder President Lula helicoptered offshore to dip his hand in oil, and no wonder his chief of staff said of the discovery that,
