Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kirtikumar Sadashiv Bhatt Vs Narmada Water Resource & Others dated 02/12/2024. The matter relates to the discharge of untreated water into the waterbody in Narmada and encroachment. Affidavit dated November 28, 2024 has been filed by …
NEW DELHI: Differences over water sharing between two BJP-ruled states Gujarat and Maharashtra continue to block the Centre's ambitious plan to go ahead with its two river-linking projects — Damanganga-Pinjal and ParTapi-Narmada. Though the detailed project reports (DPRs) of these river links had been submitted to the Centre in August …
Ahmedabad: Just two months ahead of the annual civic budget, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) commissioner D Thara submitted a Rs 2,000 crore water supply augmentation plan for the city before the state government on Wednesday. The plan contains a proposal for water metering in the city, construction of four …
The project will allow a private player to lift water from an intake well on the Narmada-Kshipra river link nearby The Madhya Pradesh government is planning to restructure India's first water supply project dedicated to industrial units at Dewas. The project will allow a private player to lift water from …
NASHIK: Maharashtra's efforts to make the Godavari clean have earned accolades from Madhya Pradesh, the host of next year's Kumbh Mela. "I appreciate the efforts taken by the government departments for having a green Kumbh. If people bathed in the river and even drank its water, it was the duty …
Special Operation Group (SOG) of Ahmedabad district police on Sunday evening arrested eight persons for dumping suspected industrial waste into open manholes near Moraiya village of Ahmedabad district and Narmada canal near Vishalpur village. A woman worker Neelam Parmar had died on Saturday while three others had to be rushed …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Lakhan Musafir & Others Vs Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited dated 01/09/2015 regarding Garudeshwar Weir project. The Applicants submit that Garudeshwar Weir project is a project spread out over vast land tracts, which is irreversible in nature and is bound …
Tribunal cites expiry of the time limit for such a petition. The Pune bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has dismissed a petition seeking ceasing of work on the Garudeshwar weir project for non-compliance of environmental norms. Stating a technical reason, the tribunal said that the case was brought before …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Vinayak Parihar Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 13/07/2015 regarding illegal mining in Narsinghpur area in the river bed of River Narmada.
SSNNL stated that it had consulted state-level Environmental Clearance Assessment Authority in 2010 which stated that no environ mental clearance was required. Even as the Maharashtra government has applied to get environmental clearance (EC) for its Statue of Shivaji (SoS) project, the Gujarat government has defended its stand of not …
Even with the present height of about 122 meters, the team finds that many families have not been recognised as submergence zone families A Central fact finding committee has warned against increasing the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river in Gujarat, saying that it could lead to …
Despite various efforts of the government to depollute rivers across the country, water was found unsafe for drinking without treatment, according to a survey conducted by a green advocacy body. A survey by TERI of seven major river cities revealed that 86 per cent of the respondents affirmed that it …
The newly constituted Task Force on Inter-Linking Rivers will look afresh at all the proposed links to evaluate their feasibility, particularly in maintaining a balance between environment and development. Links that are found unfeasible will be abandoned. Speaking exclusively to The Hindu , task force chairman B.N. Navalawala said the …
The Gujarat government’s ambitious ‘Statue of Unity’ project now faces a legal hurdle as a group of activists from Gujarat has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT), demanding a stay on the construction of the project, claiming that it does not have environmental clearance. The construction for the 180-metre statue …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Paryavaran Avam Manav Sanrakshan Samiti Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 09/04/2015 regarding construction near Narmada River with respect to No Construction Zone and the 300 meter Zone. The Tribunal has directed the Respondents …
A phenomenal Rs 43,600 crore have already been spent on the Sardar Sarovar Narmada project, the state government informed the Gujarat Assembly on Monday. “Till July 2014, a total of Rs 43,633.75 crore have been spent on the Narmada project,” the government stated in a written reply to a question …
JABALPUR: Madhya Pradesh High Court (MPHC) has issued notices to state government and state pollution control board over sewage flowing into Narmada river in different districts. Respondents have been asked to submit their replies within four weeks. Action came following petition filed by a social worker Kishore Dua. He said …
Since its foundation stone laying ceremony conducted around 55 years back, the Gujarat Government has spent near Rs47,000 crore for Sardar Sarovar Dam being constructed on River Narmada, said Gujarat Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama in the House during ongoing Budget Session of the Gujarat Assembly. Chudasama also admitted that despite expenditure …
Ganga will be cleaned in a "qualitatively manner" within next two years, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said here on Sunday. "The plan for cleaning Ganga was made in 1985 but nothing happened in that direction in the last 29 years. As per my plan, we will clean Ganga …
Maharashtra and Gujarat are likely to sign a memorandum of understanding on two interlinking projects – Damanganga-Pinjal and Par-Tapi-Narmada – in April. While the Maharashtra Government was ready to sign the Damanganga-Pinjal link, it is learnt that the Gujarat Government had insisted on signing both the deals together. The key …
The Statue of Unity is likely to face a legal hurdle with a group of environment activists set to move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the state government’s ambitious project to construct the 180-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at a distance of 3.2 km downstream of the Narmada …
