Govt’s major developmental interventions to be visible soon: Nirmal Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today called for launching a comprehensive conservation and restoration programme for the rivers and water bodies of the state. She said the organisations having expertise in conservation of water bodies could be co-opted to provide technical assistance …
Govt’s major developmental interventions to be visible soon: Nirmal Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today called for launching a comprehensive conservation and restoration programme for the rivers and water bodies of the state. She said the organisations having expertise in conservation of water bodies could be co-opted to provide technical assistance …
Project comprises seven hydro generating sets located in two power houses State-owned Bhel today said it has securing a contract for setting up 206 MW hydro electric power project in Punjab. "Valued at Rs 321 crore, the order for setting up of hydro generating sets and associated Electro-Mechanical works for …
Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir today submitted to the Supreme Court a list of 20 contentious issues over the hydel projects on Ravi, Beas and Sutlej rivers for a judicial resolution. Among the main issues is whether all these projects “being unilaterally undertaken by Punjab by excluding …
Out of the over 8,000 people affected by the Ranjit Sagar Dam project, as many as 2,000 persons whose land was acquired for construction of the dam in 1997 are yet to be paid compensation by the Punjab Government. The amount due to these people is Rs 28.42 crore. The …
The Centre has taken a stand in the Supreme Court that there is no legal provision to place the Thein Dam/Ranjit Sagar Project and the Shahpur Kandi Dam Project, both on Ravi river, under the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) as sought by Haryana in its suit. “It is clear …
135 Dams In Region Have Just Nine Per Cent Of Water Left Rajkot: Tempers are running high in the pilgrim town of Virpur. Without drinking water for the last 25 days, residents have called for a bandh on Thursday to vent their anger. The bandh call comes barely 10 days …
With monsoon yet to hit the country’s northern region, the Bhakra Nangal dam on Tuesday registered water inflow of 35,728 cusecs — an eight-year low. On July 3, 2004, the dam had witnessed an inflow of 18,709 cusecs. On the same day last year, the inflow at the dam was …
Process on to give jobs to members of displaced families Jammu: After a struggle of nearly two decades, there is some good news for the displaced families of Ranjit Sagar Dam which had been left out from the employment package offered by the dam authorities, which have now initiated the …
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday said the state would get its share of water from Punjab following a three decade-long dispute over it. "For the first time in 30 years, the state would be getting its share of water from Punjab's Ranjit Sagar Dam," Minister for Public Health …
The state government has said it intended to buy back the Uri-I power project from the National Hydel Power Corporation (NHPC) for an estimated Rs 2,100 crore within two years. “The government intends to buy back the Uri-I project, valued at Rs 2,100 crore, from the NHPC within two years, …
Jalandhar: There is good news for farmers of Punjab and also adjoining states. The level of water in the Gobind Sagar reservoir at the Bhakra Dam and the Pong Dam is much higher this year compared to the corresponding period last year. This will not only ensure uninterrupted supply of …
As Punjab has backtracked on agreement signed with Jammu and Kashmir on the Ranjit Sagar Dam, the state government has decided to construct the remaining portion of the Ravi-Tawi canal on its own to get its share of water from the Ravi. Winding up a debate on the budget of …
Against 220 lakh hydel units in mid-Dec, Punjab is now getting only 160 LU a day Falling mercury levels in the north have hit electricity generation hard at the region
Jammu: Days after refusing to give land to Punjab for the Shahpur Kandi project, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has started a survey for a project to divert the Ravi waters before the Ranjit Sagar Dam for filling the incomplete Ravi Canal. The canal will take water to the
Laments non-supply of power from Ranjit Sagar Dam The Punjab Government currently passing through a political and financial crisis has another problem to take care of. Virtually scrapping the 30-year-old Shahpur Kandi Project on the Ravi, which was declared a national project by the Union Ministry for Water Resources last …
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government may have been drawing a contingency plan to deal with its acute drinking water crisis, but it can do little to help the farmers get adequate water for irrigation. The farmers in Bikaner and Kota divisions are up in arms against the government for failing to …
The Opposition MLAs walked out of the Assembly on Wednesday protesting against inadequate supply of irrigation water to the farmers in Kota and Bikaner divisions of the State. They alleged failure of the Government in procuring water from the Chambal and the Ravi-Beas river systems for the standing crops in …
The water level at the Ranjit Sagar Dam reservoir has been steadily declining as a result of less inflow of water from it for power generation and irrigation purposes during the past few weeks. Generation from the dam
