Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
The Union Water Resources Minister, Mr P.K .Bansal, has been directed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to convene a meeting of irrigation ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra to resolve inter-State disputes with regard to Babli and 13 other river projects between the two States.This follows a meeting …
Snow and glacial melt are important hydrologic process in the Himalayan basins and changes in temperature and precipitation are expected to seriously affect the melt characteristics. Melt water is extremely important in the Indus basin and important for the Brahmaputra basin.
Though the rains had subsided in Kodagu on Thursday morning, it caught up by afternoon. Water in Triveni Sangama at Bhagamandala is overflowing. Water has clogged on Bhagamandala-Napoklu-Ayyangeri road upto 2 feet. Holiday has been declared to all the primary, high school and PU Colleges on Friday and Saturday. Meanwhile, …
Woes of Bhogdoi Part-1 JORHAT, July 28: Government apathy and illegal settling of human habitation along the embankment of Bhogdoi River is posing a serious threat to the existance of the dyke. Even though the State Government has been releasing crores of funds for construction and strengthening of riverside embankments, …
Ranchi, July 27: If all goes well, Jharkhand may be the second state after Andhra Pradesh to go for the rubber dam, which promises zero displacement and eco-friendly construction. The state water resources department today explored the feasibility of rubber dams, especially for rivers on hilly terrain, in a meeting …
RASHME SEHGAL Minister of civi July 26: Minister of civil aviation Praful Patel has launched a fresh salvo against minister of environment Jairam Ramesh whose delay in granting clearance to the Navi Mumbai airport will adversely impact the economic growth of Maharashtra.
Water Resources Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues on Monday informed the House that the Supreme Court has set a time of six weeks for the formation of the Water Dispute Tribunal to solve the water-diversion issue between Goa and Karnataka. Replying to a calling attention motion by Fatorda MLA Damu Naik …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to spell out whether there was any proposal to set up a tribunal to adjudicate the river water dispute between Goa and Karnataka on construction of a project across the Mandovi river. A Bench comprising Justices Mukundakam Sharma …
A group of engineers here claim that a local technology has been developed to narrow down the ever-widening Brahmaputra and to make it follow a desired and deep course with steeper flow gradient. The Brahmaputra has greatly widened almost all through its course in the State, except at places like …
BHUBANESWAR: While Opposition parties and social organisations have launched a public movement against use of water from the river Mahanadi for industrial purposes, trade union leader Mayadhar Nayak today said a similar movement would be launched to save the Brahmani river from industrial pollution. Alleging that the Brahmani, the second …
NEW DELHI, July 22: The Union Ministry of External Affairs set up a monitoring committee that is watching Chinese activities through various agencies on trans-border rivers flowing from China to India, says Union Minister of Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal. Replying to a letter from Dibrugarh MP Paban Singh Ghatowar, …
Karnal: The government has decided to launch a Rs 179 crore project for channelising the Yamuna, which turns into a “river of sorrow” during the rains, eroding vast tracts of land. The project envisages construction of “studs” at vulnerable points where the Yamuna frequently changes course and causes floods. The …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi July 19, 2010, 1:06 IST Kharif sowing has progressed well despite the 14 per cent deficiency in monsoon rainfall till mid-July. But restocking of the depleted reservoirs has been adversely hit. This has caused concern about water availability for both irrigation and hydel power production …
BHUBANESWAR: The MoU signing spree is having its fallout on one vital sector. None, including the State Government, seems to have given a proper thought over this fallout even at the initial stage. As `unquiet
Following rains in Himachal Pradesh, the Markanda river and other seasonal rivulets which were flowing below the danger point, are now in spate. Seven persons, including three women, were swept away by the raging waters in the recent flash floods, but were all rescued alive. Crops in the catchment areas …
