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 …
A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven by the expanding exposure of assets at risk. It has not been possible to attribute rain-generated peak streamflow trends to anthropogenic climate change …
National Register of Large Dam (NRLD) is a compilation of the large dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government / Authority concerned. The lists of dams have been regrouped as per their location within the territory of a State. The sole purpose of the …
Sixteen buildings in Simi village have collapsed as a result of land sinking due to continuous erosion by the Mandakini. Ironically, in the village, a partially destroyed house, a tin shed, and a tent can be spotted at the same premise. To add to the irony, all these are placed …
Arbitration court rejects Pakistan objection to diversion of water for power by India in J-K The International Court of Arbitration (ICA) has upheld India’s right to divert water from the Kishenganga river for power generation in Jammu and Kashmir. In its final award announced at The Hague last evening, the …
The decision by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to ban sand extraction in a lease area of less than five hectares has drawn a mixed reaction with environmentalists urging the government to issue specific guidelines for the activity. Activists agreed that the sand mining activity in the state …
On the day that Veerappa Moily took over reins, the Environment Ministry eased environmental clearance norms for select industries, including brick kiln owners and river sand miners. On December 24, the Ministry took a decision to exempt a slew of different types of industrial and mining projects from either providing …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has said that no river sand mining project whose lease area is less than 5 hectares should be considered while granting Environment Clearances thus effectively banning mining in leases below 5 hectares. Also, no in-stream mining is to be allowed and for transportation …
Residents of upper Khhanni gram panchayat are up in arms against the ongoing illegal mining of the Chakki river bed, notwithstanding the High Court’s ban on unscientific quarrying with JCB machines. Bachan Singh, Kartar Singh, Sham Singh, Rashpal Pathania and Bimla Devi, on behalf of local villagers, submitted a memorandum …
Nepal added nearly half a million new farming households in a span of 10 years disproving an apparent decline in the popularity of agriculture as an occupation, according to National Agriculture Census 2011-12 released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) on Tuesday. The census recorded the number of people, …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Zone, Chennai, has asked over a dozen industrial units to move out machinery and materials from Zone-3 of Thippagondanahalli reservoir catchment area (TGR) within three months. This eco-sensitive zone has a number of granite units. In its order, the NGT said: “Following orders of …
The state, which has locked horns with Goa on sharing of Mahadayi water, is likely to file a petition before the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT), seeking interim relief. According to official sources, the state government is expected to file an affidavit before the Tribunal seeking an interim relief of …
The State government is likely to file an application before the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal seeking an interim order to utilise 7.56 tmc ft from Kalasa and Banduri canals for drinking water purposes for towns and villages in Hubli-Dharwad, Bagalkot, Gadag and Belgaum. Seeking an interim order from Mahadayi Water …
Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday informed the Senate that International Court of Arbitration would announce verdict on Kishenganga Hydroelectric project by the end of current month. On behalf of Minister of Water and Power, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the question hours, said that, the …
The Senate was informed Thursday that construction of Kishanganga project by India in occupied Kashmir will result in a shortfall of about 14 percent flow for Pakistan’s Neelum-Jhelum Hydroelectric Project. Petroleum and Natural Resources Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, on behalf of water and power minister, told the House that the …
Consequent to the order of the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal banning sand mining from river beds, the Office of The Deputy Commissioner, East Khasi Hills District, and the Basin Development Unit of the District under the Mission Green of the Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion Programme …
This report of the Standing Committee on Water Resources deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations / observations contained in their Sixteenth Report (15th Lok Sabha) on 'Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies' which was presented to Lok Sabha on 27 November 2012.
MAYEM: The Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) on Saturday censured Maharashtra officials for modifying the Virdi dam project without the consent of authorities and for failing to acquire environmental clearances to the construct the dam. Officials representing Goa further exposed the dangers of Maharashtra’s ambitious project by contending that Goa …
The River Valvonti is the main source of drinking and irrigation water for large areas of Sattari, Bicholim and Bardez talukas of North Goa and damming and diversion of its tributaries will pose threat to the life and livelihood of the people and also to the ecology. This was highlighted …
KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday demanded the cancellation of the sanction given for bauxite mining at Kadaladi Para in Kasaragod. He also demanded a probe into the circumstances under which the previous LDF government awarded the sanction in 2007. Chennithala raised the demands in letters sent to chief minister …
The Expert Appraisal Committee for River Valley and Hydro Electric Project (EAC), formed by the Union ministry of environment and forests, has said the 120 MW Lower Kopili dam project, planned in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, is threatened by the high acidity of the Kopili river. The project has been …
