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 …
Secretaries of all grama panchayats have been directed to tighten vigil against illegal sand-mining practices and enforce provisions of the laws related to protection of rivers and mining of river sand. The directive comes in response to complaints from the Chaliyar Agitation Committee that sand-miners often resorted to practices harmful …
Oh the things your smartphone can do! For the first time, data on current conditions on thousands of rivers and streams across the country, can be accessed from your smartphone, using USGS' latest system WaterNow. WaterNow makes the water conditions monitored by more than 16,000 stream gages and other sites …
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday warned that any delay in resumption of mining banned by a Supreme Court order could result in violence and suicide. Parrikar also claimed that the the water level of rivers in the state has started dipping in an unexpected fall out of halt …
Sitapur: Taking a cue from their counterparts in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh, who participated in neck-deep ‘Jal Satyagraha’ in September 2012 demanding the lowering of the water level in the Omkareshwar dam, as many as 1,500 residents of Kashipur village and some others from the neighbouring Kamharia and Barhinpurwa …
China aims to spend $850 billion to improve filthy water supplies over the next decade, but even such huge outlays may do little to reverse damage caused by decades of pollution and overuse in Beijing's push for rapid economic growth. China is promising to invest 4 trillion yuan ($650 billion) …
Court of Arbitration in The Hague to decide on minimum flows by year-end Though the Court of Arbitration at The Hague has upheld Indian’s right under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty to divert waters from the Rs. 3,600-crore hydro-electric project in the Kishenganga, the battle is not yet over. In …
While the permanent court of arbitration at The Hague has given a green signal to India to go ahead with the 330 MW Kishanganga hydel project in Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi is faced with yet another daunting task — ensuring that annual power generation of the project is not …
New Delhi: In a major victory, the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague has upheld India’s right to divert water from the Kishanganga hydro-electric project (KHEP) in Kashmir. The court on Monday rejected Pakistan’s contention that India was violating the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty in the project in Gurez …
Pakistan on Tuesday lost the case of construction of 330 megawatts (MW) Kishanganga Hydro-electric Power (KHEP) project in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) in the International Court of Arbitration (COA) against India. This loss will reduce more than 20 percent of the power generation capacity of the 975 megawatts (MW) Neelum-Jhelum power …
The International Court of Arbitration (ICA) at The Hague today upheld India's right to divert water from the Kishanganga hydroelectric project (KHEP). Reacting to the development, an official spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs said: “The award of the Court of Arbitration at The Hague today reaffirmed validity of …
The Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries (University of Kerala) and Agency for Development of Aqua Culture, Kerala, have identified the use of small mesh encircling nets as one of the biggest threats to the biodiversity of Vellayani lake, the second largest fresh water body in the State. A participatory …
The state delegation led by chief minister Jagadish Shettar urged prime minister Manmohan Singh not to constitute the Cauvery Management Board. "The proposed board will adversely affect the absolute authority of Karnataka to regulate its reservoirs derived from Entry-17 of the state list. This would be an unjust and unconstitutional …
GUWAHATI: Dispur is eagerly waiting for the Central government’s nod to include land erosion caused by the rivers in the State as an eligible calamity for relief under National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). The eagerness of the Assam government is justifiable as the State …
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) decided to take up development projects of Pavana, Indrayani and Mula rivers during the general body meeting on Monday. Sanjay Kulkarni, an environment engineer, PCMC said, “The civic body had prepared a feasibility report in 2009, wherein it had arrived at a preliminary …
With China having given the go-ahead to the construction of three more dams on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet, India too has fast-tracked the construction of 200 mega and small dams in the Brahmaputra basin in Arunachal Pradesh. One of the biggest hydro projects, which received speedy environmental clearance from …
Water is emerging as a new possible irritant between China and India, which has proposed a bilateral mechanism to deal with it. India is pressing China to have either a water commission or a inter-governmental dialogue or a treaty to deal with water issues between the two countries. This comes …
Haryana and Punjab have long been at loggerheads over the sharing of river waters. The issue has been brought up time and again but political compulsions do not allow either of the states to go ahead and resolve the matter. The SYL canal has time and again hampered relations between …
KEONJHAR: Shrinking water bodies and depleting groundwater level in the district has once again brought to the fore the demand to protect river Baitarani, considered the 'lifeline of Keonjhar'. The Keonjhar Citizen's Forum blamed the present situation on the 'faulty policy' of the government. "The water of the district is …
The environment ministry is hardly a “green roadblock ministry” as is being made out by the PMO. The MoEF’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) on River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects considered a total of 262 hydropower and irrigation projects in the last six years and green signalled every single one of …
Sand miners are digging deep into the embankment of the Konkan Railway bridge across the Udyavara river, 6km from the city, putting it in danger. Earlier, sand mining was carried out up to a depth of 6ft in the river, but now, they are going 10ft deep. Lack of surveillance …
