Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item appearing in Hindu dated 11.12.2023 titled “Cauvery basin lost nearly 12,850 sq.km. of green cover” dated 10/01/2024. The original application is registered suo motu on the basis of the news item titled “Cauvery basin lost …
Bullock cart operators and labourers, owing allegiance to the Tiruchi District Sand Bullock Cart Labourers’ Association, staged a demonstration in the city on Tuesday urging the Public Works Department to grant them permission to transport sand from the Cauvery and the Coleroon rivers in the Tiruchi region. The protesters said …
Water management is about society and its ability to build technologies to maximise the use of water and, more importantly, technologies to share water with all March 22 is World Water Day. There is no doubt that water will determine whether India becomes wealthy or remains poor. But the management …
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, has made it clear that the environmental clearance (EC) granted to the Public Works Department (PWD) for quarrying sand in Cauvery riverbed would be valid only for six months. Hence, the PWD should obtain fresh clearances based on the new guidelines issued by the …
Though Tamil Nadu has a long coastline and a good fish catch, maintaining quality of the catch is a serious issue. A two-day seminar on developing fisheries in water-deficient regions got under way here on Tuesday. It aims to find various ways to enthuse the government into developing policies that …
A prime factor for the pollution of Cauvery river during its course in Trichy has been identified as plastic refuse. Though dumping of plastic wastes goes unabated in the city, no stringent action has been taken to protect the river which is a crucial water source for the city and …
A new drinking water scheme for 12 habitations in Thiruparaithurai and Perugamani panchayats situated along the Tiruchi-Karur National Highway on the outskirts of the city has become operational. This and a drinking water improvement scheme for Mettupalayam Town Panchayat, both implemented by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s drive against illegal dyeing units that discharge effluents into River Cauvery at Tiruchengode Taluk in Namakkal resumed on Wednesday. This was the first drive after a gap of more than four-and-a-half months. On Wednesday, 10 illegal dyeing units were removed at Aandikadu and Samayasangili …
In one of the largest irrigation proposals approved in recent times, the State Cabinet on Tuesday approved upgrading and modernisation projects worth Rs 333.77 crore along the entire Cauvery basin. Cabinet nod for Yettinahole II phase too; government to stand surety for KBJNL In one of the largest irrigation proposals …
The Ramanagara Zilla Panchayat has submitted a proposal to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to take immediate steps to supply Cauvery water for drinking purposes to a few villages in Bidadi hobli where hazardous chemicals and bacteria have been found in the groundwater. The decision to submit …
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala have opposed Feb. 2007 orders All three appeals filed by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala against the February 2007 final orders of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal will be listed for final hearing in the Supreme Court on March 12. A Bench of Justices R.M. Lodha, …
Continual poor rainfall in 2012 and 2013 is threatening to force a drinking water scarcity in Karur district. Geologists warn that groundwater level is plummeting to unprecedented danger levels in the district. The annual average rainfall in the district is 652.20 mm, with southwest and northeast monsoon being the main …
Action taken following complaints by local people The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) personnel removed 10 jiggers and the three illegal dyeing units that were using them at Samayasangili in Pallipalayam Union, Tiruchengode Taluk, on Thursday. TNPCB officials said that the units were directly dumpling effluents into River Cauvery …
“The quarry, if completed, will be a jolt to our livelihood” A group of farmers and residents of Natham village near Thottiyam on the northern banks of the Cauvery have urged the district administration to immediately suspend the work of setting up a quarry for exploiting the sand resource in …
As the state battles to tackle a grim power situation, sources in the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) have revealed that a proposal to set up a hydel power plant at Shivanasamudra, which was cleared by the state cabinet, has been sent back by the Centre. “The proposal was sent …
Connecting Ken-Betwa To Be First Of 30 Projects Costing 5,60,000cr New Delhi: After almost a decade of political objections and green opposition, the Cabinet is likely to clear on Thursday the ambitious project to inter-link rivers, beginning with the process of connecting the Ken and Betwa rivers in Madhya Pradesh. …
The second phase of concrete-lining project of Kalingarayan Canal is at tender stage. Civil works of the project for which the State Government has sanctioned Rs. 41 crore were likely to commence during February. The project envisages concrete lining of the canal to a distance of three miles and three …
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 …
To meet the increasing demand for drinking water for Bangalore, the State Cabinet has given the green signal to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to draw an additional 10 tmcft of Cauvery water to newly developed layouts in the city. Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, Minister for …
K'taka allowed to raise Almatti dam height, but cannot use excess water The State government is neither under illusion that it has got justice from the Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal II nor is it in victory celebration mode, the Assembly was told on Monday. On the contrary, it is planning …
