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 …
Centre promised to notify CWDT decision by December-end The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Centre for dilly-dallying on notifying the final decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) dated February 5, 2007, even though it informed the court on December 5, 2012 that it would notify the …
Depleting reservoir levels aggravate situation An acute water crisis looms large over Bangalore this summer, if the monsoon fails again as the levels of reservoirs that supply water to the City have depleted dangerously due to last year’s scarce rains. The warning comes from the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage …
Shettar’s letter to PM delayed process, Supreme Court told The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Centre’s plea seeking time till January 31 to notify the decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal passed in 2007. A bench of justices D K Jain and Madan B Lokur, however, pulled up …
There is a river that is almost perennial, but its water is not potable and fish inedible. It’s not even used for bathing and washing by people. This is the story of the once-pristine Vrushabhavathi and the twenty-odd villages under the Byramangala gram panchayat, including Byramangala, Kodiyala Karenahalli, Kodihalli, Chikkakuntahalli, …
Although inter-State water disputes and arbitration with neighbouring Pakistan over the Kishenganga hydro-electric project in Jammu & Kashmir dominated the functioning of the Union Water Resources Ministry in 2012, it is expected that in the New Year the Government will focus on giving a push to water sector reforms. With …
Ensure equitable distribution of water for urban and rural areas, and for wildlife: organic farmer The State government has been urged to formulate a water policy for the Cauvery basin to harness the resource in a judicious and effective manner. The suggestion comes in the wake of unprecedented drought and …
CHENNAI, 29 DEC: Mounting pressure on Centre, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa today insisted that the final order of the Cauvery Tribunal be notified considering the withering crops in the state even as she expressed doubts over DMK's intentions on the issue. Recalling the recent meeting of DMK MPs with …
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today asked the Centre not to notify the Cauvery Tribunal award without consulting all the river basin states. In his speech at the National Development Council meeting, Shettar noted that Karnataka and other states have challenged the final award in the Supreme Court and the …
Bangalore’s drinking water crisis is not going to end in a hurry. But, the year 2012 witnessed the pinnacle of this crisis, particulary during summer. Residents of the newly added BBMP areas, however, had a reason for some hope by the end of the year with the commissioning of the …
Criticising the Union ministers from the State for not making any attempts to get Karnataka an appointment with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the Cauvery issue, BJP General Secretary and MP Ananth Kumar has hoped the four ministers will make efforts in this direction at least now. Addressing the …
Undeterred by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s refusal to meet him on two occasions in the recent past to discuss the controversial Cauvery water issue, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has sought appointment with him once again on the issue of the sharing of the river water with the neighbouring Tamil …
People on City fringes aren’t in a hurry to complete formalities, despite water worries People on the City’s fringes do not seem to be in a hurry to avail new water connections from Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), under the Cauvery IV stage II phase project that was …
Seeks remainder of what was originally demanded earlier this month With the imminent closure of the Mettur dam for irrigation looming large, the State government has decided to move the Supreme Court, seeking around 20 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft). The quantum is the remainder of what (30 tmc …
ONGC's foreign arm had agreed to buy firm's stake in Kashagan field for $5 bn US-based ConocoPhillips is in talks with state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ( ONGC) to pick stake in more than one of its ultra-deep-water blocks. A senior executive from ONGC said ConocoPhillips, US’s third largest …
Once the Union government publishes the award in gazette this month-end The stage will be set for the constitution of a mechanism to implement the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal as soon as the Union government publishes the award in its gazette this month-end. The establishment of …
The Supreme Court today made it clear that it will not interfere with the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s order directing Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with 12 TMCft of Cauvery water during December despite both warring states expressing dissatisfaction over the award. A Bench of Justices D K Jain and Madan …
Disregarding the directive of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC), Karnataka has stopped releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar told agitating Congress members at the Assembly today that the release of water to Tamil Nadu had been stopped since Sunday evening. The Supreme Court had on Wednesday …
The Supreme Court today made it clear that it will not interfere with the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s (CMC) order directing Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with 12 thousand million cubic feet (tmc) of Cauvery water during December despite both warring states expressing dissatisfaction over the award. A Bench of justices …
Following the Supreme Court’s directive to Karnataka to release 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu from December 5 to 9, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has decided to take a delegation to Delhi on Friday to apprise Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat of the …
Asks Centre to indicate time frame for notifying final decision of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Directing Karnataka to release 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu from Wednesday till December 9, the Supreme Court asked the Centre to indicate the time frame within which it would notify the final decision …
