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 …
The Madras High Court has permitted 10 sand quarries on the Cauvery-Coleroon river beds to continue its operations for a further period of two months. By an order dated August 3, a Division Bench headed by Justice R.Banumathi had ordered the closure of five-year old quarries in the Cauvery-Coleroon riverbeds. …
A gut wrenching odour emanating from the greenish yellow coloured “water” flowing down the Popular Mudaliar channel hits the nostrils forcing one to back off the channel banks. Similar is the invasive stench of the “water” flowing down the Vangal channel and the only difference is its striking deep brownish …
Taking into consideration Tamil Nadu’s requirement for the next 15 days as well as the shortfall in Karnataka’s water releases between October 16 and 31, the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) on Wednesday directed that State to release 6.20 tmcft from November 1 to 15, according to Tamil Nadu sources. The …
CM commissions Cauvery IV stage II phase project Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Wednesday commissioned Cauvery Water Supply Scheme IV Stage II Phase at Jambusavari Dinne, as a Rajyostava gift to Bangaloreans. The ambitious project of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will supply 500 million litres of …
Asks Karnataka counsel to complywith CMC recommendations The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC), which is meeting here on Wednesday, to examine all questions raised by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and make appropriate recommendations. A Bench of Justices D.K. Jain and J.S. Khehar also recorded an …
A CRA meeting held on September 19 had failed to produce a solution as both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu had rejected the Prime Minister’s award of 9,000 cusecs of water to save the standing crops in the delta region. The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) …
As many as 13,667 households will get piped Cauvery water with the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) all set to commission the Cauvery IV stage II phase project on Wednesday. BWSSB Minister S Suresh Kumar said here on Tuesday that the project was of much importance than Metro, …
BWSSB confident of reaching its target of 2 lakh connections Come next week, water woes will be a thing of the past for the residents of the City’s newly-added areas. Water will start flowing in their taps as part of the Cauvery IV stage II phase project. Although only 10,000 …
After power and land, the Centre does not want to open up water as another area of dispute with the state governments. Instead of rushing through with a national water legislation, the government will engage with each state to build up a consensus on metering of use of water, even …
The Union Urban Development Ministry has constituted a working group to suggest ways for the preservation of water bodies in the urban areas. Rapid disappearance of water bodies from the urban landscape has sounded an alarm vis-à-vis water shortfall and has also put a considerable strain on States’ spending to …
The Tamil Nadu Government on Wednesday made a fresh plea in the Supreme Court for issuing appropriate directions to Karnataka to make good the shortfall of 48 tmcft of water as per the distress sharing formula. It said as per the formula there must be pro-rata sharing of the available …
Cauvery River Authority's refusal to review water release order The Karnataka Government has moved the Supreme Court challenging Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s decision as Chairperson of the Cauvery River Authority refusing to review his order directing Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu from September 20 to …
Industrialists planning to start polluting units in four districts of the State are unable to get the Consent to Establish (CTE) from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) as the government is not willing to relax norms. According to TNPCB sources, the board has not taken any decision on …
Citizens, be prepared to pay more for water after Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board starts supply from the Cauvery Stage IV Phase II. BWSSB has written to the government to either allow a hike in the water tariff or sanction an annual grant of Rs. 200 crore to the …
Cauvery panel says directive is in line with Tribunal’s award The Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC), at a meeting on Thursday, ordered Karnataka to release a further 8.85 tmcft of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from October 16 till 31. According to sources present at the meeting, the CMC said this …
The Cauvery Monitoring Committee Thursday directed Karnataka to release 8.85 TMC of water to Tamil Nadu from October 16 till the end of this month. Having already stopped water to Tamil Nadu, a defiant Karnataka said it was not in a position to release any water. The committee — chaired …
Bommai writes to Union water resources minister The Karnataka government, in a letter to the Centre, has contended that the prime minister has legal powers under the Inter State Water Disputes Act to review the September 19 decision taken in his capacity as the chairperson of the Cauvery River Authority …
Contending that Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shivappa Shettar and six others had brazenly and wilfully disobeyed the September 28 order to release 9,000 cusecs of water, the Tamil Nadu Government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against them. Besides the Chief Minister, others against whom …
CRA will have to meet again for any review/stay of order, says Bansal Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday ruled out a stay or review of the decision of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) directing Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of water every day to Tamil Nadu till October 20, …
Even as Karnataka made clear that it would be “physically impossible” for it to release water anymore to Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court told the State on Monday that “all these agitations [in Karnataka against water release] don’t serve any purpose. Sometimes, they may spoil a good case.” After hearing …
