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 …
Asserting that there is a need to see river conflicts "differently", environmentalist Sunita Narain today said the solution to the Cauvery river water sharing issue requires the farmers to reduce use of water and the cities to become water efficient. The row over Cauvery has exacerbated in the last few …
MLC Ivan D’Souza said that the Central government should evolve a central water policy to guide the states on sharing of river water. Absence of such policy will only aggravate the inter-state water disputes in future, said D’Souza, who is also Chief Whip of the Government in the Legislative Council. …
CM should convene all-party meeting to address issue, says G. K. Mani The ruling party and the opposition parties should unite together to restore the rights of Tamil Nadu on Cauvery water dispute. They should meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi immediately to safeguard the State’s rights, said Pattali Makkal Katchi …
BENGALURU: It's true that the September 9 strike called by pro-Kannada organizations protesting sharing of Cauvery water with Tamil Nadu caused a lot of inconvenience to citizens. However, with the number of vehicles on roads drastically reducing bandh day , the city breathed easy; the ambient air quality too showed …
Bengaluru erupts in violence over water-sharing plans with neighbouring state Tamil Nadu, as country-wide shortages reach crisis levels Scattered tyres, set alight, had already shut the road back into Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) when Javed Parvesh tried to return on Monday, after a morning at the Cauvery river with his son. …
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) had monitored the ambient air quality for the parameters particulate matter (PM10), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Air pollution had come down at nine locations in the city on September 9 when Karnataka bandh was observed against the Supreme Court order …
Injustice cannot be tolerated anymore, says BJP leader Lok Sabha Member Shobha Karandlaje on Tuesday said the state government should not release Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu. She said all 28 MPs of the state and all the MLAs will support the government, provided the government takes a firm …
Cauvery basin to get real-time water flow monitoring system. The Union Ministry of Water Resources is working to instal modern technology to monitor water data in the Cauvery basin areas within one year to end the dispute on the availability of water in the states. Union Water Resources Secretary Shashi …
Protesters in the southern Indian city of Bangalore in Karnataka state have attacked shops and set fire to vehicles in a long-running dispute about water. They were angry at a Supreme Court ruling ordering Karnataka to share more water with neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Karnataka must release 12,000 cubic feet of …
Vehicles bearing TN registration torched; Sec 144 clamped Tension prevailed in parts of the city, over the Cauvery River water issue. The agitators torched vehicles bearing Tamil Nadu registration number, ransacked shops run by traders from Tamil Nadu and tore Tamil movie posters. The protestors torched a tourists’ car, a …
One dies in Bengaluru firing; curfew imposedin parts of city As Bengaluru and parts of Karnataka were gripped by large scale violence and arson on Monday, one person died and four were injured in police firing. Mobs set vehicles on fire and attacked businesses with Tamil names after the Supreme …
Modifying its September 5 order, the Supreme Court on Sep 12, 2016 asked the Karnataka government to release 12,000 cusecs water to Tamil Nadu Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Tamil Nadu Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 12/09/2016 regarding Cauvery water …
Against the backdrop of Karnataka farmers and pro-Kannada outfits intensifying protests and calling for a statewide bandh on Friday, the Supreme Court-appointed Supervisory Committee will hold ameeting in New Delhi on Monday. It will take stock of the storage level in Karnataka reservoirs and decide on the water to be …
Security beefed up as farmers criticise order by Supreme Court Amid dissent by the Opposition parties and serious opposition from farmers, the Karnataka Government on Tuesday decided to release 15,000 cusecs of water a day to Tamil Nadu as per the Supreme Court’s directive. The State has also decided to …
As farmers and others hit the streets protesting the apex court directive to release 15,000 cusecs of water per day for next ten days to the neighbouring state, the Cauvery Hitarakshana Samithi (Cauvery protection committee) called for a bandh today in Mandya, the hotbed of Cauvery politics. Farmers and pro-Kannada …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Tamil Nadu Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 05/08/2016 regarding Cauvery river water dispute. Mr. Naphade, learned senior counsel appearing for the State of Tamil Nadu contends that the State of Karnataka has not been complying …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Tamil Nadu Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 02/09/2016 regarding Cauvery river waters allocation among the States of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Pondicherry.
The state government is planning a mega project to meet drinking water needs of all the districts in the state. The scheme is estimated to cost Rs 45,000 crore. A proposal in this regard will be submitted to the Centre soon so that the state can go in for external …
Farmers associations have called for a state-wide protest on Tuesday calling on the state and Central governments to facilitate release of water from the Cauvery River for cultivation of Samba crops. Apart from rail and road roko, the farmers have called for participation from the public.
'Water in KRS, Kabini, Harangi dams just enough to meet drinking needs' BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa urged the Supreme Court to send a team of experts and get a report on the availability of water in the KRS dam before issuing orders in the Cauvery River water-sharing dispute. …
