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 Consortium of Indian Farmers’ Association (CIFA) has urged the government to implement the river inter-linking project in a time-bound manner. In a resolution adopted at a meeting of the State-level crop-wise committees meeting of the association held here on Tuesday in the presence of P. Chengal Reddy, national advisor, …
Norms for project: Forest Department officials say clearance under the Forest Conservation Act and approval of the National Board for Wildlife must be obtained before the Mekedatu dam project is set in motion. The State government may be resolute in its decision to build a dam across the River Cauvery …
Saturday’s bandh in Tamil Nadu against the Karnataka Government’s move to construct a dam across the Cauvery river at Mekedatu is being seen as a wake up call for the Union Government to speed up the process of resolving the Cauvery Water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. “The DMK …
The Tamil Nadu Environment Protection Movement will support the bandh to be held on Saturday to protest against Karnataka's plan to construction dams across the Cauvery at Mekedaatu and Rasimanal. If built, the dams will affect five crore people of the State directly or indirectly, said Mugilan, co-ordinator of the …
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has submitted a `5,019 crore proposal to the government for supply of drinking water to 110 villages in Greater Bengaluru. The detailed project report (DPR), ‘Water Supply and Underground Drainage System’, envisages supply of 400 million litres of water per day (MLD) …
Members of various socio and political bodies organised under the Cauvery Protection Movement staged a protest in the city on Wednesday against construction of reservoirs across the Cauvery by Karnataka and demanded that the methane extraction project in the delta districts be dropped. Members of the movement voiced their opposition …
Condemning Karnataka’s proposal to construct three dams across River Cauvery, members of Cauvery Protection Movement attempted to picket the Central government office in Tiruchengode here on Wednesday. However, the police removed over 200 persons. Members began their rally from Anna Statue near Old Bus Stand and were on their way …
The Cauvery delta encompasses legendary farmlands for at least over the last 2300 years BP that had supported the growth of the famous Chola and Pandya kingdoms. The chrono-stratigraphic study from six sediment cores taken from the Cauvery basin indicates Holocene evolution of the present delta in response to past …
The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal has passed an interim injunction restraining the Tamil Nadu government from cutting trees on the Cauvery riverbed in Thanjavur district, from Kumbakonam town to Poompuhar. V Maruthayyan of Kumbakonam said scores of trees in the thickly forested area on the Cauvery riverbed …
The State government has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe into the accusation of illegal mining and transport of sand in the Cauvery basin. A Government Order (GO) to this effect was issued on January 3 this year. Members of the Opposition had alleged in the winter session …
MADURAI: At a time when the Tamil Nadu government is looking forward for inclusion of Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar rivers linking project at a cost of Rs 5,166 crore in the 2015-16 Union Budget, a group of experts has urged the state government to consider going for 'Smart National Waterways Project'. "Inter-linking of …
Karnataka Tourism Minister R V Deshpande today said the state government has accepted the concept of establishing a museum in Mysuru to document the existing flora and fauna in the Cauvery river belt. Deshpande said the Cauvery river belt is very rich in biodiversity and available information on it will …
The scope of the study and the present report covers the detailed characterization of the existing environmental status in the Project area for major environmental components viz. Meteorology, Ambient Air Quality, Water Quality and Noise Levels.
The Pollution Control Board in the district has sent samples of water in the Cauvery and Bhavani rivers following immersion of Lord Ganesha idols earlier this week in connection with the Chathurthi celebrations, to the National Green Tribunal. The over 200 idols that were immersed into the two rivers were …
Parched areas in South India may no longer be water starved if Karnataka plans to link Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery in consulation with the states concerned succeed. "The government is planning to link these rivers - Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery - to solve water problems afflicting parched areas …
Statue makers say use of the banned plaster of Paris is “inevitable" The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has advocated making of idols of Lord Ganesh with biodegradable products such as sago pith waste for the water immersion ceremony in connection with Vinayaka Chathurthy While the primary insistence is on …
Tamil Nadu government today announced a slew of measures to improve the infrastructure in its Pollution Control Board, in a bid to check the pollution levels and ensuring a clean environment in the state. Environment Minister Venkatachalam said, government would construct buildings for TNPCB at Erode, Coimbatore (South), Vaniyambadi, Nagappattinam, …
New buildings will be constructed to house Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board offices and laboratories in seven centres across the State during 2014-15 at a cost of Rs. 14 crore, Environment Minister Thoppu N.D. Venkatachalam informed the Assembly here on Thursday. The buildings would come up in Erode, Coimbatore (South), …
The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday criticised the State government for using machineries to quarry sand from riverbeds “perhaps under pressure from lorry owners” and for not disclosing the correct quantity of sand quarried from each location. Passing orders in a batch of writ petitions related to sand …
Tamil Nadu government today proposed to launch a Rs 11,420 crore project to improve the irrigation system in Cauvery river basin with the Central Water Commission (CWC) having already given its 'in-principle clearance' for the same. "A preliminary project proposal on Improvements and Rehabilitation of Irrigation Systems in Cauvery basin …
