Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Despite a meeting of more than three hours on Friday, the management committee overseeing Reliance Industries Ltd's KG-D6 gas block in the Krishna-Godavari basin did not approve commercialisation of four more of its discoveries in the same area. A source said the meeting ended without any decision on the issue. …
The oil ministry has asked Reliance Industries (RIL) to prepare a fresh estimate of gas reserves in satellite fields of the KG-D6 block and submit a cost assessment for developing the new discoveries, further delaying the $1.5-billion plan to raise gas output by 10 million cubic metres a day. The …
Reliance Industries (RIL) has told the government that already declining production at its trophy asset, the D6 block in offshore Andhra Pradesh, could plummet drastically if its investment plans are not approved forthwith. Senior RIL officials led by Chairman Mukesh Ambani have met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister …
The scope of this report is to submit the results of the pilot study on water resources assessment using space inputs. Annual water resources during the period 1988-89 to 2007-80, mean annual water resources, water resources during the extreme rainfall conditions in the Godavari, and Brahmani - Baitarni basins are …
The Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, on Sunday said the drinking water problem in Malkajgiri municipal areas will be solved soon as the government is taking up works to provide new water lines, construct storage reservoirs and improve distribution network at an estimated cost of Rs 270 crore. …
There are 12 "hot spots" in eight States where river water was found to be contaminated. In the first ever report of its kind, the Central Water Commission (CWC) monitored water quality at 371 stations in river systems across the country and identified stretches that need urgent Government action. It …
Questioning whether the interlinking of rivers would require land acquisition, the Supreme Court on Monday said it might not favour the project if it meant a huge financial burden on the government. “My concern is only on what is the financial liability of the project. We want to make it …
The Supreme Court today said it would not favour interlinking of rivers if it causes huge financial burden on the Centre and asked for a report on its costs. “My concern is only on the financial liability of the project. We want to make it clear that we would not …
The Rs 3,375 crore phase-I of the Godavari drinking water project, aimed at bringing 172 million gallons of water per day to the city, is likely to run into rough weather. The Irrigat-ion and Command Area Development authorities say it may be difficult to supply 10 tmc of water from …
Owing to incessant rains in Nashik region, an alert has been issued for the people residing along Godavari river in the district, officials said. Heavy rains have led the Irrigation Department to start releasing water from nearby dams on the Godavari river. While 2,582 cusecs water was being released from …
The Comptroller and Auditor-General today said it is in the process of finalising its report on Reliance Industries’ KG-D6 gas fields. Refuting allegations by Reliance Industries that it was not given enough time to respond to the audit observations, Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, Mr Vinod Rai, said, “We have …
Fear of submergence haunts Kurturu, a village nestled in the Papi hills of the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh. In 2005, a band of officials, an unusual sight in this remote village in West Godavari district, visited the place and marked a rock. Then they broke the news about the …
BHUBANESWAR: The Centre is reported to have taken a stand that the Andhra Pradesh Government cannot go ahead with the Polavaram dam without consent from Orissa and Chhattisgarh governments. Centre had recently granted environment and forest clearances to the Polavaram project despite strong protest from the State Government. The clearances …
The Andhra Pradesh government lied to obtain forest clearance for the Polavaram dam on the Godavari; it said there were no forest rights claimants in the dam’s submergence zone. Down To Earth visited the villages denied forest rights and found the state had indeed lied. To know more click on …
Fear of submergence haunts Kurturu, a village nestled in the Papi hills of the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh. In 2005, a band of officials, an unusual sight in this remote village in West Godavari district, visited the place and marked a rock. Then they broke the news about the …
400,000 MAY BE DISPLACED The environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the project says 276 villages will be affected; an estimated 177,275 people live in these villages. The Polavaram Project Environmental Impact Appraisal Report of 1985 expected 150,697 people to be displaced in 226 villages. But the population of these villages …
The Supreme Court on Friday indicated that it would appoint an expert to inspect the Polavaram dam to ascertain whether it was being constructed in terms of the Godavari Tribunal Award. A Bench of Justices Mukundakam Sharma and Anil R. Dave asked Additional Solicitor-General Harin P. Raval to take instructions …
If energy, reforms and governance are addressed right, the Indian economy will be the largest by 2045 Given its extraordinary demographics and the unfulfilled demand for infrastructure and consumption combined with the hopes and predictions of responsible bankers such as Citibank and Goldman Sachs, India must know her strategy to …
March 13: Thanks to the apathy of the endowments department, devasthanam boards and local civic bodies, pilgrims take the ritual dips in highly polluted water at pilgrim centres and temple towns in the state. Laboratory tests by the AP Pollution Control Board reveal that the water from the holy bathing …
The Rs 17,000 crore Polavaram irrigation project could run into heavy weather. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has objected to the Andhra Pradesh Government going ahead with construction for the project without settling with the Chhattisgarh and Orissa governments the issue of building embankments. Both states have argued that they have …
