Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board report in compliance of directions issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) vide order dated April 19, 2023. The matter is related to illegal mining near river Ken, district Banda, Uttar Pradesh. The nominated joint committee members carried out field visits around the mining place …
The Union Government has said that the river inter-linking programme was crucial for water and food security, and sought the cooperation of the States in implementing it. The Ken-Bewta link between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh will be the first project. Chairing the fifth meeting of the Special Committee for …
Minister says project “delayed” as Centre decided to bear entire funding River Ganga will show first signs of being pollution-free by October next year and the first project on inter-linking of rivers (Ken-Betwa) will take off within a year, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said here on Thursday. She said …
BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) slammed state government for rampant illegal mining in the state in two cases. While one is related to Narmada river in Narsinghpur district and other to Ken river in Panna district. A fresh case of illegal mining in Narmada river in Narsinghpur district was admitted …
The newly constituted Task Force on Inter-Linking Rivers will look afresh at all the proposed links to evaluate their feasibility, particularly in maintaining a balance between environment and development. Links that are found unfeasible will be abandoned. Speaking exclusively to The Hindu , task force chairman B.N. Navalawala said the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Brij Mohan Yadav. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 11/02/2015 regarding illegal mining of sand from Ken River, Naraini Block & Tehsil, Banda District.
Brainchild of Vajpayee and dream project of Narendra Modi, the Ken-Betwa river-linking project is embroiled in controversy over its environment impact assessment (EIA), which is replete with lies, say experts. The assessment report mentions presence of Sangai, an endangered brow-antlered deer only found in Manipur, at the Ken basin. The …
Kanpur: Amidst dwindling population of Gangetic river dolphins as only 2,000 are left in the country, the state government is gearing up to undertake Dolphin census in major rivers next month. Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is likely to flag off the campaign. Principal chief conservator forest (wildlife) Rupak De said …
A proposal for forest clearance to the Ken-Betwa river-interlinking project, which involves diverting 6,000 hectares of the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, has been put up to the Environment Ministry's statutory appraisal panel. About 80 per cent of forests required for the project fall in the tiger reserve on …
India is considering 76 river-linking projects to address water scarcity in some parts of the world’s second-most populous nation, according to the government. India’s National Water Development Authority has completed reports to connect the Ken and Betwa rivers in north India and the Damanganga and Pinjal in the west, Santosh …
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the much awaited Ken-Betwa river link which will benefit Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in terms of meeting irrigation, drinking water and electricity needs of people across six districts in the two states. The Cabinet earmarked over Rs 9,000 crore for the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Bardani Mishra Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 25/07/2014 regarding illegal mining of sand and its transportation from Ken River and its Canal at the behest of Khanij Mafia in District Panna, Madhya Pradesh.
The National Democratic Alliance government will execute the Ken-Betwa rivers (both flow in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh) linking project on a priority basis, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said in Rajya Sabha on Monday. "The detailed project reports (DPR) of Phase-I and -II have been completed and communicated to …
Connecting Ken-Betwa To Be First Of 30 Projects Costing 5,60,000cr New Delhi: After almost a decade of political objections and green opposition, the Cabinet is likely to clear on Thursday the ambitious project to inter-link rivers, beginning with the process of connecting the Ken and Betwa rivers in Madhya Pradesh. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Brij Mohan Yadav. Vs. Union of India & Others dated 22/10/2013. NGT orders that no illegal mining is to be permitted in District Banda, Uttar Pradesh particularly in rivers Badain and Ken. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/864-2013(MApp)_22Oct2013.pdf
Illegal sand mining is a lucrative business in Uttar Pradesh with all the major rivers in the State mined by the mining mafia with strong political links. The illegal sand mining is rampant in the flood plains of the Ganga, Yamuna, Ghagra, Ken, Betwa, Chambal and the Gomti. The business …
Land use affects the distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate fauna along the river continuum and are hence useful indicators of this stress (Richards et al. 1993; Roth et al. 1996; Hershey & Lamberti 1998; Allan 2004). This knowledge pertains to temperate streams. Such an impact has been scarcely investigated in tropical …
The 'tiger of the Ganga' is the nomenclature for the Ganga river dolphin which enjoys the same status in the river ecosystem as that of a tiger in a forest. Like the tiger, the dolphin is close to extinction with its numbers having plunged from 6,000 in 1982 to less …
With questions being raised about the feasibility and environment impact of the inter-linking of rivers project, the Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to have a relook at its February 27 decision this year that set the ball rolling by forming a special committee to implement the project. On separate review …
Perennial Jamni river will be linked to nearby lakes to assist in irrigation The Madhya Pradesh government claims to have launched the country's first ever river-lake linking project in the water-scarce Bundelkhand region. The Harpura irrigation and river-lake link project, launched in the Tikamgarh district, will be implemented under the …
The acute spatial and temporal variations in precipitation patterns have greatly influenced water resources planning, management, and development in India. Specifically, these patterns have led to the development of several water transfer projects in the country. The Inter-Linking of Rivers (ILR) project is a grand example of such a water …
