Reply affidavit by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board in Original Application No 32/2023 (WZ) (Raju alias Devavappa Anna Shetty & Others Vs M/s Shri Dutt India Pvt Ltd & Others) dated 17/02/2024. The SPCB informed said that total environmental damage compensation (EDC) amounting to Rs 90 crore has been calculated and …
Over 26,000 Houses Collapse Bangalore: Northern Karnataka has gone virtually under water. Unprecedented rain and floods since Wednesday have cut off Raichur, Gulbarga, Bijapur, Koppal, Bellary and Bagalkot districts. Life came to a full stop on Friday with the collapse of road and communication networks and several trains to the …
HYDERABAD: The Krishna river and its two major tributaries in Andhra Pradesh, Tungabhadra and Handri, rose menacingly to a level not seen in 100 years after they received unprecedented quantities of inflows, bringing both Kurnool and the pilgrim centre of Mantralayam under neck-deep water, besides inundating some 100 villages in …
Aug. 10: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday declared that calling tenders for granting sand quarrying lease on river beds without getting clearance from the river conservator was illegal. A division bench comprising Justice Goda Raghuram and Justice Ramesh Ranganathan was dealing with a PIL challenging the lease on …
Aug. 10: The state government on Monday differed with the Union law minister, Mr Veerappa Moily, and asserted that Karnataka had constructed illegal irrigation projects across the Krishna River even as the Opposition criticised him. On a visit to the city on Sunday, Mr Moily had said that projects constructed …
M. Malleswara Rao HYDERABAD: Karnataka has projected an enhanced availability of surplus waters in the Krishna at 517 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet), an increase of 187 tmcft over its earlier estimation of 330 tmcft, and made a strong plea before the Krishna Water Tribunal for a 50 per cent …
In the present study an attempt is made to derive storage allocation release rules for multi-purpose multi-reservoir system by using the results obtained from a non-linear programming model. From the optimization results, the release pattern was observed from each reservoir corresponding to their storage and inflow in each month.
June 4: Climatic conditions in the state are clearly worsening. In fact, environmentalists say that the state capital is the sixth worst polluted city in the country. Alarmingly, the Krishna and Godavari rivers, that contribute around 90 per cent of the state
Present study consist the spatial and temporal variations of depth, temperature and salinity, currents, flushing times and classification of the Krishna estuary. Temperature exhibited a distinct seasonal variation with higher values in premonsoon (30.0
The order of KSHRC in respect of a petition filed by project affected people under the Upper Krishna Project, as more than 30000 population of Bagalkot city has been deprived of their right to life and livelihood due to compulsory acquisition of their properties because of submersion under the backwaters …
Rivers, known as mother rivers in many local to regional languages, dialects and cultural idioms, are known as bedrocks of civilisation. River valley populations in the hilly gorges are thus civilisations within our larger civilisation. Land, water, the forests, aquatic and mineral wealth of these river valleys are rarely valued. …
Piyush Pandey MUMBAI RELIANCE Industries (RIL) is learnt to have struck gas in the L-1 well in the Krishna-Godavari basin. Although the exact amount of the gas reserve is being ascertained, it is learnt that the discovery may even be bigger than the country
Vijayawada, Sept. 9: The Congress government claims to be focused on irrigation projects, but poor water management is compounding the woes of farmers in the Krishna and Godavari delta. Despite the tall claims about irrigation projects, several lakh cusecs of water from Krishna and Godavari rivers is going waste into …
Vijayawada, Sept. 5: The department f mines and geology booked 98 cases against illegal transportation of sand during the current financial year. A special check-post was set up at Nandigama to control unauthorised quarrying and stocking of sand in Krishna district, according to assistant director of mines and geology, Mr …
Since India gained Independence, the Krishna basin has seen an increasing mobilization of its water resources. Warnings of basin closure (minimal flow to the ocean) emerge during dry periods. Basin water development and local rural dynamics have led to a degradation of downstream ecosystems manifesting itself by salinizing soil and …
This report is a case study on the Krishna River Basin in South India. The basin has witnessed intense water development resulting in downstream environmental degradation. The observed decline in discharge to the ocean sends a strong signal: there is only little scope for further water supply development, and further …
Hyderabad, July 16: Residents of former municipalities such as Kapra, Alwal, Malkajgiri and LB Nagar and those in Secunderabad Cantonment Board have to wait a little longer to get Krishna water. The South Central Railway has given permission to lay a pipeline for ring main-II of Krishna Phase-II only on …
The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, will lay the foundation stone for modernisation of delta at Puligadda village in Avanigadda constituency on June 6. The government has undertaken the works of modernising the canals and drains in Krishna and Guntur districts with an estimated cost of Rs 4,500 crore …
State medical and health director general Dr Ramesh Chandra deplored the poor maintenance of sanitation in villages and municipalities and felt the need to sensitise the general public on cleanliness of environs to keep diseases at bay. The director general chaired a regional task force meeting of officials from the …
In a major move, the state government has shelved the proposed Krishna Phase-III project and replaced it with the Godavari project to bring 10 tmc of water in phase-I from the Sripada Sagar reservoir in Yellampalli in Karimnagar district. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has invited tenders …
