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 …
But allocates 4 tmc ft more water to Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh In a great relief to the people in the northern parts of Karnataka, the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II has upheld its award of 2010 and raising the height of the Almatti reservoir from 519.60 metres to 524.26 …
60 % of the damaged crop is only in West Godavari district. About 1,68,998 hectares of paddy crop, of which over 60 per cent is only in West Godavari district, has been damaged under the impact of heavy rains caused by cyclone Helen, preliminary estimates of the state disaster management …
It is expected to make landfall between Kalingapatnam and Masula on Nov. 28. Even as the enumeration of extensive crop loss caused by the tropical cyclonic storm Helen is yet to commence, the coastal Andhra region is faced with another “very severe cyclonic storm’’ that is likely to cross the …
Vijayawada: Cyclone Helen, the second major storm to hit Andhra coast in four weeks since Phailin, made landfall on the coast south of Machilipatnam around 1.30pm on Friday, leaving an aftermath of death and devastation killing 10 people and damaging standing crop over thousands of acres in Krishna, West and …
All projects in Krishna, Cauvery and Tungabhadra basins to be completed in 5 yrs The State government will earmark a whopping Rs 10,000 crore every year to complete irrigation projects under progress. Speaking after inaugurating a water supply project in Gutumitkal in the taluk on Wednesday, the chief minister said …
Centre comes out with clear cut procedures to avoid disputes in future The Centre has identified three major challenges that need to be addressed with regard to sharing of Krishna and Godavari rivers between Telangana and the residuary State of Andhra Pradesh. The first is the allocation and protocol of …
Fears in Andhra Pradesh over the sharing of Krishna and Godavari waters, government jobs, personal safety, state assets and liabilities, and Article 371 (D) are for the most part not based on an awareness of the steps that can be taken to allay them. The ‘real’ conflict is over the …
Five surrendered discoveries to be put up for competitive bidding Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India's largest private sector company, might find this difficult to digest. The petroleum ministry has asked it to give up more than 80 per cent of its D6 gas block area in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin, …
Hydrological assessment for sustaining rice production in a changing climate: A case study of Krishna river basin, India - A presentation by Dr. Balaji Narasimhan at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), facing a prolonged stagnancy in oil production, has got a shot in the arm with one of its blocks in the Krishna-Godavari basin off the Andhra Pradesh coast, close to Reliance Industries’ much-touted KG-D6 field, having been found to hold reserves four times the …
The early rains of the 2013 monsoon ended the drought in Maharashtra. But the long-term problem remains. A combination of measures is required to tackle the issue.
Hyderabad: Districts along the Bay of Bengal coast began gearing up for Cyclone Phailin, which is expected to make landfall on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Officials and staff have been put on high alert and the state government has drawn up an action plan. It includes, when …
Water at 75 locations of major rivers, such as Ganga, Yamuna, Chambal, Sone and Wainaganga are not fit for drinking, the Government said in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The Central Water Commission (CWC) under the Water Resources Ministry, which monitors water quality at 396 stations located in all the …
The CAG has said the technical reports have indicated that the operator has not fulfilled its obligation on well drilling. The Comptroller and Auditor General has asked the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) to explain the steps taken by it to ensure that Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) complies …
Many villages in Shahapur and Shorapurtaluks face flood threat as Krishna river is in spate following heavy outflow from Narayanpur reservoir. In all, 2.60 lakhcusecs of water is being released from the reservoir as the inflow into the reservoir is also 2.60 lakhcusecs. Shahapur-Devadurga connecting bridge near Kollur village is …
On June 16, an orbiting Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) meteorological satellite captured imagery of dense cloud formation building over Uttarakhand. An analysis of the imagery uploaded on an isro website the following day predicted 'extreme rainfall/cloudburst' and marked 11 places in Uttarakhand in red. Barkot, Kirtinagar, Munikireti, Narendranagar, Pauri, …
The district administration is gearing up to crack the whip on illegal sand mining, in the light of reports that the menace had led to the Malaprabha river changing its course. The task force to curb illegal mining had found it difficult to rein in those extracting sand illegally as …
Illegal extraction thrives under the nose of authorities; officials say they are helpless Sand from the basins of the Bheema, Kagina, Mullamari, Bennethora, Bori and Kamalavathi rivers in the district did not command much demand in the region in the past, as these rivers flow through areas with black soil …
BANGALORE: The water levels in Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) in Mandya district and Almatti in Bijapur, the lifelines for drinking water and irrigation in the Cauvery and Krishna basins, have almost touched dead storage. Tackling the escalating water crisis will be chief minister Siddaramaiah's first challenge. In Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwad and …
Andhra Pradesh has lost significant number of farmers in the last one decade. The percentage of cultivators had declined from 22.52 per cent in 2001 to 16.47 per cent in 2011, according to the primary census abstract of the State released here on Friday. At the district level, Adilabad has …
