Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Swarup Kumar Rath Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/05/2025. Additional Government Advocate appearing for the state of Odisha stated that the work of restoration of Suka Paika canal is almost nearing completion and is expected to be completed …
The Mahanadi water dispute issue returned to haunt the Biju Janata Dal government in Odisha Assembly on Monday with the Opposition legislators stalling the proceedings over Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s statement over the issue. The House witnessed several adjournments during the day with the Opposition alleging that Mr. Patnaik had …
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday apprised different political parties, social organisations and individuals about the outcome of talk on sharing of Mahanadi River water convened by Union Water Resource Minister Uma Bharti at New Delhi on September 17. Not convinced by the government’s narration, the Opposition Congress and BJP …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the State Government has welcomed the Centre's proposal for a chief ministerial level talks to resolve the dispute over Mahanadi river water, Chhatisgarh's delay in providing information sought by the Odisha government on the construction activities undertaken by it has made mattersuncertain. The state government had requested …
Independence Day was celebrated across Odisha with gaiety and enthusiasm amid tight security today as the state government showed optimism that efforts to resolve the Mahanadi river water issue would be successful and state's rights would not be compromised. "The government is making sincere effort to resolve Mahanadi river water …
CUTTACK: The row over river Mahanadi between Odisha and Chhattisgarh has reached the Orissa High Court which on Tuesday issued notices to the State Government and the Centre and directed them to file response within 10 days. Acting on a PIL writ petition filed by Barada Prasanna Patnaik, convener of …
At a time when the dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh is raging on over sharing of the Mahanadi water, it has come as a blessing in disguise for Odisha to further up its ante against the Centre's ambitious plan for Mahanadi-Godavari link. The state government is opposing the interlinking project …
The Clean Environment Cess proposed in the Budget is likely shoot up Coal India's average notified coal price by around 20 per cent. "Our average coal price (notified segment) is Rs 1,000-1,100 per tonne and an increase of Rs 200 per tonne is almost 20 per cent rise in coal …
A total of 12 projects of Coal India Limited (CIL) got environmental clearance in 2015, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday. In a written reply, Minister of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal said: “Till December 1, 2015, 12 projects have been accorded environmental …
Dynamics of heavy metals such as Fe, Mn, Zn, Cr, Cu, Co, Ni, Pb, and Cd in surface water of Mahanadi River estuarine systems were studied taking 31 different stations and three different seasons. This study demonstrates that the elemental concentrations are extremely variable and most of them are higher …
Odisha has declined permission to the proposal of a 54-km link canal for diversion of 85 million cubic metre water from Mahanadi to Tandula dam in neighbouring Chhattisgarh. The State government, in a letter to Central Water Commission, has objected to construction of a series of water reservoirs by Chhattisgarh …
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 …
Global agricultural production is heavily sustained by irrigation, but irrigation system efficiencies are often surprisingly low. However, our knowledge of irrigation efficiencies is mostly confined to rough indicative estimates for countries or regions that do not account for spatio-temporal heterogeneity due to climate and other biophysical dependencies. To allow for …
As both surface and ground water of large parts of Angul and Dhenkanal district is polluted due to coalmines, power plants, aluminium and steel industries, concerned citizens, social activists, lawyers and people’s representatives have demanded piped water supply from both Mahanadi and Brahmani rivers to the people of these two …
The Mahanadi and the Brahmani rivers flow around 250 km in Angul and Dhenkanal district. Here, the Government allocated as much as 1,028.039 cusec of water to total 26 industries where as only 11.38 cusec of water was allocated only to three urban bodies of these two districts. The aggregate …
The Water Initiative Odisha (WIO) has said the Super Thermal Power Plant (STPP) being set up by the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) at Lara on the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border would have a “devastating impact” on the Mahanadi, local ecology and people’s livelihoods in at least six gram panchayats in …
The people and Governments of both Chhattisgarh and Odisha may come to loggerheads over sharing of the Mahanadi river water in future, renowned Water Sector Expert and Independent Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha AV Swamy observed on Tuesday. “Swamy was speaking at a one-day Consultation on the theme “Threats on …
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 …
Little progress has been made in the three inter-linking of river proposals, which aims to divert surplus water to deficit areas and reduce chances of flood. Official sources said the state government has requested National Water Development Agency (NWDA) to prepare a detailed project report of the proposed Vansadhara-Rushikulya project. …
The administration has set up 73 relief camps where affected people has been given shelter following flooding of their houses and villages Heavy rains that lashed Chhattisgarh last week had flooded 73 villages across the state pushing the government machineries to take up relief work on a war-foot in the …
The Orissa government on Thursday breathed easy as over 11 lakh cusecs of flood waters in the Mahanadi river system passed without causing damage to the tune it was anticipated. Nonetheless, over 18 lakh people in 23 districts were affected by the high floods in the Mahanadi and other major …
