Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kirtikumar Sadashiv Bhatt Vs Narmada Water Resource & Others dated 02/12/2024. The matter relates to the discharge of untreated water into the waterbody in Narmada and encroachment. Affidavit dated November 28, 2024 has been filed by …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has given instructions for utilisation of Narmada water by 2020 allocated to the State. Addressing the 38th meeting of Narmada Control Board at Mantralaya here on Tuesday he asked the concerning officers to chalk out a strategy to fully utilise the allocated Narmada water by …
Gandhinagar: Next time you drive along the Narmada canal or a river bed, you are likely to see tall trees. The state government, in a bid to increase tree cover in the non-forest area, has decided to adopt the Anand model of tree plantation in 17 districts in the state. …
The achievements of Madhya Pradesh Fisheries Federation will be valuated by the State Planning Commission. It was decided at the meeting of Board of Directors (BoD) at Mantralaya on Tuesday. The meeting was chaired by the Fisheries Minister Ajay Vishnoi. Principal Secretary Fisheries Ajita Vajpayee was also present. Fish farming …
Bhopal: How major irrigation projects and their successful irrigation management may bring socio economic transformation in the command area would be focused by Narmada Valley Development Authority in tableaux on Republic Day Ceremony at Lal Parade Ground. To extract the parameters of socio economic transformation brought out by Maan and …
Taking cue from State Forest officials, residents in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh have also slammed the decision of the Gujarat Government to disallow the translocation of Asiatic lions to the Palpur-Kuno sanctuary. The residents have described the Gujarat Government's move as anti-tourism, and one that will hamper employment prospects …
Bhopal: Upper Narmada Project, one of the major projects out of proposed 29 projects is likely to be taken up in the current year. The project would create an irrigation potential of 18616 Hectares in tribal dominated Dindori and Anuppur districts. The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 570 …
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has permitted to fill water up to 310 metres in the upper Veda irrigation project dam in tribal dominated area in the western part of the State. The decision of the court paved the way for irrigation project that will irrigate 24,500 acres of agriculture …
The high court of Madhya Pradesh has permitted to fill water upto 310meter in the Aparbeda irrigation project dam in tribal dominated area in west Madhya Pradesh region. The decision of the court paved the way for irrigation project of Aparbeda that will irrigate 24 thousand 500 acre agriculture lands …
The Planning Commission (Govt. of India) has issued investment clearance for Upper Narmada Irrigation Project, proposed in Dindori district of Narmada Valley. This ambitious project would create irrigation potential of 18616 Ha. in Tribal dominated Dindori and Anuppur district. This is one of the major dam projects of Master Plan …
Madhya Pradesh will get 18.25 Million Acre Feet (MAF) water from Narmada River, which is lifeline of Madhya Pradesh. An important programme of construction of 29 big, 135 medium and 3 thousand small dams is being implemented to utilize the water for irrigation purposes. So far, 19 medium and one …
Yogesh Pareek | TNN Bharuch: The tourism department with a view to develop tourism infrastructure projects had recently launched a Multiple Tourism Project (MTP) in the state to invite investors but it missed out on Narmada district in south Gujarat. Sardar Sarovar Dam in Narmada district earned over Rs 50 …
The SSP on the Narmada River, arguably the lifeline of the State of Gujarat, has always been in the limelight for one reason or another. Now, the project has got drawn into a new controversy. Farmers in the SSP command area have stolidly resisted the idea of giving up any …
AHMEDABAD: Two IIM-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) students may have the solution to make the National River Linking Project (NRLP) viable. According to the framework drafted by the students, the project can be implemented without any major funding or disruption to the environment. "The project is very close to former president Dr APJ …
Multi directional strategic approach is being laid down to utilise Narmada water , allocated to Madhya Pradesh. To provide irrigation facilities to the farmer of the state by completing major Narmada valley projects has been the priority of the state govt. This was informed by the Vice Chairman of the …
GANDHINAGAR: In a major step towards putting the Kalpasar project on fast track, the Gujarat government last week commissioned a bathymetric and geotechnical study of the entire oceanic space in order to ascertain its different layers, including fault-lines. The study, to be completed by January 2012, will closely study tidal …
The most delectable hilsa, swore connoisseurs, were to be found in the rivers of Bangladesh. But silting and have changed that. They are moving towards the Ganga now. Read this special report by Down To Earth on hilsa's shifting homebase. Ten years ago Bangladesh’s rivers were deeper and hilsa plentiful. …
Aminul Islam looked to the sky and in an instant brought his eyes to rest on a small mound of hilsa. He picked up a silver-scaled fish, patted its underbelly that had a streak of pink running across it, and let out a cry drowning the scraping of crates, the …
At Chandpur, about 150 km south of Dhaka, Anisur Rahman has a scientific explanation for the predicament of fisher people like Samaad. Currently senior scientific officer at Bangladesh’s Fish Research Institute, Rahman explained, “In scientific parlance, the hilsa is an anadromous fish. It lives most of its lives in the …
In Bangladesh, journalist Shankarlal Das recounts that hilsa could be had for a taka some 40 years ago. “During monsoons my father would come home dangling a hilsa from both hands. Mother would then take over. The nigella seeds (kalaunji) would splutter in mustard oil, the fish make a crackling …
Dhadgaon (Maharashtra): Calling for a review of resettlement sites for the people affected by the Sardar Sarovar dam and of the irrigation project itself, Medha Patkar, leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) said, there were as many as 40,000 families still in the submergence area, waiting to be resettled.
