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 …
Mahadevan Ramaswamy and Ramaswamy R. Iyer Those who were impatient with the Narmada Bachao Andolan's struggle must now re-examine their thinking in the light of the Second Interim Report of the Experts' Committee set up by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The Second Interim Report of the Experts' Committee …
Hoshangabad: Use of polythene bags has been banned in an area of 200 metres limit from banks of the river Narmada in Hoshangabad. The Sub Divisional Magistrate issued an order in this regard under the IPC. The Chief Municipality Officer Hoshangabad has been instructed to install boards on all the …
THE Supreme Court has allowed the Madhya Pradesh government to resume construction of canal networks of Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar dam projects on the Narmada. On February 25, the court overturned the state high court order that halted the work following a petition by activist Medha Patkar. She had demanded …
Gargi Parsai The Narmada dam (Sardar Sarovar Project) needs a review not funds, Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar said here on Tuesday, slamming the Gujarat government's push for seeking permission to raise the height of the dam when over 2 lakh families of tribals, farmers, fish workers, artisans and …
Gandhinagar: With Narmada canal networking being taken up now on war footing, Gujarat government on Tuesday declared it will also go in for massive changes in the cropping pattern in Narmada command area. Even as agriculture minister Dilip Sanghani sought state assembly nod for budgetary provision of Rs 1,676 crore, …
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI Non-compliance with environmental norms has led the environment ministry-appointed Expert Apparisal Committee of River Valley Projects (EACRVP) to call for a halt to all work on the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) and its feeder Indira Sagar Project (ISP). The two projects are being implemented by the …
Gandhinagar, 21 March: Janata Dal(U) Gujarat unit chief Mr Chhotubhai Vasava has been charged with encroaching on 800 acres of land, given to the Narmada project affected people, in Bharuch district, government officials said. The Bharuch district authorities, in a report to the state authorities, have held that the land …
Specialist of ecology of rivers Michael Barber has said that the rivers could not be kept healthy if we ignore the chief reasons behind the pollution in rivers. He further added that the pollution should be seen in the context of the entire basin of the rivers, without considering it …
Given the tardy pace of work under Narmada Phase III, it seems unlikely that the benefit of Narmada phase III will reach the city people this summer. Besides, delay in laying pipeline for Narmada Phase III at many places en-route, the mandarins of the state government as well as the …
The Union environment ministry has threatened to revoke the environmental clearance to the Maheshwar dam on the Narmada river in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh. On February 17, the ministry issued a show cause notice to the private company building the dam asking why work on the project should not …
Gandhinagar: The government of India has agreed to the revised cost of the Narmada project, fixed at Rs 39,240 crore. The revised cost, submitted to the central water commission (CWC) recently, was approved on Thursday, senior Narmada department officials said.
The second International River Festival at Bandra Bhan, near the confluence of Rivers Narmada and Tawa in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh, would be held from March 21 to 23. About 600 environmentalists, social workers, economists, agriculture scientists, doctors, teachers and students are expected to join this event. The secretary …
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has represented to Government of India to ask Narmada Control Authority (NCA) to allow raising the height of the Narmada dam from 12.92 metres, stationary since December 2006, to full reservoir level (FRL) of 138.68 metres. Admitting that the construction to FRL is
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is conducting a feasibility study on upgradation of the six-km-long four-lane bridge over Narmada river into six lanes. The bridge falls on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and is known for frequent traffic jams. The corridor, leading to …
The Supreme Court while hearing the case of Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canals in the Narmada valley has granted more time to MoEF for filing affidavit, while mentioned that the stay on Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canal would continue. The MP Government has filed an appeal in the apex court …
This is the second interim report of the committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (vide O.M. No. 3-87/80-IA-I, dated 09.7.2008 superseded by O.M. of even number dated 02-09-2008 ) for assessing the status of compliance of environmental conditionalities and requirements to be fulfilled by project authorities of …
The biological water quality of Narmada river is under category B-C, which is below average. The reason for the degradation of water quality is mainly due to human activities, including religious, recreational and agricultural. These were the findings of the project 'Bio Mapping of River Narmada', conducted by Madhya Pradesh …
