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 …
Rajkot: Crores of gallons of precious water, which could have irrigated at least 10,000 acres of farmland and provided drinking water to lakhs of households for months, is simply flowing into the arid saltpans of Little Rann of Kutch. Locals say the water has been overflowing from the sub canals …
Former Deputy Prime Minister Shri Lal Krishna Advani has said that the country would have witnessed a revolutionary change had river-linking project been implemented during six-year term of former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Fulfilling Shri Vajpayee’s dream, Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has started process of linking …
Govt Mulls Increasing Rates For Homes, Farms, Industries Gandhinagar: A major proposal is pending in Gujarat’s top corridors of power. It recommends a sharp increase of water rates for all three categories of consumers – irrigation, domestic and industry. This is aimed at meeting operation and maintenance (O&M;) costs, which …
Expressing concern over increasing water pollution in the world, Madhya Pradesh Urban Administration and Development (UAD) Minister Babulal Gaur said if effective measures were not undertaken right now water war will erupt in future. Gaur was addressing the third International Water Conference here on Thursday. The two-day conference has been …
Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced an ambitious plan of supplying surplus water of Narmada to as many as 115 dams in the parched Saurashtra region of the State. Called the Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation Yojna (Sauni Yojna), the project would cost Rs10,000 crores. Addressing a meeting at Rajkot …
INDORE: With Khajrani Mosque Committee agreeing to part with a portion of its land for laying a 3-meter Narmada pipeline, work continued on the second day with the opening up of water pipeline that passes through the mosque. "The work on the existing pipeline started at around 10.30 am and …
The Baroda District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited popularly known as Baroda Dairy will revive its Narmada Neer project which is lying on deathbed since a year. The district co-operative dairy union will bring Narmada Neer bottles and pouches back on the shelf before first week of October. The dairy …
Minister of State for Narmada Valley Development and Narmada Valley Development Authority Chairman Shri Kanhaiyalal Agrawal has exhorted Narmada Valley irrigation project engineers to make all-out efforts to achieve targets till year 2020. Shri Agrawal directed the engineers to achieve this year’s target to create actual irrigation potential in two …
If the hundreds displaced in the Narmada valley owe the good deal they got to the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), there are thousands of others who have been deprived of benefits they would potentially have got had the pressure group allowed development projects to be completed on time. From Jal …
While a ministerial committee began hearing grievances of oustees of the Omkareshwar dam in Madhya Pradesh, Narmada Bachao Andolan activists met President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday. The state government had constituted a five-member panel after reducing water level at the Omkareshwar dam to 189 m which ended an NBA-led agitation …
Pilot Project To Be Taken Up In Cambay Surat: After wind and solar power, Gujarat is all set to tap another unconventional source of energy. The state government is planning to explore the feasibility of geothermal energy “We are meeting a delegation from Norwegian government to make a beginning of …
Two days after giving in to the Narmada Bachao Andolan-led “Jal Satyagraha” by oustees of the Omkareshwar dam, the Madhya Pradesh government in an early morning crackdown on Wednesday forcibly ended a similar protest by oustees of the Indira Sagar dam. More than 100 protesters — some had squatted in …
Despite Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s missive to the Centre for expediting clearance for raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam, a crucial panel reviewing and monitoring the implementation of resettlement and rehabilitation policies and programmes on Wednesday deferred a decision in this regard. The Resettlement and Rehabilitation sub-group …
Bowing before villagers, protesting in neck-deep water of the Narmada for the last 17 days, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday announced reduction in the water level of Omkareshwar dam to 189 metres. Talking to media persons, the Chief Minister said, "Taking into account the present situation, the state …
Barely a couple of hours after police evicted protesters from a 'Jal Satyagraha' today, about 50 persons from villages near Khardana entered the Narmada river demanding reduction of the Indira Sagar dam height and immediate resolution of other issues. Around 50 persons entered the river after police arrested over 100 …
Bowing to pressure following sustained television coverage of the Narmada Bachao Andolan’s ‘Jal Satyagraha’, the Madhya Pradesh government on Monday lowered the water level in the Omkareshwar reservoir to 189 m. As the NBA called off the agitation and hailed “people’s victory”, the government pointed out the move would deprive …
New Delhi: While the first responsibility of addressing issues of oustees of the Omkareshwar dam project lies with the Madhya Pradesh Government, activists say the Centre, especially ministries of Power, Water Resources, Environment and Tribal Affairs, cannot be absolved for their liabilities and here’s why. Himanshu Thakkar of the South …
Khandwa: Shri. Arun yadhav, Member of Parliament, Khandwa District reached the Jal Satyagraha site at Ghoghalgaon and heard out the issues of the Oustees. The Oustees conveyed to Shri Yadhav that “The State Government and the NHDC are not only violating the Human Rights by increasing the level of the …
More than 10.86 Million Indians depend on rivers, wetlands, floodplains, estuaries, ponds and tanks for subsistence and market-based fisheries. Though the absolute contribution of riverine fisheries may not be huge in economic terms, it is a very crucial component in livelihood and nutritional security of the rural poor. With declining …
