Since the terrorist attack in Uri in 2016, India has worked to ensure it utilises its full claim under the Indus Waters Treaty. Several stalled projects have been revived, and many have been put on the fast track. Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari recently tweeted that the government had decided …
Taking a strong cue from the blanket ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal recently, officials of the Forest Department carried out a series of raids in all the nullahs and banks of the Ravi and its tributaries and detected a number of lawbreakers and imposed suitable penalties in the …
Most of the municipal councils in the border belt are functioning without a sewage treatment plant When things get bad, they really do. This, in essence, sums up the pollution scenario in the border district of Gurdaspur where two lifelines, Ravi and Beas, are being choked by stone crushers. Officially, …
Even as the state government is planning to make Amritsar a world-class city, it has miserably failed in the primary task of providing safe drinking water to its residents. With no sewage treatment plant, the residents are forced to consume unsafe water and endure the foul smell emanating from the …
Out of the over 8,000 people affected by the Ranjit Sagar Dam project, as many as 2,000 persons whose land was acquired for construction of the dam in 1997 are yet to be paid compensation by the Punjab Government. The amount due to these people is Rs 28.42 crore. The …
The LDA and Wasa have begun working on a feasibility study for the construction of waste water treatment plants on the Ravi at two sites with a sum of Rs486 million. Sources said the Punjab government had included the proposal to start these projects along with its landmark Ravi Development …
State had planned to auction at least 140 “in-stream” sites along the Sutlej, Beas and Ravi as well as numerous seasonal streams The National Green Tribunal’s stay on sand mining on riverbeds without clearance from the Environment Ministry has put a lid on the proposal by the Punjab Government to …
The Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board has constituted a special committee to check illegal and unscientific dumping of muck by hydropower projects and other developmental activities in the basins of the Sutlej, Ravi, Beas and Pabbar, which could cause havoc during the rains. The decision has been taken by …
Muck generated by hundreds of hydro power projects in Himachal Pradesh is being dumped along river beds, which has disturbed the natural course of major rivers in the state. With large scale construction of houses and hotels along the banks of major rivers, especially Satluj, Beas and Parbati, even a …
Punjab government has accorded approval to the project for purifying all the sullage nullahs (drains) including Hadayara Drain in Lahore. For this purpose, water treatment plants will be installed in a phased manner. After proper treatment of sullage water, it will be disposed off in River Ravi so that the …
JAMMU, May 27: In Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against illegal mining across the river Ravi under the jurisdiction of State and seeking closure of 13 illegal stone crushers operating from Lakhanpur down stream to Jarai, Division Bench of High Court comprising Justice Mohd Yaqoob Mir and Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur …
The Centre has taken a stand in the Supreme Court that there is no legal provision to place the Thein Dam/Ranjit Sagar Project and the Shahpur Kandi Dam Project, both on Ravi river, under the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) as sought by Haryana in its suit. “It is clear …
Almost 40 per cent glaciers in Afghanistan have been reduced in 40 years, whereas the glaciers supplying water to Ravi, Chenab, Beas and Jhelum Rivers are thinning,” said Dr Chaudary Inayatullah, Climate Change Expert at Save the Children. Dr Chaudhry was speaking at a seminar, ‘Building Resilience in the Indus …
For the second consecutive day, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda raised the issue of water disputes with neighbouring Punjab and sought the intervention of the prime Minister. Speaking at the National Water Resources Council, in the National Capital, Hooda said the Council should deliberate on the modalities to resolve …
The construction of the Ravi-Tawi Irrigation Canal project from Basantpur to upstream of Ranjit Sagar Dam in Kathua district has become the victim of political differences between two Cabinet ministers, with the state government deciding to seek a fresh legal opinion on the project from the Law Ministry. Official sources …
The fate of the Ravi-Tawi canal project is still hanging in balance as the Cabinet did not give administrative approval to the project today. The state Finance Ministry demanded an expert opinion from the Solicitor General of India and the Attorney General of India before work is started on the …
Haryana has filed a fresh application in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain Punjab from going ahead with executing the Shahpur Kandi dam project on the Ravi river. A Bench comprising Justices TS Thakur and Gyan Sudha Misra allowed six weeks to the Centre to respond to Haryana’s plea after …
It will have guiding principles on laws States may adopt In a move that will have far-reaching implications, the Centre has decided to frame a new National Water Framework Act with guiding principles on water laws the States may adopt. States that adopt and reform will be incentivised for water …
A s the silver waters of the Kishanganga rush through this north Kashmir valley, Indian labourers are hard at work on a hydropower project that will dam the river just before it flows across one of the world's most heavily militarised borders into Pakistan. The hum of excavators echoes through …
The Lahore High Court (LHC) Green Bench member Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah on Firday summoned Environment Protection Department (EPD) secretary for June 8 on a petition against the disposal of wastewater into the Ravi, which has become a serious threat to human beings. During the proceedings on Friday, the …
The Monitoring team of Environment Protection Department (EPD) issued notice to another 14 industrial units situated at Sunder-Raiwind road on throwing untreated effluents in river Ravi.here on Tuesday. Sources said that Almost 116 notices have been issued to the polluters up till 14th May Environment Protection Department (EPD) has identified …
