Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
The National Commission for Integrated Water Resource Development Plan (IWRDP) had in a policy recommendation categorically stated that the “Himalayan river linking project was not feasible for the period of review up to 2050”. The IWRDP was set up by the ministry of water resources and provided a detailed brief …
New Delhi With the Supreme Court asking the Centre to constitute a committee for inter-linking of rivers, government on Thursday said the issue was high on its agenda but maintained that it cannot move ahead before taking states on board as water is a state subject. ‘‘As far as the …
Growing water shortages carry economic risks that are as damaging as political corruption Water is the most critical of all natural resources on which modern economies depend. Water scarcity and rapid economic advance cannot go hand-inhand. Yet, with its per-capita water availability falling to 1,582 cu m per year, India …
With a series of environmental problems and degradation threat looming large over the rivers Pampa and Achankovil in the wake of the recent Supreme Court order directing the Centre to implement the proposed river linking projects, Kerala Electricity Workers Federation (KEWF) has called upon the Government to expedite the proposed …
Disagrees With Centre That Drying Up Is Seasonal. Arunachal Pradesh is seeking facts from the Centre regarding the drying up of the river Siang, which originates in Tibet and is one of the main tributaries of the Brahmaputra. Arunachal Pradesh suspects that diversion of the river in its upper reaches …
States led by Kerala have expressed apprehension on the ambitious Interlinking of rivers (IRL). Bihar, Punjab, Karnataka and Sikkim point out that the entire issue of inter-basin water transfer needs to be studied in greater detail. Kerala has taken the stand that long distance inter-basin water transfer will not work. …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the Supreme Court judgement on interlinking of rivers will not apply to Kerala or its rivers. Replying to questions from the media at his weekly Cabinet briefing here on Wednesday, the Chief Minister said the verdict was applicable only to concurring States. “Kerala …
With the Supreme Court asking the Centre to constitute a committee for inter-linking of rivers, the government on Thursday said the issue was high on its agenda but maintained that it cannot move ahead before taking States on board as water is a State subject. “As far as the question …
Both the Congress-led United Democratic Front Government and Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front Opposition in Kerala on Wednesday came out against the Supreme Court directive to the Centre to implement the river-linking project, holding that such a scheme was detrimental to the State's interests. Kerala had opposed …
The ambitious project of the inter-linking of rivers is in national interests and the states opposed to it will not only harm their neighbours but the country as well, the Supreme Court has said. The court said that the execution of the policy falls within the ambit of the Centre …
The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Maj Gen Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri has welcomed the Supreme Court direction to the Centre to set a timeline for completion of the ambitious interlinking of rivers project and set up a high-powered committee to go into all its aspect. “The project would not only ensure the …
The lingering fear that linking the Pampa and the Achencoil rivers in Kerala to the Vaipar in Tamil Nadu will spell disaster in the central Travancore region has come to the fore once again with Monday's Supreme Court verdict in the river interlinking case. The link project has been figuring …
Guwahati, Feb. 28: The Tarun Gogoi government has not taken a stand on the Supreme Court ruling in favour of the river-linking project as the subject was in the “national interest”, but said it would not allow Assam’s needs to be compromised. The Opposition BJP, on the other hand, came …
While closing its 10-year-long monitoring of the ambitious `5 lakh crore river interlinking project conceived by Atal Behari Vajpayee’s NDA government and deemed his dream project, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered the setting up of a multi-member committee to oversee its execution, particularly for river links mentioned in several …
The AP government is in principle against interlinking peninsular rivers as it fears that it might lose its quota of “assured waters” to other states and would have to depend on “unpredictable” surplus waters from others. The state is, however, working towards linking rivers flowing within AP. Major irrigation minister …
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to set up a committee to plan implementation of the project to interlink rivers, which was a brainchild of the NDA government under then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Noting that further delay would only make the project, meant to fight drought, even …
Odisha may be at the receiving end if the ambitious river interlinking project is implemented in letter and spirit. It may spell disaster for the already stressed Mahanadi and consequentially for the State of Odisha if it is linked to other rivers like Godavari down south and its water is …
The Indian Supreme Court yesterday ordered the government to implement an ambitious project to link the major rivers of the region in a “time-bound manner”. The court also appointed a high-powered committee to plan and put into action the Rs 5,00,000 crore scheme. The river-linking project was first devised in …
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to implement the ambitious interlinking of rivers project in a time-bound manner and appointed a high-powered committee for its planning and implementation. Observing that the project has already been delayed resulting in an increase in its cost, a three-judge bench headed by …
The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to implement the ambitious interlinking of rivers project in a time-bound manner and appointed a high-powered committee for its planning and implementation. Observing that the project has already been delayed resulting in an increase in its cost, a three-judge Bench headed by the …
