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 …
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 …
Judgement of the Supreme Court in the matter of In RE: Networking of Rivers with Writ Petition (Civil) No. 668 of 2002 dated 27/02/2012 regarding nationalisation of all the rivers in India. Supreme Court says that it sees no reason "why any State should lag behind in contributing its bit …
Dhaka: The Teesta water sharing treaty remains the main bilateral issue between India and Bangladesh six months after the accord was called off at the last minute. “It is a fact that Bangladesh was looking forward to the Teesta water treaty, and people were disappointed. All the other achievements, were …
New Delhi: For the first time since the Teesta water treaty between India and Bangladesh fell through, both countries are moving ahead again. Last September, the accord had come unstuck during PM Manmohan Singh’s visit to Dhaka after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee objected to the quantum of water …
Citing the problem arising out of federal character of our Constitution and opposition by several states to the rivers inter-linking project, the Supreme Court on Monday said it would like to close the monitoring of it despite issuing suo motu notice for this purpose nine years ago. A bench of …
