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 Supreme Court on Monday wanted to know about the work done by the Centre on the project for interlinking of rivers and asked the amicus curiae to file a short note on it. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia, asked advocate Ranjit Kumar, who is …
The Supreme Court of India has in its judgement of 27 February 2012 on the interlinking of rivers project, given categorical directions to the Executive Government to implement the 'project' as a whole in a time bound manner and has also asked the Centre to appoint a Special Committee to …
NEW DELHI, Dec 12 – Even as the agitation against the Subansiri Hydroelectric Project gathers momentum, Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of two hydro power projects in Assam were turned down by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) albeit on non-environmental ground. Two Detailed Project Reports are currently under examination in CEA. …
In the shadow of fear Vallakkadavu, Idukki district, Kerala, Population: 4,000; Families: 1,100 In Kerala’s Idukki district, a banner fluttering in the wind greets you at the village of Vallakkadavu. “Welcome to the face of death,’’ it reads. As the first inhabited region along downstream Mullaperiyar, media reports and panic …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday assured his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina’s advisors Gowher Rizvi and Mashiur Rahman that India would not take steps on the proposed Tipaimukh project that would adversely affect that country. He also told them that New Delhi was ready to hold discussion with Dhaka on …
An interim agreement on sharing Teesta water holds the key to wider and deeper ties between India and Bangladesh. Such an agreement will clear the way for wide-ranging cooperation between the two countries, which in turn will contribute significantly to the economic growth and improvement of the security environment of …
Calcutta, Nov. 16: Mamata Banerjee today said she could agree to the Teesta water-sharing treaty with Bangladesh only after ensuring that north Bengal’s water needs would be taken care of. “We love Bangladesh. They love us just as much. We used to be one country once. Their demand is legitimate …
This report seeks to reposition the law as a tool for implementing higher good, or, in other words, for providing justice by seeking to ensure individuals have access to the services that ecosystems naturally provide, and guaranteeing the right to water for human well-being. The goal of the publication is …
Bangladesh PM and team in Tin Bigha Tin Bigha (Cooch Behar), Oct. 19: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is hopeful that the Teesta water sharing treaty will be signed soon. Hasina said this during a 30-minute stopover at Cooch Behar’s Tin Bigha corridor after a visit to the Bangladeshi enclave, …
Questioning whether the interlinking of rivers would require land acquisition, the Supreme Court on Monday said it might not favour the project if it meant a huge financial burden on the government. “My concern is only on what is the financial liability of the project. We want to make it …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed reluctance to ask the Centre to invest heavily this year in the ambitious river networking project proposed by then President A P J Abdul Kalam and vigorously pursued by the BJP-led NDA government. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia …
The Supreme Court today said it would not favour interlinking of rivers if it causes huge financial burden on the Centre and asked for a report on its costs. “My concern is only on the financial liability of the project. We want to make it clear that we would not …
Jalpaiguri, Oct. 12: The governments of India and Bhutan will jointly prepare a digital map of the rivers that originate in the neighbouring country and flow through north Bengal to track their course, primarily to check floods and erosion in the region. Chairperson of the North Bengal Flood Commission, Narayan …
Ranchi, Sept. 28: The Jharkhand and Bengal governments have agreed to set up a joint committee to monitor the release of Subernarekha and Kharkai waters and minimise flood threats. The Bengal government is also ready to pay its share of funds, around Rs 19.5 crore, for the interstate Subernarekha Multipurpose …
The Patna High Court has directed the Centre to set up a tribunal for the settlement of the Sone river water dispute between Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, especially, on the question of water sharing from the Rihand basin. Rihand is a tributary of Sone. A division bench of the court, …
The Takam Mising Porin Kebang during its three-day central workshop that concluded on Sunday has resolved to intensify the agitation against big dams in the greater interest of the State and its people. In a statement, the Kebang said that the State Government and the Centre were ignoring the larger …
A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned from his two-day Bangladesh visit, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said that the government would work towards arriving at “solutions” acceptable to “all stakeholders” towards resolving the Teesta water-sharing issue. Krishna, who accompanied the PM to Dhaka, said that the government …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday regretted that India and Bangladesh could not sign the Teesta water sharing deal during his visit to Dhaka, but reaffirmed New Delhi's commitment to ink the accord in the near future. “I have asked the concerned officials to intensify their efforts towards finding a …
BANKURA, 7 SEPT: The state Public Health Engineering department today entered into an agreement of sharing 50 per cent of river water with a private steel unit in drought-prone Bankura. The agreement was signed between the PHE and a private secondary steel unit in the presence of state PHE minister, …
The 'Mamata mess' over Teesta river agreement appears to have upset Bangladesh. Hours before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh landed here today on a two-day visit, the first in 12 years by an Indian PM, Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Rajit Mitter was called to the B'Desh foreign ministry and conveyed …
