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 …
Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh recently took the stand that the Ken-Betwa river linking project should be abandoned as it could spell disaster from the ecological point of view but the Madhya Pradesh minister for agriculture Ramkrishna Kusmaria thinks otherwise. According to him, the project would improve …
With both Karnataka and Maharashtra opposing a special leave petition filed by Andhra Pradesh challenging the award of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II), the Supreme Court has decided to hear in July the maintainability of the SLP. In the meantime, it will be open to Karnataka and Maharashtra to …
The Union minister of water resources, Salman Khurshid, on Wednesday said his ministry is preparing a comprehensive national water policy that will deal with all aspects of development and water conservation. Khurshid was speaking to the media on the sidelines of the foundation stone-laying ceremony for a hostel of the …
CHANDIGARH: In a significant statement, Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia on Friday affirmed that the Bhupinder Singh Hooda regime would make renewed efforts to secure Haryana's legitimate share of water from Ravi-Beas rivers. Delivering the Governor's Address on the opening day of the Budget session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha here, …
The Kirloskar Group is all set to play God. In a TV ad the engineering company claimed it can lift lakes that stand in the way of development projects and relocate them. So all projects that earn the ire of environmental groups can hire the group’s services. The company said …
CENTRE:BJP president Nitin Gadkari addresses party workers during the celebration of completion of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's 1000 days in office, in Bangalore on Sunday. BANGALORE: Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said that the NDA, if voted to power, would link the Ganga and the Cauvery to …
The Centre is all set to notify the verdict of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) pronounced on December 30 last year without waiting for clarifications, if any, sought by the contesting parties
River connectivity is seen as a possible way to equally distribute of water across a geographical region. Conceptually, inter-linking water ways is appreciated by policy practitioners to resolve water problems but the practical ecological concerns usually delay the implementation. Along these lines, India’s National River Linking Project that aims to …
New Delhi: The water resources ministry is toying with the idea of setting up an integrated water disputes tribunal that will be the one-stop forum for all inter-state water wars. This will not only save the ministry the time and effort of setting up separate tribunals as and when water …
DHAKA: In what is seen as a major development in India-Bangladesh relations, New Delhi and Dhaka have agreed to sign a 15-year interim accord on sharing the waters of common rivers Teesta and Feni. This was decided at a Secretary-level meeting of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint River Commission (JRC) here Monday. …
NEW DELHI: Noting that it will act in the best interests of the country, the Supreme Court Thursday sought a status report from the high-powered committee on the Rs 5 lakh crore river inter-linking project. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice S H Kapadia also asked Attorney General G …
The linking of eight rivers through tunnels and storing the water in seven reservoirs at various stages under PAP constitute an engineering marvel of the Kongu region A full Pilloor dam with the intake well, which supplies drinking water to Coimbatore, in the foreground. (Right) Siruvani dam which is the …
Fixing quotas for withdrawal of Krishna river water by riparian states, the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT) today allocated the maximum share to Andhra Pradesh but allowed Karnataka to increase the water storage level of the Almatti dam from 519.6 m to 524.26 m. The tribunal, the second related to …
Fixing quotas for withdrawal of the Krishna river water by riparian states, the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT) on Thursday allocated the maximum share to Andhra Pradesh but allowed Karnataka to increase the water storage level of the Almatti dam from 519 m to 524.26 m. The tribunal, the second …
In a welcome news for the state, the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) has enhanced its share of Krishna water from 585 TMC to 666 TMC. However, its decision to allow Karnataka to increase the height of the Alamatti dam has led to some consternation. Expressing disappointment over the tribunal
A complete session will be dedicated to the Brahmaputra at an international workshop on river management being held at NASC Complex, DPS Marg, New Delhi with a 3-day programme from December 14. The Indian Water Resources Society, Roorkee and the Department of Water Resources Development and Management, IIT, Roorkee are …
