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 …
A flood alert was sounded along the banks of Cauvery river and bathing banned in the famous tourist spot of Hogenakkal waterfall in the district on Wednesday following release of surplus water from dams in neighbouring Karnataka into the inter-state river. District Collector P Amudha issued the flood alert orders …
Amid growing environmental concerns attached to the river linking project, an expert has come up with an "eco-friendly" method to connect the water bodies with grids so that states can share the resources according to their requirements. "Interlinking of Rivers project (ILR) is not viable in its present form. We …
Oct. 8: A day after the UPA government shelved the river linking project, the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, sang a different tune and said linking of rivers within the state could be useful. The Congress-UPA government dumped the river linking programme, mooted by the former BJP-led NDA government, because …
THE BJP on Wednesday locked horns with union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on interlinking rivers across the country, maintaining that the proposal, pursued vigorously by the NDA government during its tenure at the Centre, was the only real answer to the problem of recurrent floods, and asked Prime Minister Manmohan …
Anita Joshua NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday refused to be drawn into taking a stand on interlinking of rivers as a permanent solution to floods, with party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi maintaining that the
In progress: The channel to take Tamiraparani surplus water to Karumaeniyar and Nambiyar being dug near Pirancherry. TIRUNELVELI: The usually tranquil stretch south of Piraancherry near Palayamkottai is now busy with nearly a dozen humming heavy earthmovers and good number of tipper lorries carrying the excavated boulders as work on …
Periyar had initially opposed toddy but later he supported it. In the case of river water integration project, a rethink is necessary CONGRESS leader E V K S Elangovan rejected Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's stand of supporting the river integration project. After garlanding the statue of Periyar at PS Park …
Sept. 15: Terming supporters of river-interlinking projects "non-serious," Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Ashok Singhal on Tuesday said such a project would be dangerous for the country. In a veiled attack on the NDA, during whose tenure at the Centre river interlinking projects were proposed, Mr Singhal said: "River interlinking …
COMING out in full support for interlinking rivers at the national level, DMDK president Vijayakanth has termed that it was the need of the hour. Replying to queries from reporters over the remarks made by AICC general secretary, Rahul Gandhi on interlinking of rivers would lead to an ecological disaster, …
Members of the Legislative Council agreed that the government must do all it can to reform the agriculture sector as ideas ranging from interlinking of rivers in the to state to developing fresh cropping patterns were floated on Monday. Independent MLC Y A Narayanaswamy and BJP MLC Shankarappa said that …
REACTING to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's earlier remark that linking of rivers in India would be an environmental disaster, chief minister Karunanidhi reiterated, on Sunday, that interlinking of rivers at the national level is a must. In a statement, Karunanidhi emphasised that interlinking of rivers at national level is …
G Babu Jayakumar | ENS "I WANT TO CHANGE THE WAY POLITICS WORKS IN TN. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO ROOM FOR YOUNGSTERS AND PARTIES HERE DO NOT HAVE FAITH IN THEM." On DMK and MK GOOD ALLIES: Congress and DMK are good allies... I have great admiration for Tamil …
Punjab and the Centre appear to be headed for a fresh confrontation over the issue of inter-state water sharing. Nearly 62 years after the Independence, Punjab has decided to take the Centre head on and demand a royalty on water to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore for the water …
A massive Rs 7,00,000 crores would be needed till the end of 13th Plan (2022) to create full irrigation potential in the country, water resources minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said in the Rajya Sabha. He also said that under the scheme for "inter-linking" of rivers, state governments have to send …
