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 newly constituted Task Force on Inter-Linking Rivers will look afresh at all the proposed links to evaluate their feasibility, particularly in maintaining a balance between environment and development. Links that are found unfeasible will be abandoned. Speaking exclusively to The Hindu , task force chairman B.N. Navalawala said the …
The Centre has set up a task force to look into various contentious issues relating to inter-linking of rivers. Role of this panel of experts will be to forge a consensus among states that are not on the same page over the plan to link rivers across the country. The …
The Centre today constituted a task force comprising experts and senior officials to forge a consensus among states for the speedy implementation of the interlinking of rivers in the country. The task force would be chaired by BN Navalawala, adviser to the Gujarat Chief Minister on water resources development and …
Work on linking Tamiraparani, Karumeniyar and Nambiyar to benefit drought-prone areas on Tirunelveli and Tuticorin is slowing gaining momentum. Will the constitution of a task force by the Central government for expediting linking of rivers work in Tamil Nadu? Mired in politics, the Tamiraparani, Karumeniyar and Nambiyar river linking project …
The Consortium of Indian Farmers’ Association (CIFA) has urged the government to implement the river inter-linking project in a time-bound manner. In a resolution adopted at a meeting of the State-level crop-wise committees meeting of the association held here on Tuesday in the presence of P. Chengal Reddy, national advisor, …
Thousands of farmers, under the banner of Bhartiya Kissan Union Ekta (Sidhupur), staged a dharna in support of their demands in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here. The protesters blocked traffic and demanded the withdrawal of the land acquisition Bill. Association’s national president Pishora Singh Sidhupur and state president …
Government urged to abandon PAVLP The Pampa Parirakshana Samiti (PPS), an eco group, has urged the government to abandon the Pampa-Achencoil-Vaipar Link Project (PAVLP) aimed at diversion of water from the west-flowing Kerala rivers Pampa and Achencoil to the Vaipar river in Tamil Nadu, as it would lead to climate …
Saturday’s bandh in Tamil Nadu against the Karnataka Government’s move to construct a dam across the Cauvery river at Mekedatu is being seen as a wake up call for the Union Government to speed up the process of resolving the Cauvery Water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. “The DMK …
The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences is trying to introduce decadal change projections in sea level till 2095, according to Secretary to the department Shailesh Nayak. Inaugurating a conference on water resources, coastal and ocean engineering at NIT(K) here on Thursday, Mr. Nayak said these were important projections, the impact …
The Centre has decided to fund 90 per cent of the project cost for a river interlinking project involving Maharashtra and Gujarat. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Thursday said the Union government had agreed to accord “national project” tag to the ambitious Par-Tapi-Narmada interlinking project. Once tagged nationally important, states can …
Social activists have raised objections over the multi-crore Damanganga-Pinjal river linking project between the Maharashtra and Gujarat governments. The project recently received the Centre's approval. The acitivists said the state is already facing regional disputes over water sharing. Due to this project, Nashik, Ahmednagar and Marathwada would be losing around …
Brainchild of Vajpayee and dream project of Narendra Modi, the Ken-Betwa river-linking project is embroiled in controversy over its environment impact assessment (EIA), which is replete with lies, say experts. The assessment report mentions presence of Sangai, an endangered brow-antlered deer only found in Manipur, at the Ken basin. The …
CM Khattar says Haryana is water deficient and its groundwater level falling Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said that water-deficit Haryana alone should not be banked upon for meeting the water needs of Delhi. Other States too should come forward and pitch in with their contribution in this …
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said the state government would file a fresh suit in the Supreme Court to declare the Termination of Agreements Act passed by the Punjab Assembly ‘null and void’ and also seek the early hearing of a Presidential reference on the issue. “We will …
Union water resources minister Uma Bharti on Monday said the Centre has allocated Rs900 crore for the three intra-river linking projects received from Bihar, maintaining that their successful implementation would also serve as a model for other states. Of the sum, Rs500 crore has been released and the remaining Rs400 …
Maharashtra and Gujarat are likely to sign a memorandum of understanding on two interlinking projects – Damanganga-Pinjal and Par-Tapi-Narmada – in April. While the Maharashtra Government was ready to sign the Damanganga-Pinjal link, it is learnt that the Gujarat Government had insisted on signing both the deals together. The key …
Work on India’s first river-linking project connecting the northern Ken and Betwa rivers will begin in April at the earliest, said Anuj Kumar Bishnoi, senior-most bureaucrat in the water ministry. The project that’s expected to eventually bring drinking water to 1.35 million people in the largest user of groundwater in …
Brushing aside concerns raised by environmentalists, the Narendra Modi Government on Tuesday announced its intent to go ahead with interlinking of rivers “come what may” by removing or addressing “obstacles” that may come in the way of executing the ambitious project first conceived by BJP veteran Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The …
With interlinking of rivers (ILR) project high on its agenda, the Narendra Modi government is working on a new water-sharing arrangement to "revive the ailing Yamuna and benefit Upper Yamuna river basin states" — Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti, who said …
