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 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 …
Seeking to save farmers from vagaries of Monsoon, the government will soon launch its ambitious rural irrigation scheme by linking villages through nearest possible sources of water. The scheme - Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojana - will have water conservation and building of irrigation infrastructures at village-level as its key …
MADURAI: At a time when the Tamil Nadu government is looking forward for inclusion of Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar rivers linking project at a cost of Rs 5,166 crore in the 2015-16 Union Budget, a group of experts has urged the state government to consider going for 'Smart National Waterways Project'. "Inter-linking of …
Surplus water entering the sea will become meaningful resource. There was overwhelming support from farmers for the Tamirabarani-Karumeniyar- Nambiar river interlinking project at a public hearing organised by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board here on Tuesday. The farmers unanimously sought the intervention of government authorities to commence the project at …
Laying emphasis on the need for interlinking of rivers, Union water resources minister Uma Bharti on Thursday said the ambitious project once completed would bring about 90 per cent of arable land under irrigation. “Interlinking of rivers would enhance irrigation facilities to 90 per cent of farm lands in the …
