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 target of inter-linking of rivers can be achieved in 10 years, Minister for Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti told Lok Sabha on Thursday. This will strengthen the Prime Minister’s Gram Sinchai Yojna, she added. Responding to supplementaries in Lok Sabha on a question relating to inter-linking of …
The National Democratic Alliance government will execute the Ken-Betwa rivers (both flow in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh) linking project on a priority basis, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said in Rajya Sabha on Monday. "The detailed project reports (DPR) of Phase-I and -II have been completed and communicated to …
While experts from Kolhapur said that the union government had failed to satisfy the needs of the agriculture and cooperative sectors in its budget announced on Thursday, Member of Parliament Raju Shetty, a farmers' leader in western Maharashtra, said that the union has started taking "appropriate steps" to boost these …
Budget proposals 2014-15 evoked mixed reactions from economic experts in the city on Thursday, with the Agri-Infrastructure Fund welcome, while the decision on FDI in defence and other areas faced came down under criticism. "Though the Pradhanmantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana to improve irrigation facilities is a welcome step, revival of …
Rs. 8,992 crore set aside for irrigation and flood management With focus on Ganga rejuvenation and irrigation, allocation of funds for the Water Resources Ministry has gone up from Rs. 2,076 crore in 2013-14 to a whopping Rs. 13,836 crore in budget allocations for 2014-15. The Rs. 8,992 crore set …
Benefits of interlinking of rivers are in the areas of irrigation, drought and flood prevention, hydropower generation, conversion of wastelands to cultivable lands, better groundwater resources and so on. Areas of concern include ecological issues, deforestation, submergence of habitable or reserved lands, displacement of people and their rehabilitation. But, with …
There are some worrying signals from the new government in New Delhi that it could compromise on environmental concerns in the pursuit of more rapid growth: clearances could be given quickly (i e, environment protection requirements will be loosened), the Land Acquisition Act could be diluted and more. It may …
Connecting the country's big rivers may still look a far-fetched idea, but a village in Bhavnagar has shown the way in its own small way. Two rivers in Ugamedi, about 70 km from Bhavnagar, have already been linked with a 2.5 km pipeline. The river interlinking project is a gift …
The move will leave Pampa, Achencovil dry, says PPS leader Various environmental groups and experts have strongly opposed the reported move to implement the controversial river-linking scheme, Pampa-Achencovil-Vaipar Link Project (PAVLP), by the Union government and the Tamil Nadu government. During her recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tamil …
PUNE: Maharashtra has missed the bus as far as the proposed national river-linking project is concerned, but the state should throw its weight behind the Ganga-Cauvery link as it may benefit its citizens, said engineering consultant R C Mahulkar here on Sunday. "The river-linking project has been on hold for …
President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday made it clear that the issues concerning green clearance will not come in the way of the country's high growth path as the new government intends to make the system more predictable, transparent and time-bound. Addressing the joint sitting of the Parliament, Mukherjee said, "While …
An expert member of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) and environment scientist at Banaras Hindu University Prof BD Tripathi suggests the direct control of the central government over the implementation of projects related to Ganga instead of leaving it on state governments. He is also not in favour of …
To First Link Rivers Within A Basin The ambitious river inter-linking project will get a new impetus under the Narendra Modi government but the Centre would like to select specific schemes for implementation very cautiously . Its focus will first be on linking rivers within a basin or nearby basins …
According to ministry sources, the scheme is being discussed with other concerned ministries and their suggestions are being sought. Moving promptly on its agenda, the Ministry of Water Resources has initiated the process of bringing in its first big ticket scheme under the new government headed by Prime Minister Narendra …
Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar has said that clearing defence projects will be the top priority of his ministry while the projects of individual companies will be considered at a later stage. “There are about 5,000 projects which are waiting for environmental clearance. We are giving high priority to projects …
Farmers in Erode district, where water shortage for cultivation keeps recurring, are pinning their hopes on the sincerity of the new BJP Government at the Centre to implement the river-linking project. A National Perspective Plan for inter basin transfer of water under two components—14 links under Himalayan component and 16 …
UPA-II had dumped the project Buoyed up with BJP’s victory in general elections, state chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said he will expedite his demand for Ken-Betwa river linking project. The UPA-II had dumped the project. The project will be on top priority once Narendra Modi takes the saddle …
Last year, the government had decided to set up a water regulatory commission to decide the tariffs of water Inter-linking of rivers, the dream project of the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has been taken up in Congress-ruled Uttarakhand by Chief Minister Harish Rawat. Chairing a meeting on the …
INDORE: The linking of Narmada and Kshipra rivers in Madhya Pradesh's Malwa region has triggered a row with prominent seers of the country divided over the merger. The Rs 432 crore project that breathed life into the almost dead Kshipra by piping water from the robust Narmada at its origin …
