Dams/ Irrigation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by a tyre pyrolysis plant, village Sakauti, Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, 28/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …

Raising Narmada dam height could lead to calamity bigger than Nepal temblor: Committee

Even with the present height of about 122 meters, the team finds that many families have not been recognised as submergence zone families A Central fact finding committee has warned against increasing the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river in Gujarat, saying that it could lead to …

Nigeria: Communities Threaten to Shut Hydro-Electric Dam Project

Minna — Members of the over 90 communities affected by ongoing work on the Zungeru hydroelectric dam in Niger State have threatened to shut down the site until they are fully compensated for the land that was taken over for the project. Speaking to Daily Trust, representative of the affected …

Farmers, Irrigation Dept in conflict over water cess

Already facing a crop failure-like situation during almost every kharif season due to massive rain and faulty drainage system, a majority of farmers in waterlogging-affected Muktsar and Fazilka districts are likely to face another major trouble this paddy season. The Irrigation Department has decided to shut the water inlets to …

Medha Patkar discuss Sardar Sarovar Dam issue with activists, slams government

Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) chief Medha Patkar on Thursday discussed consequences of increasing the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam with city-based activists. "The Narmada valley area has 29 dams in Madhya Pradesh and one in Gujarat. Madhya Pradesh will be the worst affected due to the dam in Gujarat. …

MoEF gives nod for environmental study for new dam at Mullaperiyar

In May, Supreme Court rejected Tamil Nadu's plea seeking to restrain Kerala from carrying out EIA for the new dam at Mullaperiyar The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests today allowed Kerala to conduct an environment impact assessment (EIA) study for constructing a new dam at Mullaperiyar. The ministry in …

U.P. may approach Supreme Court for Sone water: Minister

Threatens to “stop water from different sources going to Madhya Pradesh” Water dispute between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh showed no signs of abating with the Irrigation Minister, Shivpal Singh Yadav, taking a tough stand on the neighbouring State’s move to deny U.P. its share of water from the Bansagar …

Incorporating local institutions in irrigation experiments: evidence from rural communities in Pakistan

Many irrigation systems are special cases of common-pool resources (CPRs) in which some users have preferential access to the resource, which in theory aggravates collective action challenges such as the under-provision of necessary infrastructure as a result of unequal appropriation of water resources. We present experimental evidence based on an …

Govt to infuse Rs16b in irrigation project

The government will invest Rs16 billion for the implementation of the third phase of the Mahakali Irrigation Project. The amount, which will be used for survey, design and cannel construction, comes from the $1 billion (Rs 102.4 billion) Indian line of credit. “Work on the survey has already begun,” said …

Report on Tawang river basin study: cumulative impact assessment of proposed hydel power projects, determination of basin carrying capacity, and landscape level biodiversity management plan

While considering the accordance of forest clearance for 750 MW Tawang-I and 750 MW Tawang-II projects, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, (MoEF and CC) asked the Government of Arunachal Pradesh to conduct a study on Tawang river basin with the following objectives: To …

Green Ministry Told to Consider Desilting of Srivaikundam Dam

CHENNAI:The Southern Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to immediately consider the proposal of the TN government to desilt Srivaikundam dam and pass orders before June 5. On May 13, the NGT pulled up the MoEF for giving more importance …

Peru planning to dam Amazon’s main source and displace 1000s

Who said large-scale hydropower was out? As an article published by Climate Central recently noted, it has now been omitted from the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) annual reports on renewable energy for eight years running, and “may be seen as a risky bet” for investors. But Peru, together with …

NGT issues notice over Lower Suktel project

The National Green Tribunal has asked the Odisha government, Ministry of Environment and Forest, to file their reply within four weeks as to why the injunction will not be granted in respect of ongoing construction work of Lower Suktel irrigation Project in Bolangir district. Talking to reporters here , social …

Dam experts' committee gives fractured opinion

The KMSS has said that the experts' committee on Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border is divided in its opinion on the dam - while the local experts are against the dam with its present blueprint, the experts deputed by the Centre are in favour of going …

Sonbhadra dam, four decades later: Where fears return in a flood

Kanhar Irrigation Project was dormant for nearly 40 years before Uttar Pradesh govt set about reviving it. This has led to violent protests by villagers it will displace, police firing and opposition from two states. From Sonbhadra in UP and Jhara in Chhattisgarh, Maulshree Seth reports. Akloo Parhiya was 10 …

UP, MP at war over sharing water from Bansagar dam

Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh appear to be on warpath over sharing water from the Bansagar dam across the Sone river. Last week, Madhya Pradesh flatly refused to share water with Uttar Pradesh due to the dispute over operational expenses, forcing the latter to knock at the Centre's door. Though …

Renukaji Dam project in deep freeze

Shimla, May 20: As the Modi government has pushed 175-m-high Renukaji Dam that will supply 23 cumecs water to Delhi in deep freeze, the state government has sought Rs 1,981.35 crore assistance to start work on the project or it will cancel the land awards given to the project-affected villages, …

Govt flip-flops yet again on Uttarakhand dams

Wants another committee to review adverse report of experts against 6 dams The NDA government, unwilling to outright reject 6 new dams in the Uttarakhand hills despite its expert panel recommending so, has decided to refer the matter to another expert body it wishes to set up, which will now …

TN objects to work on new dam

Moves Supreme Court against study Tamil Nadu has moved the Supreme Court seeking a restraining order against neighbouring Kerala and its officials from conducting any drilling operation, investigation or survey work or any other work in connection with a new dam on the Periyar river adjacent to the disputed Mullaperiyar …

Landslide susceptibility zonation of Tehri reservoir rim region using binary logistic regression model

A remote sensing and GIS based landslide susceptibility zonation (LSZ) of the Tehri reservoir rim region has been presented here. Landslide causal factors such as land use/land cover, photo-lineaments, landslide incidences, drainage, slope, aspect, relative relief, topographic wetness index and stream power index were derived from remote sensing data. Ancillary …

Maharashtra to tribunal: Won’t start work on Virdi dam

The state government's efforts to stop the diversion of water by Maharashtra got a boost after the Maharashtra government on Wednesday gave an undertaking before the Mhadei water disputes tribunal that it will not commence any work on the gorge portion of the Virdi dam. During the hearing of the …

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