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 …
J. Balaji NEW DELHI: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources Chairman and Guntur Congress MP, R. Sambasiva Rao, here on Friday denied having given any opinion on the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam.
HYDERABAD Dec. 5: Delay in implementing irrigation projects has resulted in cost overrun of Rs 57,205 crore. The escalation has resulted in heavy burden on the exchequer. According to the Comptroller and Auditor General report which was tabled in the Assembly on Friday, some projects conceptualised and grounded in 1964 …
By Shafqat Ali, Islamabad Dec. 4: Negotiations are underway with the Indian authorities about the Baglihar Dam built by India over river Chenab, Pakistan minister for water and power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Thursday. "If Pakistan and India fail to resolve the Chenab water issue through dialogue, then the …
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday said that there was no question of going back from proposed Hogenakal irrigation project. Karunandhi who was in the capital to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on escalation of violence in Sri Lankan told reporters here that the Tamil Nadu Government was …
Warangal Dec. 4: In order to make up for the loss expected to be caused due to controversial Babli project, the state government has decided to launch the Kanthalapally lift irrigation project. The proposed project, which is being taken at a cost of Rs 9,200 crore, will have a massive …
KOCHI: The Parliamentary sub committee on Water Resources headed by Rajapathy Sambasiva Rao has found that the 130 year-old Mullaperiyar Dam is posing a threat to the lives of around 30 lakh people living in Idukki, Kottayam, Alappuzha and Ernakulam districts. Speaking to media after a meeting with the officials …
SHILLONG : Several NGOs from West Khasi Hills have set a deadline of December 31 for the MPA Government to invite fresh competitive bidding on Kynshi project and warned of intensive agitation in the entire district if the demand is not met. The decision to issue the deadline was taken …
Rajahmundry Dec. 2: Two more rehabilitation colonies are getting ready at Thotagondhi and Mamidigondhi for the benefit of the Indira Sagar Polavaram project-affected people from Polavaram mandal as part of the relief and rehabilitation package in West Godavari shortly. As many as 29 villages (including three de-populated villages) are going …
KATTAPPANA: The Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Water Resources, led by Rajapathy Sampasiva Rao, MP, which made a visit to the Mullaperiyar dam and evaluated its condition on Monday, said its report would be submitted to Parliament after a meeting. Mr. Sampasiva Rao said the meeting would finalise the report and it …
For decades, the Sardar Sarovar Dam on India's Narmada River has been a powerful symbol of what is going wrong with large dam projects. A new independent review shows that the project's benefits have not been realized, while the social, environmental and financial costs are even more serious than expected.
The most important practical and critical problem related to the performance of reservoirs is the estimation of storage capacity loss due to sedimentation process. The problem to be addressed is to estimate the rate of sediment deposition and the period of time at which the sediment would interfere with the …
Comparing the strategic priorities and policy principles of the World Commission on Dams, the sustainability guidelines and sustainability assessment protocol of the International Hydropower Association, and the performance standards of the World Bank
As a region of great geographic, ecological, social, and cultural diversity, the Himalayas are a true global heritage. They are also the source of some of Asia
The objectives of this study were: ?to examine the various issues associated with irrigation potential creation, irrigation potential utilization, gross irrigation and net irrigation including the definition, the reporting practices and consistencies in the data; ?to suggest procedures for collection of related data to be applied uniformly throughout the country; …
The broad objective of this study is to examine various issues related to irrigation potential creation, its utilization, gross and net irrigated areas, including definition, reporting practices and consistencies in estimates. More specifically, the objectives are: to identify the gap between irrigation potential created and utilized from the point of …
This study describes a modeling methodology for using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools to identify potential areas for the introduction of supplemental irrigation. In their most simple concept, such areas would be characterized by the presence of arable soils, non-constraining slopes, agricultural land use, and would be within proximity of …
Payment for use of eco-services like water has now become a reality in Himachal. The upcoming multi-purpose Renuka Dam, that will quench the thirst of millions in Delhi and produce 40 mega watt electricity for Himachal, is the first project in the state where use of water by the beneficiaries …
Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore November 28, 2008, 0:49 IST Soham Renewable Energy India (SREIPL), the Bangalore-based independent power producer, is looking to raise Rs 130 crore to part-fund its eight hydel power projects. These projects, all in Karnataka, will be generating a total capacity of 85 mw and will become …
According to a joint survey conducted by Agriculture, Revenue and Irrigation departments 25 percent agri-land has been affected in Pakpattan district by canal water shortage caused by India's Baghlihar water reservoir. EDO Agriculture Syed Mohammad Zakaria Shah told newsmen that the survey compiled in a form of report points out …
