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 …
The Punjab Senior Minister Raja Riaz Ahmad, who also holds the portfolio of the Irrigation Department, has said that the provincial government has conducted feasibility of building reservoirs at Chiniot and Marala to meet the water deficiency on account of construction of Baglihar Dam on the River Chenab. While addressing …
The government has launched an ambitious Rs. 11 billion project to divert the waters of the Menik Ganga, Deduru Oya and the Kumbukkan Oya, which go to waste by ending up in the ocean, to enable 18,000 farmer families to cultivate 54,000 acres of paddy land during both Yala and …
Hundreds of farmers whose lands are irrigated through Shahu branch and Dim Wah canals, staged a protest demonstration against shortage of water in Jhol on Monday. They blocked main Hyderabad road, burnt old tyres and raised slogans against irrigation officials. They were carrying placards and banners inscribed with different slogans. …
An inflatable dam which burst, killing a young girl, after a week of heavy rain in Australia's Queensland state passed safety tests only days before, authorities and the dam's operator said on Monday. The 4-year-old girl was swept to her death on Sunday when the bladder ruptured, releasing enough water …
India would make Pakistan a barren land in the next six years by blocking its water through construction of dams in violation of the Indus Water Treaty, Pakistan Indus Water Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah said today. Shah said India had constructed dams on various rivers and continued doing so in …
THEVARAM (THENI): The State government will write a letter to the Centre to protest against deputation of a special committee, comprising three MPs including two from Kerala, to the Periyar Dam on January 1 to check its strength.
Shishir Prashant / Dehradun November 24, 2008, 0:27 IST The new power policy reposes faith on local people and gram panchayats. After many of its big hydel projects ran into problems owing to environmental threats, the Uttarakhand government is focussing on its new power policy on micro and mini hydel …
HYDERABAD: The stage is all set for laying the foundation stone for Pranahita Chevella Sujala Sravanti (PCSS), the biggest lift irrigation project in the country, being taken up with an estimated Rs. 38,500 crore. The massive project, involving a total lift height of 493 metres from Pranahita river to Chevella …
In what may be termed an early warning to an apocalyptic ecological disaster, the waters of Ranganadi dried up completely on its downstream course near North Lakhimpur, thanks to the blockade by the hydro-electrical power plant dam by the NEEPCO. The dam, which is located in Yazali, inside neighbouring Arunachal …
Acute water shortage in Digri and Jhuddo talukas may not allow growers to sow wheat crop, said Jhuddo Taluka Nazim Jhuddo Haji Mohammad Hassan Leghari. He said that even drinking water was not being provided in distributaries and minor canals of two talukas. He told journalists that the sowing of …
Dehradun: : Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dhal, better known as Prachanda, visited the Tehri Dam on Friday in the wake of a fresh move to develop the long pending 6,000 mw Pancheshwar Dam that is to be built jointly by India and Nepal. Prachanda went to the 2,400 mw …
CEC sends notice to Karnataka A SUPREME Court-appointed committee has asked the Karnataka government to clarify whether the Kalsa-Bhandura irrigation project was violating forest and wildlife laws. The Central Empowered Commit tee, appointed to monitor forest related cases, recently issued a notice to the Karnataka government, following a petition filed …
NEW DELH: India and Nepal on Thursday agreed to give a major thrust to partnership and cooperation in the power sector by taking up execution of major hydro power projects, transmission lines and export of power to Nepal to tide over shortage. The Indian side has also agreed to allow …
Aid for four medium, mega hydel projects will boost power generation plans Making a major breakthrough in the power sector, the Prem Kumar Dhumal Government today entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to avail $ 800 million (approximately Rs 3,800 crore) funding for …
A dispute over distribution of irrigation water took lives of two people in the Balkehl village of Badbher here on Monday. A police official said two groups led by Israr Ali and Munsif Khan had developed differences over ownership of a water channel in the locality and despite repeated efforts …
