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 …
SRINAGAR: Few days after prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh commissioned the state's first 450 MW Baglihar power project, Pakistan has once again objected to the construction of the power project and has said that 23,000 cusecs of water to fill Baglihar dam has reduced the flow of water in the …
BHUBANESWAR: In its continued efforts to increase the irrigation potential, the State Government has decided to install 1,725 new lift irrigation (LI) points under Biju Krushak Yojana (BKY) in the current and next financial years. The proposal was approved by the State-level scrutiny committee on BKY chaired by Chief Secretary …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: Even as the case relating to the Mullaperiyar dam has been posted for hearing on November 17, a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday requested Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan to constitute a new Bench to take it up. The court is hearing …
The Hadabima Authority has initiated a number of special agricultural projects and the Agriculture and Agrarian Services Ministry has released the required funds to the authority to go ahead with the projects. The Hadabima Authority has formulated a plan for rain water harvesting project, sales promotional campaigns of agricultural products, …
JOYSAGAR, Oct 13: Sivasagar district irrigation department has initiated steps to provide modern irrigation facilities at select locations of the district during the current fiscal year. The move is expected to give a boost to the productivity of agricultural commodities in the district. One such irrigation scheme was inaugurated recently …
Agartala, Oct 12: A day after the signing of the 123 agreement between India and the US, Left parties in Tripura today threatened to launch a campaign against the argument of energy security issue of the UPA Government and alleged that the nuke deal once again reflected Centre
Bardwal (Dhuri): To ensure speedy development in all parts of the state, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced a grant of Rs 2 crore each for all 117 Assembly constituencies, in addition to the already announced grant of Rs 2 crore. Badal made this announcement after laying the foundation …
SRINAGAR Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday dedicated to the people of Jammu and Kashmir its biggest power project owned by the state, called the Baglihar Hydroelectric Project. The project, inaugurated by him by pressing a remote button at Chanderkote in Ramban district, about 150 km south of here, is …
Shujaat Bukhari SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday appealed to Pakistan to work jointly to address the problems faced by the people of the two countries. He said the Baglihar power project had been constructed within the parameters of the Indus Water Treaty. Inaugurating the 450 MW Baglihar power …
A perusal of environment impact assessments for hydel projects in Uttarakhand brings out various deficiencies in the reports, and the unstudied manner in which such projects have been embarked upon. That many more of such projects have been proposed points to the muddled direction adopted for energy supply, reminding us …
Pakistan Indus Water Commission (PIWC) delegation will travel to India on October 18 at the invitation of the Indian government for physical inspection of the controversial Baglihar Dam on river Chenab in Occupied Kashmir. Pakistan Indus Water Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah told Business Recorder here on Monday that he had …
Rivers, known as mother rivers in many local to regional languages, dialects and cultural idioms, are known as bedrocks of civilisation. River valley populations in the hilly gorges are thus civilisations within our larger civilisation. Land, water, the forests, aquatic and mineral wealth of these river valleys are rarely valued. …
Tiruchy, THE Tamil Nadu Government will approach the World Bank for a Rs 1,000 crore assistance to strengthen irrigation bunds and flood protection and drainage systems in the delta region, said, S Audiseshiah, principal secretary to the government (PWD), here on Sunday. Addressing the gathering at the Tamil Nadu Cauvery …
The Government has allocated Rs. 9,104 million to rehabilitate irrigation projects destroyed by terrorists in the Eastern Province. This was disclosed during discussions under the Nagenahira Navodaya Irrigation Projects Progress Review Programme of Kanthale and Trincomalee conducted under Irrigation Minister and Deputy Government Whip Jayatissa Ranaweera's patronage, recently. The Minister …
The meeting of the Indo-Nepal Joint Committee on Water Resources in Kathmandu agreed to set up an authority to undertake the 6,000-MW Pancheshwar multi- purpose project on the Mahakali river and expedite work on preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) on Saptkosi High Dam on the Kosi.
Punjab government is spending Rs 11.3 billion during current fiscal period on the improvement of irrigation system in the Province. Official sources told Business Recorder here Tuesday that under the programme 37,000 kilometres long irrigation network would be improved in Punjab. Special attention would also be accorded on minimising the …
The Punjab government has directed the agriculture department and extension services to formulate its six-month long wheat sowing, growing and maturing pattern in view of 34 percent shortage of ground water for the coming Rabi crops. Punjab Irrigation Consultant M H Siddiquie told Business Recorder that the Indus River System …
Government of Orissa was seeking financial aid for construction of new Minor Irrigation projects in Orissa. The Govt. of India arranged funds after consultation with European Commission for financial aid to Govt. of Orissa. The Appraisal Mission of European Commission visited Orissa Minor Irrigation projects during 1990-92. The Mission suggested …
This report contains details of the issues related to the gap between Irrigation Potential Created and Irrigation Potential Utilised including the nature of the issues and suggestions to minimise the existing gap in West Bengal and the North-Eastern states.
