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 …
During January 2008, the author visited Alawa village (population nearly 1000) in Jhalawar District, Rajasthan to study scarcity of irrigation water. Armed with diesel engines, farmers were seen aggressively pumping water from two check dams located in the Ahu River
The irrigation potential of 1.8 lakh hectare created by Narmada Valley projects during last five years has capacity to change the agriculture economy of the state if maximum of the created potential could be utilized. Keeping this in view the NVDA has zeroing in to take 'Canal water to the …
China has more dams than any other country, and many of them are in Sichuan, an earthquake-prone, mountainous region. The majority of them produce hydroelectricity. The region is well-placed to supply power to large industrial cities down the Yangtze valley, and when the dams were built this must have appeared …
The minister for major irrigation, Mr Ponnala Lakshmaiah, said on Thursday that tenders wo-uld be soon called to launch a water project to supply Godavari water to seven mandals in Mulug division. The minister said government was keen to fulfil the wish of the division peoples' long-pending demand for supply …
After 150 years, irrigation canals in the Krishna delta are going in for major renovation. The works actually started this summer may take another four years to complete. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy would launch the Krishna delta modernisation works at Avanigadda on June 6. He will be …
The state government has sanctioned 12 minor irrigation schemes of four districts costing Rs 13.78 crore. All the four districts including Jabalpur, Seoni, Katni and Narsinghpur are in Jabalpur division. On completion, these schemes would bring 1328.50 hectare area under irrigation. The Water Resources Department has sanctioned six schemes of …
The Income-Tax department's investigation wing has told the Himachal Pradesh government that it may have awarded two hydel projects worth Rs 6,500 crore in Kinnaur dstrict to a ghost company which took funding from an Adani group firm. In a report to principal secretary (power), the Shimla office of the …
The state-run NTPC, which has launched the capacity addition programme of 25,000 mw, for the 11th Plan, has already started preparations to add nearly 7,000 mw in the hydro sector by the end of the 12th Plan (2016-17). NTPC's investment in the eight upcoming hydro projects would be around Rs …
An action committee of the people affected by the Mirani dam in Kech district announced on Tuesday its plan for observing a token hunger strike from Wednesday in protest against government's failure to compensate the affected people. The chairman of the committee, Mr Chakar Rind, at a news conference said …
The growers whose lands lie at the tail-end of Sarhal Branch blocked Sanghar-Khipro road on Tuesday in protest against shortage of water, and accused the irrigation officials of selling off their share of water to influential farmers. The protesters said that no water had reached the tail-end of the canal …
It was a satisfactory year for Tamil Nadu in realisation of the Cauvery water at the Mettur reservoir for water year 2007-08 (June 1 to May 31). During the year, the State received 346 thousand million cubic (TMC) feet of water as against 205 tmcft prescribed by the Cauvery Water …
Punjab Irrigation and Power Minister Raja Riaz Ahmed has said that supply of canal water to the farmers at the tail-ends, elimination of water theft as well as corruption from the irrigation department are his top priorities. The purpose of institutional reforms is to transform irrigation department into a farmer-friendly …
The National Economic Council, which met here on Monday, approved the national programme of small dams, under which the government will construct 314 dams across the country. Total cost of the programme has been estimated at Rs 54 billion. The PSDP allocation for next fiscal is Rs 10 billion. These …
Negotiations between the Pakistan Indus Basin Water Commission and its India counterpart stalled on the Kishan Ganga dam for the third consecutive day. Pakistan has raised six objections on the project design, but were rejected by Indian Commissioner Oranga Nathan. The final round of talks will be held here on …
Pakistan and India have allowed each other's technical experts to inspect the Baglihar dam and Neelum-Jhelum project sites. The decision was taken in the meeting of the Indo-Pak Indus Water Commission held here on Saturday. India has assured Pakistan that Baglihar dam is being constructed in accordance with the suggestions …
The aim of the present study is to review the impact of the Government of Indiasponsored Accelerated Irrigation Beneficiary Program [AIBP] in Uttarakhand State, since its inception. For the purpose of this review, the context of State plans, policies and programs for irrigation and agricultural development, including the role of …
This study by Development Centre for Alternative Policies reviews impact of the Accelerated Irrigation Beneficiary Program [AIBP] in Uttarakhand State, since its inception. The aim of this study is to review the impact of the Government of Indiasponsored Accelerated Irrigation Beneficiary Program [AIBP] in Uttarakhand State, since its inception. For …
Irrigation has made a major contribution to poverty reduction in the past decades, enabling higher yields and better nutrition. Despite these achievements, large-scale irrigation schemes have usually yielded low returns and attracted negative publicity because of their adverse environmental and social impacts. As a result, the Bank has largely switched …
