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 …

Silting spells doom for villagers

The water-harvesting structures constructed in six villages to provide irrigation and agriculture sustainability in the area have proved to be a bane for villagers as the dams have not been desilted since their inception. "Constructed in 1994, the dam was a blessing for us. But nearly six years ago, heavy …

China firm set to build dam to meet citys water needs

A Chinese state-run firm is all set to become the first from the country to build a dam in India, which aims to ease the drinking water shortage in the country's financial capital Mumbai. Despite some critics raising the bogey of the security implications of such a project, the Brihanmumbai …

Height of Narmada dam should not be raised

Even as the Narmada Control Authority is looking at rehabilitation claims of States affected by the Narmada dam in Gujarat, the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People has said that there was no case for raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar Project and that it should be …

SC stays puncturing of Bhakra canal

The Supreme Court today did not allow a plea of Haryana to "lift' water from the Bhakra main line (BML)canal and pump it into the Hansi-Butana. The stay on puncturing the BML to connect the Hansi-Butana canal will continue and the matter will be now heard on July 18. Notably …

Irrigation scheme in shambles

Non-functioning of the Sonahat

40,000 mw hydro power by 2022

To tied-over energy shortfall, the government is planning 40,000 mw of hydroelectric power generation capacity during the 12th (2012-17) and 13th Plan (2017-22). "We are making preparations for power projects in the 12th and 13th Plan, and are planning to add 40,000 mw capacity in the hydro sector,' Central Electricity …

Construction of major dams: government decides to formally launch campaign

The government has decided to formally launch a campaign for constructing major dams as the concerned authorities have agreed to go slow on "controversial" Kalabagh dam, sources told Business Recorder on Thursday. "The formal launch of the campaign will help the government in procuring foreign and local funding for the …

Gangadhar Irrigation Project lies uncared

Even after more than a decade of its launching, the multi-crore costing Gangadhar Irrigation Project is lying abandoned causing severe hardship to thousands of poor farmers of the Greater area. Located at Unjan Petla village of Asom-Bengal was launched under the supervision of the Dhubri district branch of the State …

Chinese Soldiers Rush to Bolster Weakened Dams

China mobilized 30,000 additional soldiers to the earthquake-shattered expanses of the nation's southwestern regions on Wednesday

Project delay irks populace

The delay in commissioning of the Kandula Obula Reddy Gundlakamma project has irked people of Prakasam district as they were hoping to get irrigation and potable water from the reservoir. It was one of the three irrigation projects started in Prakasam district under Jalayagnam and was constructed by spending Rs …

PM to visit Bhutan on Friday

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to announce a fairly large grant to Bhutan when he travels there on Friday on a two-day visit, which is aimed at further consolidation of the bilateral energy cooperation. The Prime Minister will hold wide-ranging talks with his Bhutanese counterpart Jigme Y. Thinley on …

Three Gorges Dam unaffected

Operations at the Three Gorges Dam, China's water conservancy project on the Yangtze River, was not affected despite Monday's quake. In the dam area, about 1,000 km from the epicentre, the quake measured about 4. The dam was designed to withstand quakes up to 7 on the Richter Scale, said …

Growers seek end to water theft

The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) on Sunday severely criticised what it called the theft of 8,000 cusec of Sindh's share in water through lift machines and demanded that the practice be stopped immediately. The chamber, which met here under its president Syed Qamaruzzaman Shah, demanded that Sindh should get …

State Pulse: Arunachal Pradesh: Reservoir of dams

Arunahcal Pradesh is awarding hydroelectric projects to private companies at the breakneck speed of one every nine days without proper scrutiny. A report by Arnab Pratim Dutta Once you reach Lower Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh, you know you have stepped into the shadowy side of "shining" India -the cell …

Early release of Mettur water sought

Cauvery delta farmers have urged Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi to release Mettur water for irrigation on June 1, instead of the usual June 12. In a representation, vice-president of the Cauvery Delta Farmers' Welfare Association K.V. Kannan said in view of comfortable storage position, the government could consider the request. …

Minister vows to overcome artificial water shortage

Provincial Minister Syed Ali Mardan Shah, terming the irrigation water scarcity in District Umerkot as artificial and created by some vested interests, has vowed to take all possible measures to remove the shortage. He was speaking at a big public gathering at Town Hall, Umerkot after his arrival there following …

Minister blames vested interests, officials for water shortage

Provincial minister without portfolio, Syed Ali Mardan Shah, has blamed vested interests and corrupt officials of Irrigation Department for

Council deplores water shortage

Shortage of water rendered most of the farmers unable to sow cotton at the most appropriate time, said District Council members during Wednesday's session. They deplored the daily seven to 10 hours of load-shedding as this was taking toll on the physical, psychological and financial status of Hesco consumers. The …

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