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 …
An attempt has been made to study the impact of urban wastewater irrigation on summer paddy productivity, varietal response and soil properties. Paddy and soil samples were collected from selected peri-urban villages of Bhubaneswar, India, from fields receiving contrast irrigation sources (urban wastewater and river water) under similar agro-climatic and …
The NGT bench, headed by Justice Nambiar was dealing with a petition by one B. Harshvardhan Reddy. Hyderabad: The National Green Tribunal at Chennai has constituted an independent commission to ascertain whether the ongoing Ranga Reddy-Palamuru lift irrigation scheme works the first phase of which passes through Amrabad- Srisailam- Nagarjunasagar …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Tularam Gogoi Vs Union of India & Others dated 31/05/2017 regarding Subansiri Lower Hydro-Electric Project in Assam. The Applicant (Tularam Gogoi) has questioned the Subansiri Lower Hydro-Electric Project in Assam on the ground that after the …
Conservationists have raised concerns over the proposed construction of dams on Mara River and its tributaries. East African Wild Life Society said it received an alert from Serengeti Watch, one of their conservation partners in Tanzania, that authorities in Kenya have proposed the building of dams. EAWLS executive director Julius …
The Eritrean President, Isaias Afeworki has downplayed reports alleging his country’s deepened ties with Egypt are intended to sabotage the construction of Ethiopia’s massive hydro-power dam project. The Nile River is a lifeline to some 80% of Egyptians and the desert North African nation fears Ethiopia’s huge dam project being …
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki denied his country’s deepening relations with Egypt signify plans to disrupt neighboring Ethiopia’s construction of Africa’s biggest hydropower dam. “The claim by the Ethiopian regime that the relation between Eritrea and Egypt is targeting the millennium dam is unfounded,” the Ministry of Information said on its …
Kenya will fork out up to Sh50 billion to make the one million-acre Galana-Kulalu food security project feasible, the Jubilee government has said. Deputy President William Ruto said water from neighbouring rivers is inadequate and can only irrigate up to 200,000 acres. The Jubilee administration has, therefore, decided build a …
Regulating fluvial systems by dams, barrages and construction of inter-basin link canals, has severe impacts on fish populations across the world’s rivers. In India, all major fluvial systems are interrupted by a series of barriers. This includes small weirs to large dams and salt-water barriers preventing saline incursion to the …
A dam being built on the edge of Kenya's largest water catchment is drawing criticism from experts who fear it could threaten water supplies in the country as much as supplement them. The Itare Dam will be the largest water supply project in the southern Rift Valley, and is intended …
More than 35 families residing in Kanneri Mandhanai in the Nilgiris, the proposed site for the construction of a dam, fear displacement even before being given alternative houses or compensation. The village where the Sillahala Dam is to come up at Rs.7,000 crore by 2022 is at Sree Ram Nagar …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Madhya Pradesh Vs Narmada Bachao Andolan & Others dated 03/03/2017 regarding compensation and rehabilitation for the oustees of Sardar Sarovar Project on river Narmada in various states including Madhya Pradesh. Supreme Court allows the Chief Secretary of …
Farmers in Samia are counting losses after their crops were submerged when Munana Dam which is under construction overflowed. The area received heavy rains over the weekend which affected several acres of farmland in Luchululo village. The farmers are now blaming the National Irrigation Board (NIB) and the contractor for …
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Ethiopian Diaspora Community in different parts of the world raised 2,101,000 USD to back the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). In a press briefing Friday, Ministry Spokesperson Tewolde Mulgeta said the contribution was made during the last six months …
The Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF)-Agar faction Nonday said the committees representing the water dams affected population has joined the rebel umbrella pointing the move comes within the framework of its strategy to unify the political and armed opposition forces to overthrow the regime. Communities displaced by the dam projects in …
Construction of the biggest dam in Kenya is set to kick off at Kibuka falls on River Tana. The proposed 165 square kilometre High Grand Falls Dam, that will cost Sh150 billion, is expected to hold over 5.6 billion cubic metres of water that will be used to irrigate over …
IN AN effort to ensure the country is water secure, Government is this year constructing 11 dams, Ministry of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection permanent secretary Edward Chomba has said. Bishop Chomba said in an interview in Lusaka that the ministry has already done the mapping through a consultant …
Kampala — The World Bank's board of executive directors, will at their next sitting, discuss and is expected to decide the way forward on a report of investigations by the group's Inspections Panel. The report is about government and the Chinese contractors for Isimba dam disregarding various environmental and social …
This working paper was based on the study on multiple uses of small reservoirs in the Volta River Basin of Burkina Faso. The study was conducted in communities using five small reservoirs in Yatenga Province. The aim of the study was to document the multiple uses of small reservoirs in …
National Register of Large Dam (NRLD) is a compilation of the dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government/Authority concerned. The lists of dams have been regrouped as per their location within the territory of a State. At present there are 5254 completed large dams …
The Awash Basin Authority (ABA) plans to build two additional dams which could help prevent water shortage at the region that has over 18 million inhabitants. Authority Director General Getachew Gizaw said the dams, part of GTP II, would also help prevent flooding at the middle and lower Awash areas. …
