Order of National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kamlesh Roj Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 21/01/2025. The issue raised in the application are protection of historical Hingonia Dam from the encroachment from the local residence violating the environmental norms and damaging the area …
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's tourist capital Cape Town remains gripped by critical water shortages despite being lashed by torrential rains last week in the region's worst storm in 30 years, officials said on Tuesday. More than eight people were killed and thousands forced from their homes after gale …
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has an immense contributions to the downstream countries: Egypt and the Sudan, researchers indicated. Dr. Yilma Sleshi, a researcher, stated that GERD will contribute to the elongation of the time span of the Egyptian Aswan High Dam for some hundred years through controlling sedimentation. …
Dam levels in the Western Cape have dropped to an average of 17.97% full, with Clanwilliam Dam at only 6%, the Western Cape government said on Monday. "According to the latest data available, most major dams in the Western Cape, including the Voëlvlei dam (currently 14.7% full), the Theewaterskloof dam …
CAPE TOWN – Dam levels in the drought-stricken Western Cape have dropped to 18 percent, local government, environmental affairs and planning MEC Anton Bredell said on Monday. “According to the latest data available, most major dams in the Western Cape, including the Voëlvlei dam (currently 14.7 percent full), the Theewaterskloof …
At its source, wells are drying up as swathes of forest lie submerged by dams or cut down for rail and power lines It's only once a year that the priests of the Kaveriamma temple at Talakaveri, the source of river Cauvery in Kodagu (Coorg), use water from the holy …
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 …
GOVERNMENT has released $1,5 million towards the compensation of nearly 2 000 families who were displaced during the Tokwe Mukosi dam floods in 2014, a senior government official has said. Agencies The families are expected to start receiving their compensation monies in their bank accounts early next week. Masvingo provincial …
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 …
A steep hike in water tariffs could be one of the long-term solutions to Cape Town’s crippling water shortages, the Cape Chamber of Commerce says. The city is set to scrap free-water quotas and increase tariffs as the worst drought in decades continues to bite. The critical water shortages have …
Masvingo — Government is working flat out to ensure the country produces enough power to meet domestic demand, with 17 mini-hydro power stations earmarked for dams countrywide. The country's economic blueprint, Zim-Asset, identifies energy and power development as key enablers of the economic turnaround programme. President Mugabe last week said …
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 …
A deal between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan signed in December 2015 whereby the three countries agreed to end tensions over River Nile water faces an unclear future due to ongoing tensions between Egypt and Sudan. The two downstream countries at the end of April agreed to de-escalate tensions and end …
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 …
More than 450,000 people in West Pokot County will benefit from clean water after the completion of the Muruny-Siyoi Water Dam and Supply Project, which is under construction. Work on the project, which started in March 2015, will be completed in 10 months. The dam is being built in the …
Hundreds of irrigation farmers using water from Musawa dam in Katsina State are counting their losses following sudden drying up of the dam. Newsmen report that crops at various stages of maturity have wilted, forcing some of the farmers to commence early harvest to salvage what they could of the …
CAPE TOWN – The Western Cape government on Monday appealed to residents to continue to push hard to save water as dam levels dropped to 20 percent. Anton Bredell, MEC of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning in the Western Cape, said: “In the remaining period before our expected …
Cape Town's collective dam quantities are bordering on emergency level as the city council ponders raising water restrictions from Level 3b to Level 4 from the beginning of next month. The municipality has around only 12% of usable water left in its dams amid diminishing quantities. Mayco member for water …
Despite the recent rains, the water levels remain critical for the City of Cape Town. Dam levels are now at 22.8% for storage levels, which is 0.6% down from a week ago. With the last 10% of a dam's water mostly not being useable, dam levels are effectively at 12.3%, …
In a significant development which will pave the way for final forest clearance to the Centre's ambitious Ken-Betwa river-linking project, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) - an apex body of the environment ministry which takes a call on diversion of forests for any major development project - on Tuesday agreed …
