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 …
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 …
This was revealed here yesterday by the Deputy Minister, Vice-President’s Office (Union Affairs and Environment), Luhaga Mpina was responding to legislator Zacharia Isaay (Mbulu Urban - CCM) who wanted to know the government’s strategy to safeguard rivers that were drying up due to human activities. Legislator Isaay said small rivers …
For over a decade now, the farming community living around Lake Mburo National Park has been in a bitter relationship with Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). The conflict is rooted to unending inter-human-wildlife conflicts as caused by UWA's failure to control wildlife from invading and destroying their subsistence gardens of food …
Murang’a town residents will benefit from a Sh3 billion water storage programme to be initiated by Murang’a Water and Sanitation Company. The water company has said it is planning to build a mega dam near the Aberdare Forest to harvest rainwater. MD Daniel Ng’ang’a said together with its partners, the …
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 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vimal Bhai Vs Tehri Hydro Development Corporation & Others dated 13/04/2017 regarding dumping of construction debris into River Alaknanda. It is the case of the applicant that this indiscriminate dumping of construction material and debris into River Alaknanda is polluting …
The Nile River is under assault on two fronts – a massive dam under construction upstream in Ethiopia and rising sea levels leading to saltwater intrusion downstream. These dual threats now jeopardize the future of a river that is the lifeblood for millions. Though politicians and the press tend to …
The water crisis in Nairobi is worsening by the day, despite the rains a few days ago across the country. The long rains still have not arrived in the capital. The Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company yesterday said levels at Ndakaini Dam have dropped to an all-time low of less …
Nairobi — Water rationing in Nairobi is expected to worsen in the next two weeks after the levels at the Ndakaini dam hit a new low of below 25 per cent. Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC) Managing Director Philip Gichuki attributed the situation to the drying up of …
The government may be forced to shut down electricity generation at its largest hydroelectric dam if the ongoing drought persists beyond a month, Energy PS Joseph Njoroge warned yesterday. He, however, ruled out power rationing in the unlikely event this happens. Njoroge said water levels at the dam are “just …
Cape Town - Cape Town’s water supply is down to its last 100 days, resulting in the municipality bringing forward its emergency supply schemes. Dam storage levels had declined to 26.2%, one percentage point down from last week, the City of Cape Town said in a statement on Monday. The …
Plans to earmark more than $136m (£109m) of UN money for large dam projects in Nepal, Tajikistan and the Solomon Islands have been angrily condemned by activists, who have warned the projects could have serious environmental consequences. The UN’s green climate fund was set up during the Paris climate agreement …
This book offers a devastating look at deeply flawed development processes driven by international finance, African governments and the global consulting industry. It examines major river basin development underway in the semi-arid borderlands of Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan and its disastrous human rights consequences for a half-million indigenous people. …
Cape Town - The City of Cape Town said on Monday disaster planning was underway to ensure measures were in place for the possibility of an extended drought. "[We] continue planning for the implementation of contingency and emergency measures in conjunction with the National Department of Water and Sanitation," MMC …
JOHANNESBURG - The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on Monday, announced the lifting of water restrictions in Gauteng. DWS spokesperson Sputnik Ratau said the lifting of the water restrictions followed the recent rains that flowed into the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS), consisting of 14 dams which mainly serve …
Water restrictions in the Western Cape will remain in place until dams have reached 85% of their capacity, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Thursday. Cabinet was looking at ways to help the province should the current water supply run out, he told journalists at a post-Cabinet briefing. …
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 rise in dam levels over the past month should not lull Windhoek residents into thinking that the water scarcity affecting the city has ended, the City of Windhoek cautioned this week. The water scarcity which the city is facing will not be overturned by one good rainy season, City …
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 …
