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 …
Major irrigation minister Tummala Nageswara Rao on Wednesday rejected the proposal made by his Karnataka counterpart Nage Gowda that an authority be constituted for Krishan waters, on the lines of the one for Cauvery waters, which could help resolve the dispute between the two states over the raising of the …
Over 45,000 people who had to make way tor China's largest hydroelectric power station this century have been relocated this month. Located on the Yalong River in southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Ertan Hydro-Electric Power Station will have six generating units each with a capacity of 550,000kw. The first generating …
Chinese hydropower experts contend that power generated in southern China can help to alleviate seasonal water shortages along the Yellow River in the northern part of the country. Water shortages have for many years interrupted the flow of water in many sections of the Yellow River during the dry season …
The Delhi government, to bridge the water shortage in the Capital, has decided to install 250 extra tubewells and 268 deep bore handpumps in different areas. In addition, 550 extra water tankers have been procured, raising the number to 1,000.
The high-level meeting convened by the Chief Minister, Mr. J.H. Patel to discuss the stand to be taken by Karnataka on the revised scheme relating to the implementation of the interim award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal decided to adhere and reiterated the State's earlier stand.
The Kerala government is yet to take satisfactory action on almost all of the 12 recommendations made by the Estimates Committee of the Assembly in 1993 on Parambikulam Aliyar river water agreement.
Cong leader: Leader of the Congress in the Legislative Council of Karnataka, H.K Patil has questioned the wisdom of forming a seprate corporation for Krishna river basin projects when the state government could more easily acheive its target by utilising existing provisions for setting up a Development Authority for the …
National navies and other maritime forces should be given the power to act against non-military threats to the security of the oceans, particularly environmental dangers, according to an internatonal report published today.The Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), set up by the United Nations to study ways of protecting …
The groundwater levels had gone "beyond traceable" in as many as 615 villages in Hyderabad according to a survey conducted by the groundwater department. This was particularly found in drought-affected districts.
India will be one of the 48 countries where one in three persons will face shortage of water by the year 2025, according to a study.Chronic shortage and pollution of water will be a major problem in India in the near future, warns the study by the Johns Hopkins Univeristy …
The central ground water authority of the ministry of water resources launched a mass awareness campaign on protection and conservation of ground water resources from Palam in Najafgarh area on Monday.The objective of the campaign is to identify the problem-areas where groundwater resources are fast depleting or polluted.
The Himachal Pradesh Government would withdraw cases against the Ranjit Sagar dam oustees framed during the Congress(I) regime when they had agitated for compensation, the Industries Minister, Mr Kishori Lal, said.
The Jammu and Kashmir government is to begin construction of the state's largest hydro power project in October. Straddling the river Chenab,the 900 MW Baghliar project, estimated to cost $530 million, would be the first massive project that the Jammu and Kashmir govenrment is taking up on its own.
The long-awaited National Power Policy announced by the Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Nadir Pervaiz on Friday lays main emphasis on the exploitation of hydel and other indigenous resources for development of future power projects. The new policy speaks of close association of the provinces with the identification …
The New South Wales Government has taken control of Sydney's water crisis after Sydney Water admitted it had hesitated before issuing health warnings. A panel of microbiology experts has been appointed to determine when the water supply is safe, while a separate inquiry will establish who, if anyone, is responsible. …
Karnataka is keen on resolving the contentious Cauvery waters dispute on the basis of 'pragmatism' trhough a negotiated settlement and its avowed stance is opposed to Tamil Nadu, which is "trying to settle it by politicising it", according to Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Mr. M.C. Nanaiah.
The government will announce a new hydro power policy next month to rectify the growing imbalances in the thermal-hydel power mix by adding about 10,000 MW in the current Plan (1997-2002) . The addition will help bridge the widening gap in the demand and supply of power in the country.
An embarrassing water contamination crisis engulfed all of Sudney on Thursday, forcing three million residents to boil their drinking water until parasites are flushed out of the Olympic city's supplies.
the Hirakud dam in Orissa is yet another "temple of modern India' (as Jawaharlal Nehru called dams), that has left behind unfinished business. "More than 6,000 families have not received any compensation so far, after having been displaced by a dam built during 1948-1957,' points out Gopinath Majhi of the …
constructive dialogue and objective assessments have always been a casualty in the conflicts and controversies that have surrounded large dams. Such projects have nevertheless played a major role in development efforts and in meeting a variety of ends like electricity generation. They have also been the key players in government-sponsored …
