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 …
Eight farmers of Andhra Pradesh moved the Supreme Court seeking an interim stay of the award of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal II permitting Karnataka to raise the height of the Almatti dam from 519.6 mts to 524.25 mts. Filed by advocate Guntur Prabhakar, petitioners Devineni Umamaheswara Rao and seven …
22,000 Hectares To Get Drowned Mumbai: A dozen dams planned to provide water in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) will affect at least a lakh tribal people and submerge more than 22,000 hectares of land. Nearly 7,000 hectares of forests, lakhs of trees and more than 750 hectares of the …
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation has sought the assistance of the project monitoring group under the cabinet secretariat to fast-track the Rs 7,500-crore Tawang-II project in Arunachal Pradesh. In February, India hastened plans to construct 2,500 MW of hydro projects, including one in Tawang and another in Teestha in Sikkim …
Draft report: Multiple Dams in tribal belt of Western Ghats for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region: Unjustified projects, when better options exist. About 12 dams are planned or are under construction to satisfy the increasing thirst of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). All of these dams fall in eco-sensitive region of …
The Anti Dam Diwas organised by Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) at Lakhidhar Bora Khetra here in the city today was attended by a number of anti–dam activists, who unanimously voiced to stop the construction of the Lower Subansiri dam, and various other dams in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Bhutan …
Members of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today observed anti-mega dam day throughout the State with meetings, seminars, dharna etc. The members of the Samiti staged dharna at Sadiya, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Sonari, Jorhat, Bokakhat, Nagaon, Dhekiajuli, Lakhimpur, Dhuburi, Pathsala, Baska, Nalbari, Odalguri and other places and held dharna and …
Construction of hydro power projects in a planned manner is unlikely to interfere with stability of the Himalayas which offer maximum unexploited hydro power potential, says an expert. “Scientists fear that the calamity in Uttarakhand a few months ago is a precursor to bigger and more destructive floods. So more …
MAYEM: The Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) on Saturday censured Maharashtra officials for modifying the Virdi dam project without the consent of authorities and for failing to acquire environmental clearances to the construct the dam. Officials representing Goa further exposed the dangers of Maharashtra’s ambitious project by contending that Goa …
The River Valvonti is the main source of drinking and irrigation water for large areas of Sattari, Bicholim and Bardez talukas of North Goa and damming and diversion of its tributaries will pose threat to the life and livelihood of the people and also to the ecology. This was highlighted …
The Expert Appraisal Committee for River Valley and Hydro Electric Project (EAC), formed by the Union ministry of environment and forests, has said the 120 MW Lower Kopili dam project, planned in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, is threatened by the high acidity of the Kopili river. The project has been …
Cabinet Gives In-Principle Nod For Real Estate Bill The cabinet has decided to set up a potable water company near Malankara dam in Idukki, for which the government will soon release Rs 9.86 crore. Chief minister Oommen Chandy said here on Wednesday that the company would be set up under …
An amount of Rs 8,081 million has been released for the construction of dams and reservoirs in the country during the current financial year 2013-14, Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif said Wednesday. In a written reply to the question of Syeda Sugra Imam, he said a total of …
The State government will ban stone quarrying in a five-km radius of dams and reservoirs in Karnataka. Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra told the Assembly on Wednesday that an order would be issued to this effect. During the discussion on Karnataka Regulation of Stone Crushers (Amendment) Bill, …
The decision of Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II to allow height of the Almatti dam to 524.26 metre would impact the natural flow of Krishna and Panchganga rivers, said irrigation department officials and environmentalists. Irrigation department officials said that any mistake or partial delay in managing the water release mechanism might …
The publication is being brought out once in every two years and covers a wide range of data on water resources and its related resources in the country. It comprises six chapters & two appendixes. Summary tables and charts have been included within the chapters to facilitate overview and better …
Multiple dams are planned and are under construction on the west flowing rivers near Mumbai for the growing drinking and industrial water needs of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) and the entire Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). In the media and in official MMR discussions, these projects are portrayed as …
Pakistan State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, November, 2013 The Global Climate Risk Index 2014 has ranked Pakistan among the three most affected countries worldwide for three consecutive years by climate-related catastrophes. Read more in this November 2013 edition of the Monthly Pakistan State of the Environment Report published …
19.6 million people lack access to toilets in Nepal, with devastating consequences, in particular, for the well-being, health, education and empowerment of women and girls, reveals a report published on the World Toilet Day. Read more in this November 2013 edition of the Monthly Nepal State of the Environment Report …
The state government gave its approval for BMC to start work on the Gargai water project. However, it has asked BMC to pay the State Water Resources Department Rs 19 lakh before it does so. “We issued an order last week giving them the go-ahead for the project with certain …
The River Narasunda, which was dying due to a dam built 33 years ago at the confluence of the river Brahmmaputra, would soon have a new lease of life. The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) under a Tk 68.46 crore project has already completed widening the 33-kilometre long river between …
