Action plan submitted by the Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration, Telangana in Suo Motu application No. 27 of 2016. The NGT January 29, 2021 directed the concerned authorities to file independent response to the NGT regarding the action plan that they are going to take to implement the direction …
Oct. 4: The irrigation department is thinking of constructing another reservoir on the Krishna river to prevent precious water from going waste to the sea. With existing reservoirs filled to the brim, the state is going through an ironical situation in which a large quantity of water is being released …
Anantapur, Aug. 17: The dispute over discharge of water from the Tungabhadra High Level Canal between two constituencies came to the fore with politicians facing inte-nse pressures from people. It is a common phenomena for Tadipatri and Singanamala farmers to launch agitations every year for water whenever water from the …
Anantapur, June 29: Karnataka has decided to release water from the Tungabhadra dam to its right bank high-level canal on the Anantapur side for Khariff agricultural season on July 10. There had been incessant showers in the dam
This document contains the presentation made by Umesh Babu at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. Central to global measures to contain climate change is reduction in emissions of GHGs. Several times, non-annex countries like India and China are blamed for Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, particularly …
Management of water resources is crucial for supporting livelihoods, particularly marginal communities. The study aims at understanding the livelihood patterns of fishermen within the Tungabhadra sub basin, a tributary of river Krishna located in peninsular India. Household surveys, focus group discussions and interviews were carried out in order to understand …
Oct. 27: Tired of waiting for the ever-elusive officials, thousands of villagers in Mahbubnagar district joined hands to repair the main canal of the Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme damaged in the recent Tungabhadra floods. This voluntary
Oct. 22: Even as India and other countries quibble about how to handle climate change and who should cut what percentage of carbon emissions, the damaging effects of global warming are being felt right in our own backyard. Scientists attribute the extreme climate patterns in Andhra Pradesh this year
Despite India being seen as a late entrant in the mini-hydel power sector, the group's (Established 1958) power plants in Karnataka are producing nearly 100 MW of power. From just one truck in 1958 to one of India's largest integrated supply chain solutions majors, TCI has undergone a metamorphosis. As …
Oct. 5: The UPA chairperson, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, on Monday assured maximum Central assistance to the state which was hit by massive floods from the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers. Mrs Gandhi gave this promise after conducting an aerial survey of Kurnool and Mahbubnagar districts along with the Union home minister, …
Hyderabad: Kurnool town on Friday night was in the imminent danger of being completely submerged with flood water at some places getting more than 10 feet deep. By Saturday afternoon, the town is likely to be sumberged under as much as 15-20 feet of water, putting into peril the lives …
Over 26,000 Houses Collapse Bangalore: Northern Karnataka has gone virtually under water. Unprecedented rain and floods since Wednesday have cut off Raichur, Gulbarga, Bijapur, Koppal, Bellary and Bagalkot districts. Life came to a full stop on Friday with the collapse of road and communication networks and several trains to the …
Samples have been sent for testing and analysis Last year, water sample was tested by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Dharwad The report had said that the water could not be used for drinking unless treated Bellary: For the second year in succession, the water in the Tungabhadra reservoir …
July 23: Water levels in Almatti, Narayanapur and Tungabhadra dam rose to their maximum levels due to heavy rainfall in Karnataka. Water in Krishna river started flowing towards Indira Priyadarshini project in Jurala of Mahbubnagar district while water from Tungabhadra river flowed towards Srisailam project. The irrigation officials expect the …
In the Tungabhadra sub basin (TBSB), Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) is currently seen in a number of smaller initiatives at local scale. The concept of integration is new in water sector and it has for the first time been specified in the National Water Policy (2000), the Karnataka State …
BANGALORE: For the first time in 35 years, the Department of Water Resources has taken up modernisation of the Tungabhadra Dam and canal system, which irrigates lakhs of acres of land in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, at a cost of Rs.192 crore. Announcing this at a press conference, Water Resources …
Meet discusses ways for inclusive water management. Bangalore, April 17 Farmers, Government officials, scientists and NGOs engaged in improving water use patterns in the Tungabhadra basin have called for improved water management and cropping techniques to cope with two looming problems: inter-State disputes on resource use and the problems arising …
The High Court has directed the State government to initiate appropriate action against those indulging in sand mining in the Tungabhadra river in the districts of Davangere, Haveri, Gadag and Bellary using mechanical devices. Pandurang Shastry, a senior journalist and a resident of Harihara had filed a Public Interest Litigation …
DH News Service,Bangalore: The Tungabhadra river basin is getting more polluted. A study done by the Pune based NGO Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM), show alarming variations in the pH value and quantity of biochemical oxygen in water samples from the river basin. SOPPECOM took up the study …
Hospet, a small town around 350 km from Bangalore, is perennially cloaked in a red dust that emanates from the scores of pit iron ore mines that dot the area. According to numerous watchdog groups, such as
State government has given adm-inistrative sanction for taking up modernisation works of the Tungabhadra high level main canal (HLC). A notification issuing work orders has reached the HLC superintending engineer (SE) office recently. The superintendent engineer, Mr Somireddy, has written to the contracting agencies to complete agreement signing by May …
