To make the most of the water released from the Metur dam in the Cauvery river, the city corporation has started digging pits around bore wells and infiltration wells on the river bed. The idea is to ensure percolation of water to recharge the river bed. The Cauvery meets the …
To make the most of the water released from the Metur dam in the Cauvery river, the city corporation has started digging pits around bore wells and infiltration wells on the river bed. The idea is to ensure percolation of water to recharge the river bed. The Cauvery meets the …
SALEM: A team of officials from Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) collected water samples from the River Cauvery near Mettur dam in Salem district on Monday, after fishermen found dead fish on the river banks. "We conducted a check after receiving a tip-off about dead fish found washed out …
Alleging irregularities in the implementation of Phase I of Mettur — Salem Dedicated Water Scheme, members of Tamil Nadu People Rights Movement demanded a white paper on the issue and staged a sit-in-protest in front of Mayor S. Soundappan during the grievance day meeting at the Corporation office here on …
Despite receiving excess rainfall during the north-east monsoon season, Tamil Nadu is bracing for an acute water crises this summer with several reservoirs, including Mettur, drying up fast. Sources from the Public Works Department (PWD) said water at Mettur, the lifeline of delta farmers, plunged to 74 feet on Sunday …
‘Construct check dam at Harichandra River as announced by the CM’ Farmers of various associations expressed their displeasure over the new crop insurance scheme and urged the government to withdraw it at the grievances meet held here on Wednesday . Under the new scheme, a farmer has to pay a …
Salem city will get an additional 80 million litres every day The trial run began here with water pumped and transmitted through the pipeline for about 7 k.m. of the Rs. 320 crore Mettur—Salem Dedicated Water Supply Scheme and is expected to be completed in two days. Once it is …
Chennai: The power starved Tamil Nadu would add 4300 MW to the grid through the commissioning of new power projects in the state by December 2014, according to latest tariff order issued by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC). The Tangedco would add 1800 MW through its own projects …
The State contends that the setting up of a supervisory committee has become a futile exercise Contending that the setting up of a supervisory committee had become a futile exercise, the Tamil Nadu Government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court for a direction to the Centre to constitute the Cauvery …
Even groundwater in the area is polluted: residents With the water from Mettur dam hardly reaching River Cauvery in Namakkal district, the effluents discharged from the unauthorised dyeing units in Pallipalayam and Komarapalayam into the river has become its only source of water. “Anyone crossing the bridge that connects Erode …
Even groundwater in the area is polluted, say residents With the water from Mettur dam hardly reaching River Cauvery in Namakkal district, the effluents discharged from the unauthorised dyeing units in Pallipalayam and Komarapalayam into the river has become its only source of water. “Anyone crossing the bridge that connects …
The new 600-MW single unit of Stage-III reaches its full load. The power-deficit State may soon get some relief. The new 600-MW single unit of Stage-III of the Mettur Thermal Power Station (MTPS) reached its full load here after a successful trial run. Officials said the plant was able to …
Accepting the report of the expert team of the Central Water Commission, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Karnataka Government to release forthwith 2.44 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu to save the standing crops on about one lakh acres in the Cauvery delta region. A three-judge Bench of …
The Cauvery Monitoring Committee at its meeting on Thursday said it would “not be appropriate” to decide that Karnataka should release more waters from its dams to Tamil Nadu, considering that the upper riparian State will have only 16 tmcft available in its reservoirs for drinking purposes till May 2013. …
Seeks remainder of what was originally demanded earlier this month With the imminent closure of the Mettur dam for irrigation looming large, the State government has decided to move the Supreme Court, seeking around 20 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft). The quantum is the remainder of what (30 tmc …
Once the Union government publishes the award in gazette this month-end The stage will be set for the constitution of a mechanism to implement the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal as soon as the Union government publishes the award in its gazette this month-end. The establishment of …
Moves fresh petition in Supreme Court for direction to neighbouring State Tamil Nadu on Thursday filed a fresh petition in the Supreme Court for a direction to Karnataka to release 52.8 tmcft of water till February 2013 to save crops raised on 15 lakh acres. The State also wanted the …
Centre urged to ensure 40 tmcft water from Karnataka With a prolonged dry spell in the past fortnight after the lashing that the Nilam cyclone has inflicted, the delta farmers are once again at the mercy of Rain God. Only a few spells of moderate rain in the next few …
The Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) met on Thursday and asked Karnataka to release a further 4.81 tmcft of river water to Tamil Nadu at Biligundlu within the next 15 days. It, however, did not decide the quantum of shortfall in releases during the season, which as per the Cauvery Water …
The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the first permanent zonal bench, became operational here from Tuesday. At a news conference, the Bench judicial member Justice M. Chokalingam and expert member R. Nagendran said that it would cover four southern States and the Union Territories of Puducherry and …
Cauvery River Authority's refusal to review water release order The Karnataka Government has moved the Supreme Court challenging Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s decision as Chairperson of the Cauvery River Authority refusing to review his order directing Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu from September 20 to …
