The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
A principle adopted to ensure rehabilitation of evacuees alongside progress on projects is known for violations When construction of a dam is delayed, it leads to cost over-runs. It delays development. We are constantly told this, with much statistics. When people living in submergence areas of dams under construction are …
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL) is all set to kick-start Rs 7,500 crore worth of remaining canal networking works in Kutch, north Gujarat, Saurashtra and central Gujarat, already delayed by several years. In order to ensure that most of the work is over in …
The Supreme Court, placing the fundamental rights of citizens on a higher pedestal, ruled that any attempt by police agencies to forcibly carry out narco, polygraph and brainmapping tests of accused persons was "illegal and unconstitutional". In an order with far-reaching consequences for these agencies, a three-member bench headed by …
Manas Dasgupta GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct the Union Environment and Forest Ministry to withdraw its April 28 order to form an independent committee to review environment-related issues of the Sardar Sarovar dam project. In a letter to the Prime Minister, …
Yoginder K Alagh : Controversies around the Sardar Sarovar Project have continued for decades. So, when I recently wrote a piece on the project for FE (April 19), I expected to start a debate. But being a lone ranger and a 71-year-young researcher working at home with a pencil, I …
Gandhinagar: Government of India (GoI) on Wednesday formed a new committee headed by well-known Gujarat-based academic, Prof YK Alagh, to monitor eco-safeguards during the implementation of Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP), inviting immediate Gujarat government ire. A state government spokesperson told TOI that Gujarat is
Gandhinagar: Gujarat will have to seek separate set of permissions from the powerful Narmada Control Authority (NCA) at least three years from now to fill up Narmada dam with waters up to the full reservoir level (FRL) of 138.68 metre. Only after these permissions are taken, Gujarat will be able …
Mahadevan Ramaswamy and Ramaswamy R. Iyer Those who were impatient with the Narmada Bachao Andolan's struggle must now re-examine their thinking in the light of the Second Interim Report of the Experts' Committee set up by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The Second Interim Report of the Experts' Committee …
MP Is Yet To Pay Dues Totalling Rs 2,420 Crore To Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Gandhinagar: The state government on Monday told the House that while Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh governments had completed the process of rehabilitation of the Narmada oustees, Maharashtra government was yet to finish it. Replying to …
DEEPAL TRIVEDI GANDHINAGAR JD(U) Gujarat unit chief and MLA from Jhagadia (south Gujarat) Chhotu Vasava has been charged with encroaching on 800 acres of land in Bharuch district given to people affected by the Narmada project, government officials have confirmed. The Bharuch district authorities, in a report to the state …
Gandhinagar: The government of India has agreed to the revised cost of the Narmada project, fixed at Rs 39,240 crore. The revised cost, submitted to the central water commission (CWC) recently, was approved on Thursday, senior Narmada department officials said.
The Supreme Court while hearing the case of Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canals in the Narmada valley has granted more time to MoEF for filing affidavit, while mentioned that the stay on Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canal would continue. The MP Government has filed an appeal in the apex court …
This is the second interim report of the committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (vide O.M. No. 3-87/80-IA-I, dated 09.7.2008 superseded by O.M. of even number dated 02-09-2008 ) for assessing the status of compliance of environmental conditionalities and requirements to be fulfilled by project authorities of …
India is emerging as a world leader in irrigation schemes, and the 458-km Narmada Main Canal-the largest concrete-lined irrigation canal in the world-stands as a monument to the opportunities and challenges that face water providers.
The Sardar Sarovar Dam reached a height of 121.92 m in 2006 and at this height the dam has enough water to generate most of the promised benefits - irrigation, drinking water, and electricity. However, currently only 30% of the targeted villages receive regular water supplies, less than 20% of …
