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 …
The officially appointed Environmental Expert Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. Devendra Pandey, Director, Forest Survey of India to review the studies, planning and implementation of environmental safeguards for Sardar Sarovar and Indira Sagar Projects has submitted its Interim Report to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). The Report …
The Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) is in the news again for the wrong reasons, as usual. This time the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) is trying to go back on its promises to the very investors who put their money in the project when it was facing its strongest …
AHMEDABAD : Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam project the lifeline of Gujarat has received Rs 5,375.36 crore as Central assistance, which is the highest assistance provided to any single project in the country. This was stated by Union minister of state for water resources Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav in Rajya Sabha. …
Indore under water emergency THE Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh is facing acute water shortage. Most reservoirs in the region dried up as early as December following a scant monsoon. While Ujjain residents are getting water supply for an hour in four days, Indore has declared water emergency from …
Coordination between the three departments of the municipality dealing with water supply from the Narmada project, the Yashwant Sagar reservoir and from tubewells will be improved. The responsibility of fixing leakages within 24 hours will rest with zonal assistant and sub-engineers. Public tubewells will be freed of encroachment and public …
Gambhir reservoir that supplies water to Ujjain has dried up. The Ujjain municipality plans to get water from Amla Vida Dam, 24 km away. The government might face resistance from farmers since the dam
Bhopal, Feb 1: The Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA) has decided to lower the Ataria dam height by 4 meter from its earlier proposed 407 m. height . This decision would be highly welcomed by hundreds of farmers of Sehora Tehsil of Jabalpur district, whose 3587 hectare agriculture land was …
Chronicle News Service Indore, Jan 2: Laying of pipeline for the third phase of Narmada Project here is in full swing. It will take another one-and-a-half year before testing of the project, scheduled in June. The project is being completed at an estimated cost of Rs 641 crore, with an …
For decades, the Sardar Sarovar Dam on India's Narmada River has been a powerful symbol of what is going wrong with large dam projects. A new independent review shows that the project's benefits have not been realized, while the social, environmental and financial costs are even more serious than expected.
Saurashtra was flooded since rainwater could not drain THE state highway between Viramgam and Surendranagar towns in Gujarat presents a stark contrast. On one side is a carpet of green fields for miles, and on the other, decaying jowar and cotton crops, at places submerged in water. The 60 km …
Canals are poorly maintained This is not the first time that Narmada canals have breached. In June this year, there was a major breach near Kadi in Mehsana, leading to the flooding of Sujaatpur village. This is the third breach in Kadi in four years. A kilometre away at Narsinhpura …
GANDHINAGAR: The powerful pro-Narmada dam lobby in Gujarat has decided to field two international experts to counter the arguments advanced in the latest treatise published by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) study, 'Performance and Development Effectiveness of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP),' which seeks to doubt the project's potential …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has declined to give permission to the Gujarat government to install piers and gates in the Narmada dam, which would take the height of the dam to the final 138.68 meters from 121.92 meters. The NCA in its meeting, chaired by …
The Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has been setup under the final orders and decision of the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal (NWDT) as a machinery for implementation of its directions and decision. The authority started functioning from 20th December, 1980. The authority is a body corporate with representatives of the four …
Despite a number of breaches in the Narmada main canal over the years, command area ecological concerns are simply not being paid enough attention by the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam.
six villages were flooded in Mehesana district of Gujarat after a 20-foot-wide breach appeared in the Narmada canal near Kadi on June 10. Three- to four-foot-deep water flooded the houses in these villages and the drinking water supply was badly hit. This was the third major breach in the canal …
The demonstration was organised by the Narmada Bachao Andolan SEEKING REHABILITATION: Oustees of the Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, Upper Beda, Maan and Bargi dams in the Narmada Valley taking out a march in Bhopal on Thursday. BHOPAL: Thousands of Narmada oustees braved heavy rains on Thursday to join a protest …
