Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
Kerala chief minister to write to his Tamil Nadu counterpart Jayalalithaa about the danger posed by the dam Stepping up Kerala’s demand for a new dam at Mullaperiyar, chief minister Oommen Chandy said he will meet the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Thursday, even as the opposition …
Shops and trading establishments remained closed in Idukki, Ernakulam, Alappuzha and Kottayam districts on Tuesday in response to a call for hartal by Kerala Congress (Mani) and Kerala Congress (Jacob), Bharatiya Janata Party and others over the Mullaperiyar issue. Transport services were affected in these districts as buses kept off …
The Centre on Wednesday appealed to Tamil Nadu and Kerala to amicably settle the issue of Mullaperiyar Dam between them and expressed its willingness to play a role of “facilitator”. “It is amongst themselves that the matter can be sorted out. We can only play a role of facilitator. We …
The Hollywood film Dam 999, which was slated for release on Friday, has already run into a storm with the DMK, MDMK and PMK demanding its ban as they alleged it depicted the collapse of the century-old Mullaiperiyar Dam over which Tamil Nadu is locked in a row with Kerala. …
Union Minister for Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal on Tuesday clearly told Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy in New Delhi that the Centre would try to mediate and convene a bilateral meeting between governments of Kerala and Tamil Nadu if Kerala gave a written assurance that it would continue to …
Kerala has urged the Empowered Committee on the Mullaperiyar dam headed by former Chief Justice of India A. S. Anand to review its order rejecting permission to produce additional evidence on the safety of the dam based on the evidence of two experts, D. K. Paul and M. L. Sharma. …
Kerala on Monday insisted on building a new dam near the existing Mullaperiyar dam in the wake of reports that the recent tremors had caused damage to it, an issue on which the state has been at loggerheads with Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu has always been opposed to constructing a …
The officials in charge of the reservoir spotted two minor cracks on it bottom, believed to have been caused by the latest tremor. Recurrence of mild tremors in Idukki district in Kerala is causing concern over the safety of the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam, located on the borders with Tamil Nadu. …
Hundreds of people participated in a demonstration organised by the Mullaperiyar Agitation Council at Karimkulam Chappathu near here on Saturday on the 125th anniversary of the Mullaperiyar lease agreement signed between the then Travancore king Visakam Thirunal and the British government. The council also burnt the copy of the agreement …
Tamil Nadu has urged the empowered committee headed by former Chief Justice of India A. S. Anand to reject the Detailed Project Report submitted by Kerala on a new dam across the Mullaperiyar as the existing structure is safe. In its response to Kerala's application asking the committee to consider …
Kerala, coming heavily against the Committee to Coordinate (CTC) under the Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee on Mullaperiyar Dam, has accused the committee of denying ‘natural justice’ to the state, thus hinting that it is biased to Tamil Nadu. “...incidents of ill treatment are continuing. Being defendant of the Mullaperiyar dispute, …
Tentatively agreed upon by the panel at Delhi meeting The five-member empowered committee (EC) constituted to go into the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam is likely to submit its report to the Supreme Court in the middle of January 2012. This was tentatively agreed upon by the committee at its …
Dam building activity in India got impetus and priority, after India became Independent. Total dams built in India up to year 2002 were about 4050. Maharashtra state has the largest number of large dams in India.
Grout material in recent years has made quantum advancement and researchers have made this material more application friendly. Grouts are finding increasing applications for checking seepage under dams and in repair work for old dams.
This guidelines deal with the preparation of site specific seismic study report of a river valley project and its submission to the National Committee on Seismic Design Parameters (NCSDP) for necessary approval. The guidelines will help in estimation of parameters to be used in seismic design, analysis and safety evaluation …
Minister for Water Resources P.J. Joseph has said that a final picture on the demolition of the Mullaperiyar dam will be evolved at the meeting of the experts and engineers on September 17. Talking to The Hindu on Tuesday, the minister said a final meeting of the experts and engineers …
Pagara Masonry Dam was constructed about 94 years from now during the period 1911-1917 in Gwalior (M.P.). After construction, it has breached/damaged and rehabilitated three times.
Kerala is yet to form an opinion on the Central Dam Safety Bill that is before the Lok Sabha, while Tamil Nadu has opposed certain provisions in the Bill. Kerala has reasons for being concerned about the Bill because of its implications for the Mullaperiyar dam that it considers unsafe. …
Standing Committee on Water Resources (2010-2011) present this Seventh Report on "The Dam Safety Bill, 2010". The Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha and was referred by the Hon‘ble Speaker to the Standing Committee on Water Resources on 9 September, 2010 for examining and Report. In the process of examination …
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to either give up or amend, as suggested by the Tamil Nadu government, the Dam Safety Bill, 2010, which is before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources now. The Bill, if enacted in the present …
