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 …
Meet on inter-State river water issues State keen on renewing PAP pact with Tamil Nadu Cauvery waters available to be put to optimum use Thiruvananthapuram: A high-level meeting convened by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here on Tuesday to evaluate the current status of inter-State river water issues decided that the …
This Act shall be called The Water Act of Bhutan 2011. This Act shall apply to all issues related to water resources of the Kingdom. This Act hereby repeals the provisions of any other Acts, regulations and administrative instruments which are inconsistent with this Act. The purpose of this Act …
80 per cent World Bank aid for project covering 104 dams SALEM: The State has launched a massive exercise of improving the safety and operational efficiency of select dams with 80 per cent financial assistance from World Bank. This ambitious project, named
The safety of the dam is a very important aspect for safeguarding the national investment and the benefits derived by the nation out of this infrastructure. An unsafe dam poses hazard to human life and property in the downstream reaches. Hence the safety of the dam and the allied structures …
EXPERTS DIVE TO CHECK FOR FAULTS IN PERIYAR DAM ARMED with modern silicone cameras, diving experts from Orissa began inspecting the Mullaiperiyar dam from its surface with 106 feet of water to its base on Thursday. Following the visit of the Empowered Committee, headed by former Chief Justice of India …
EXPERTS TO INSPECT MULLAIPERIYAR DAM TODAY ON behalf of the high powered committee constituted by the Supreme Court, a team of technical experts from the Centre will inspect the Mullaiperiyar dam, using modern instruments for three days from Wednesday. The Supreme Court appointed a five-member high powered committee to inspect …
R Prince Jebakumar | ENS Madurai/Thekkady, December 22 A DAY after the visit of the Supreme Court's empowered committee to the Mullaiperiyar Dam, a hope has emerged that the dam could be saved from being decommissioned. According to high-level sources of Tamil Nadu public works department, the dam remains intact …
SC PANEL INSPECTION AT MULLAIPERIYAR DAM SITE ON DEC 21 THE five-member high-powered committee appointed by the Supreme Court to report on the stability of Mullaiperiyar dam will carry out inspections on December 21. The commit headed by forme Chief Justice of India A S Anand will report on the …
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: The cracks developed on the ground near Neyyar Dam on Saturday was the result of a minor landslide in the area, according to the scientists from the Centre For Earth Science Studies (CESS), who visited the site on Monday. The CESS scientists also revealed that the crack appeared only …
Only soil dislocation nearby People at risk during rain as soil may fall in chunks Chances of tremor ruled out Thiruvananthapuram: The fracture in the ground reported from an area near the Neyyar dam is the result of soil dislocation, a localised phenomenon that poses no danger to the dam, …
SC EXTENDS MULLAIPERIYAR PANEL TENURE BY SIX MONTHS THE Supreme Court on Monday extended by six months the tenure of the high-level empowered committee set up to examine the legal and safety aspects of the Mullaiperiyar dam in Kerala. A five-judge Bench comprising Justices D K Jain, B Sudarshan Reddy, …
Itanagar: A students body has appealed to Union Minister Jairam Ramesh to reconsider setting up of hydroelectric projects in Adi belt of Arunachal Pradesh as the region is quake-prone and has witnessed as many as 87 major to minor tremors in a span of 67 years. Out of the 137 …
Guwahati, Sept. 9: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) will incorporate several additional technical features in the construction of the Lower Subansiri hydropower project. The decision has come at a time when many organisations, including the All Assam Students Union, are demanding to shelve the project following publication of a …
This bill introduced in Lok Sabha is aimed at setting up an institutional system for regular monitoring of safety of large dams. It is to provide for proper surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of all dams of certain parameters in India to ensure their safe functioning and for matters connected …
There is urgent need for publicly known norms of transparency and accountability in operation of reservoirs that are like time bombs that can explode multiple times. Bhakra exploded in 1988, Ukai in Gujarat did in Aug 2006, Hirakud did in Sep 2008, Srisailam, Tungabhadra, Upper Krishna and Damodar dams did …
ITANAGAR, July 19: Uncertainty looms large over the ongoing construction of the 2000 MW Lower Subnsiri Hydro Project at Gerukhamukh on the Lower Subansiri-Dhemaji districts of Arunachal and Assam respectively. A strong anti-dam lobby headed by AASU, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) and Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK) of Assam …
Sushanta Talukdar Such projects in upper reaches of Arunachal rivers may hit areas downstream in Assam GUWAHATI:The Assam Assembly's House Committee, which studied the impact of the construction of big hydro-electric dams in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra in Arunachal Pradesh on the areas downstream in Assam, has recommended …
Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar with Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi (right) addresses a protest rally in Guwahati on Wednesday. Guwahati: Social activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar on Wednesday led thousands of protesters in laying a siege to Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pratik Hazela's …
