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 …
Mullaperiyar dam should be decommissioned and no new dam should be constructed in Mulapperiyar in the larger interests protecting the life and property of the millions of families residing in the downstream of the old dam, said Dr Mathew Koshy Punnackadu, convener of the Ecological Committee attached to Church of …
Knowing where the safe zones beyond the reach of floodwaters are and the routes to reach them will make the difference between life and death in case of a breach of the Mullaperiyar dam. Keeping battery-operated radios and telephone numbers of emergency control rooms ready will help receive timely alerts …
CHAULDHOWA (ASSAM): Police fired in the air and burst teargas shells for the second day here on Tuesday to evict protesters demonstrating against the construction of a hydro-electric project at Lakhimpur, even as authorities held talks with KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi to resolve the stand off. Police acted on protesters …
The strong protest that the Tamil Nadu government registered over the formation of an expert committee to prepare a disaster contingency plan has finally yielded result with the Centre deciding to postpone convening the panel till the court-appointed empowered committee submitted its report on the health and future of the …
Within 24 hours of Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa raising the issue with the Prime Minister, the Centre on Monday told Tamil Nadu that it has deferred constituting an experts’ team to draw up a “contingency response plan” in the event of some disaster hitting the Mullaperiyar dam. The …
KOCHI: However right or wrong the posturing by the powers-that-be of Kerala and Tamil Nadu may be, the stand-off over the Mullaperiyar dam is creating ripples even on the sporting field. The RSC-MBTT-AITA Talent Series national ranking tennis tournament that began at the Regional Sports Centre here on Monday has …
The Centre has decided to keep “in abeyance” constitution of an expert panel by the National Management Disaster Authority (NDMA) to prepare a contingency plan for the Mullaperiyar Dam in the backdrop of strong opposition from Tamil Nadu. A communication to this effect has been received by the State Public …
Left political leaders on Monday described India’s under construction Tipaimukh Dam as the ‘death trap’ for Bangladesh. They said that India was unilaterally building the dam violating agreements with lower riparian Bangladesh as well as international conventions. India is building the dam on the international river Barak before it splits …
‘Ask it not to venture upon the construction of a new dam' Shortly after receiving Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Chennai airport on Sunday evening, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa went to the Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum to him on six issues, including the Mullaperiyar dam, the National Food …
After having fought a lonely battle against the state in their protest against the illegal Kalu and Shai dams in Murbad tehsil of Thane district, locals were surprised to find BJP, Shiv Sena, MNS and Congress representatives turning up in large numbers at a dharna against the dams at the …
Keeping up the heat on the Centre over the raging Mullaperiyar dam row, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advise Kerala not to build a new dam, an issue that has brought the two neighbouring states on a confrontationist path. In her first …
GUWAHATI: Failing to elicit any response from the Assam Government towards their road blockade programme, anti-dam activists today said that they will extend their blockade of vehicles carrying goods to the mega dam site at Gerukamukh for an indefinite period, even as they threatened to launch an indefinite economic blockade …
Mullaperiyar Special Cell chairman M.K. Parameswaran Nair has said Saturday's inspection of the dam, carried out by the members of the Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee (EC), is disappointing to Kerala. He was talking to mediapersons on returning to the boat landing station at Thekkady, near here, after accompanying EC members …
The Centre would spare no effort to find a solution to the Mullaperiyar Dam row between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the Defence Minister, Mr A.K. Antony, said here today. “The Centre’s efforts to find an amicable solution to the vexed issue have not been fruitful so far. But that does …
The rising tension, passion and stray incidents of violence in Kerala and Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar dam have once again brought the focus on water conflicts in the country, control over natural resources of the communities and on the safety of dam. (Letters)
IDUKKI (Kerala), 23 DEC: Technical experts on the Supreme Court-appointed empowered committee on Mullaperiyar Dam issue today began their visit of dams in Idukki district and adjoining areas to provide inputs for the panel to draw up its report on the dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The expert members, …
Says it amounts to “succumbing to subterfuge” of Kerala government Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has expressed shock over the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)'s action of forming a team of experts to formulate a contingency response plan for the Mullaperiyar dam and the downstream areas. Describing the move as nothing but …
Concerned over developments in Tamil Nadu and Kerala over Mullaperiyar Dam row, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday asked people of both the States to maintain peace and tranquillity till the Centre amicably settles the issue. Ms. Gandhi’s request came as some Congress MPs from Kerala and Tamil Nadu met …
The Mullaperiyar dispute calls for creative political intervention and water management solutions Tamil Nadu and Kerala are on the boil over the Mullaperiyar dam. Mistrust between the governments has percolated to people living in both states. Incidents of physical violence have been reported from both states and road traffic at …
C.D. Thatte and D.K. Mehta are likely to submit report on December 26 Two technical members of the Empowered Committee — C.D. Thatte, former Secretary to the Ministry of Water Resources, and D.K. Mehta, retired Chief Engineer, Central Water Commission — will inspect the Mullaperiyar and Idukki dams from December …
