Affidavit by Pune Municipal Corporation in OA No.32/2024 (WZ) (Anuj Abhay Deshpande V/s Pune Municipal Corporation & Ors.) dated 16/02/2024. The matter related to construction of new water reservoirs by Pune Municipal Corporation at Fergusson College Hill. Three new water tanks have been proposed at Bhamburda (Shivajinagar) Gut No 262 …
The Sri Lankan government has awarded a US$ 74 million contract to the California-based US engineering firm Tetra Tech to set up a new water treatment plant. The company in a press release announced Wednesday that it has been awarded the US$ 74 million contract principally financed by the United …
Some of the world's largest and most deadly recent earthquakes were not natural disasters at all but were caused by human activities such as mining, reservoir construction and oil and gas extraction, scientists say. A global study of hundreds of quakes by Christian Klose, a consultant geophysicist, identified 92 large …
An amount of Rs 8,081 million has been released for the construction of dams and reservoirs in the country during the current financial year 2013-14, Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif said Wednesday. In a written reply to the question of Syeda Sugra Imam, he said a total of …
The State government will ban stone quarrying in a five-km radius of dams and reservoirs in Karnataka. Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra told the Assembly on Wednesday that an order would be issued to this effect. During the discussion on Karnataka Regulation of Stone Crushers (Amendment) Bill, …
The publication is being brought out once in every two years and covers a wide range of data on water resources and its related resources in the country. It comprises six chapters & two appendixes. Summary tables and charts have been included within the chapters to facilitate overview and better …
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has reportedly cleared allotment of 50 acres of land at Ghanpur to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB;) for construction of a master balancing reservoir (MBR) as part of the Godavari drinking water supply project. Once the reservoir comes …
The govt has released so far Rs 2,076 million for construction of dams and water reservoirs during current financial year 2013-14 to effectively meet future power needs. The amount released also included Rs 231.51 million which is WAPDA’s self-financing. WAPDA sources said here on Thursday the government has set nine …
Despite abundant freshwater aquaculture resources in the state, Odisha depending on Andhra Pradesh to meet its demand for fish is really unfortunate, said experts at a workshop organized at the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) here on Saturday. "There is an urgent need to develop entrepreneurship in freshwater aquaculture …
Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of India once again reiterated that diversion of forest land in Mizoram for the construction of Tipaimukh Multipurpose Dam should not be sanctioned. The committee said this in a meeting with Ministry of Environment and Forest on August 13 and 14, over diversion of 1551.60 hectares …
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa stands firm on her opinion on Karnataka hydel projects on the Cauvery. Miss Jayalalithaa has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advise Karnataka not to build any hydel power projects on the Cauvery. She also requested the Prime Minister to tell the ministry of …
A lawyer, Chaudhry Ahmad Masood Gujjar, has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court seeking directions for construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam to save billions of rupees. The petitioner has stated that the federal government had stopped the work on this important project. He said that the president of …
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday reiterated the demand that the Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh should not be declared a national project and its construction work should be stopped immediately until all the pending issues with Odisha are resolved. “Since the construction of the project has been challenged in …
The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) here on Monday approved and recommended Executive Committee on National Economic Council (ECNEC) 13 projects costing around Rs 103 billion including foreign aid of Rs 8.2 billion relating to the energy sector. The CDWP meeting was held under the chairmanship of Minister for Planning …
BHUBANESWAR: Families affected by Hirakud dam staged a demonstration outside the assembly here on Saturday, demanding 10 decimal of homestead land to each family. Ousted in 1955-56, the families also demanded immediate conversion of all the 34 un-surveyed villages, located on bank of the reservoir, to revenue villages. In their …
Expressing concern over the proliferation of hydrolectric projects and their impact on the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers, the SC has directed the environment ministry to not grant any environmental clearances to the hydro-electric projects in Uttarakhand. Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Alaknanda Hydro Power …
Locals Say Water Drawn At Jangpura Parking Site Wasted New Delhi: Jangpura’s three-storeyed parking lot, which has already been delayed by three years, is in the centre of a controversy again. The residents have alleged that when the contractor had excavated the place initially, groundwater sprang up and flooded the …
Many villages in Shahapur and Shorapurtaluks face flood threat as Krishna river is in spate following heavy outflow from Narayanpur reservoir. In all, 2.60 lakhcusecs of water is being released from the reservoir as the inflow into the reservoir is also 2.60 lakhcusecs. Shahapur-Devadurga connecting bridge near Kollur village is …
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday commissioned another Mahaweli Zone project to provide water for drinking and agriculture to the people in the Eastern Province. The President released the first flow of water and opened the Rambaken Oya Reservoir which was constructed at a cost of Rs. 3.97 billion to …
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday assured that most people in the State will get water supply 24x7 with the completion of Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) project by 2014. Parrikar was speaking after laying the foundation stone for the construction of the overhead reservoir at Mangor, Vasco, under Salaulim …
The mushrooming growth of private tourist resorts in the water belt areas of Karapuzha Reservoir in Kerala is posing a serious threat to the existence of the multipurpose reservoir. Close to 45 multi-storeyed resorts are being built in the catchment area of the reservoir. Nearly 10 have started functioning. Most …
