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 …
This paper is part of research on Urban Lake Governance in India which includes in-depth case study of Mansagar Lake Governance. The focus of the paper is on people's perception on social and ecological aspects of Mansagar.
Pune: With reservoirs in the state collectively holding 44% water, the state government has asked all divisional commissioners to reserve water for drinking purpose and restrict its usage for non-drinking purpose. “At least 1,155 villages and 3,709 hamlets are facing severe water shortage. The state is providing water through 1,539 …
Sri Lanka will receive US$ 45.5 million loan from the Hungarian Export-Import Bank to rehabilitate the two main potable water reservoirs and treatment plants serving the capital Colombo and suburbs. A proposal put forward by the President, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance and Planning to obtain the …
A spectre of severe water scarcity looms large on large parts of the state with the total water storage only 48% of the capacity in the 2438 dams and reservoirs in the state at the end of second week of January. This water has to last six months till rains …
Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday retracted his words by saying that the water level at the Kabini and KRS reservoirs does not warrant rationing of water supply in Bangalore. He, however, said water consumption will be monitored during the coming summer months. He remained silent on water required …
The State government will ration drinking water to address shortage this summer, Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Monday. The Water Resources department has been taking adequate measures to ensure there is sufficient drinking water in the coming summer months, the minister told reporters. Given the depleting water levels …
Depleting reservoir levels aggravate situation An acute water crisis looms large over Bangalore this summer, if the monsoon fails again as the levels of reservoirs that supply water to the City have depleted dangerously due to last year’s scarce rains. The warning comes from the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage …
The state energy department has proposed to impose a special cess on industrial water consumers for maintenance of water reservoirs. The proposal is aimed at reducing energy tariff as hydro power generators include maintenance expenditure while quoting rates for sale of electricity. "A corpus should be created by imposing a …
Growth in agriculture in general, and rainfed agriculture in particular, was impressive as well as inclusive during the 11th Plan. Variability around the growth trend and in production has reduced due to better and robust technologies, proactive management and safety nets against extreme weather events like cold/heat waves, droughts, floods …
Shree Maheshwar Hydel Power Corporation (SMHPCL) here on Tuesday has accused the Narmada Bachao Andolan of misrepresenting the report of the MOEF's committee of experts on the filling of the water level in the Maheshwar dam reservoir. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) team which made a tour of …
To link Siruvani distribution network with Pilloor network To overcome any difficulty it may have on the water supply front in Summer 2013, the Coimbatore Corporation has initiated a few measures. Disclosing the details, Commissioner T.K. Ponnusamy said that the civic body planned to link the Siruvani distribution network with …
The fate of the Ravi-Tawi canal project is still hanging in balance as the Cabinet did not give administrative approval to the project today. The state Finance Ministry demanded an expert opinion from the Solicitor General of India and the Attorney General of India before work is started on the …
The Delhi Jal Board escalated the cost of the public private partnership project being carried out in Nangloi to extend benefit to the private company that has been awarded the work, a non-government organisation opposing the PPP model has claimed. The NGO, Citizen Front for Water Democracy, has alleged that …
The Malampuzha Dam Protection Council has called upon the government to close down a hospital waste management plant run by Indian Medical Association Goes Eco-Friendly (IMAGE), an initiative of the Indian Medical Association, at Manthuruthy in Malampuzha. In a statement here on Monday, council secretary P.S. Panikkar raised concerns of …
The Karnataka Government on Friday maintained that the ruling of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s (CMC) asking Karnataka to release 4.8 tmc of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu within 15 days was unscientific and would file a review petition before the SC on November 23. Karnataka Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai …
The Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) met on Thursday and asked Karnataka to release a further 4.81 tmcft of river water to Tamil Nadu at Biligundlu within the next 15 days. It, however, did not decide the quantum of shortfall in releases during the season, which as per the Cauvery Water …
The city is looking at a shortage of at least 40 million gallons of drinking water supply during the coming summer. The Water Board will be forced to reduce the duration of supply even in the core city during the summer as the reservoirs have not received sufficient inflows due …
BMC will set up a committee to enable equitable distribution of water in the city. The committee will survey the distribution system to identify areas where supply is not equal. Additional municipal commissioner Rajeev Jalota told a standing committee meeting on Monday, “Through the committee headed by Mahadev Chitale, BMC …
It is not just about large-scale financial and political irregularities. Maharashtra’s irrigation scam has put a question mark on the validity of the state’s high-cost irrigation policy itself. Under this policy very little irrigated area has been created in the state despite hundreds of dams being constructed and thousands of …
