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 …
California lawmakers are racing a deadline to overhaul an $11 billion bond program to upgrade aqueducts, reservoirs and pipelines, some almost a century old, under pressure from a third year of severe drought. Polls show the water bond now on the November ballot, left over from the administration of Republican …
Drought-stricken California could increase its water supply by a third by reusing water that would otherwise go down the drain and saving storm runoff, environmentalists said on Tuesday amid wrangling over the state's response to dry conditions. The report by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Pacific Institute came …
Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) has constructed a substandard creek barrage cutting hills and violating rules of Department of Environment (DoE) at South Muslimpara under Matiranga upazila in Khagrachhari district. Due to massive cutting, the hills may collapse if heavy rains occur and block paddy cultivation on some 75 acres …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Jagat Narayan Viswakarma & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. And Ashwani Kumar Dubey Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 13/05/2014 regarding the pollution of Gobind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Reservoir) caused by industries. …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Tamil Nadu Vs State of Kerala dated 07/05/2014 regarding water level of Mullaperiyar dam. State of Kerala – is restrained by a decree of permanent injunction from applying and enforcing the impugned legislation or in any manner …
The forecast of a weak monsoon this year has brought back worries of a water crisis in the country. Water is fast depleting in key reservoirs, and although current levels are significantly higher than normal in most places with the exception of south India, a slow start to the monsoon …
Wards in Vadavalli, Veerakeralam to benefit The Coimbatore Corporation will partially fund the Rs. 42-crore drinking water supply augmentation scheme it has proposed for the Wards in Kavundampalayam, Vadavalli and Veerakeralam. Sources in the civic body said that it would spend Rs. 10 crore and go in for a loan …
Dwindling storage level in dams and no sign of rains in the catchment areas has become a cause of worry for the Tirunelveli district administration. It conducted a meeting to review the situation and gear up the official machinery for possibly a worst summer. The level in the Papanasam Dam …
Asking Maharashtra government to take the weak monsoon forecast and low reservoir levels in the state seriously, NGO Greenpeace today demanded urgent assessment of water diversion to thermal power plants. “Last week, two new pieces of information were released — one by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and another by …
But Hassan district may have shortage this time going down: The dipping water level in the Hemavathi reservoir may hit water supply to Hassan town. DH photo Cities like Mysore, Bangalore and Mandya may not face a drinking water problem this year, with the Krishnarajasagar (KRS) and Kabini reservoirs recording …
In a significant development on role of hydropower projects in Uttarakhand flood disaster of June 2013, the Expert Body (EB) headed by Dr Ravi Chopra has recommended that at least 23 hydropower projects should be dropped, that hydropower projects played significant role in the Uttarakhand disaster and that there is …
The government, as part of its campaign to supply adequate drinking water, has developed special programmes to distribute and improve water supply in order to address the existing acute crunch. Recent government plans include improving reservoirs, refurbishing the distribution network system and enhance the capacity of old and unmanaged pipeline …
Successive state governments in Uttarakhand have pursued economic growth through industrialization without taking into account the fragility of the state’s mountains. A massive rain storm in June 2013 exposed the inherently fragile character of the mountain region. As a battered state began to rehabilitate itself the Supreme Court directed the …
The country is stepping up its effort to improve infrastructure, with a focus on water conservation facilities in rural areas, with a launch of 70 billion yuan ($11.29 billion) in separate investments this year, a senior official said on Wednesday. This year’s spending from the central government’s budget on agriculture, …
Amidst opposition from villagers, the Water Resources Department (WRD) is looking to expedite the creation of a reservoir in Thervoy Kandigai and Kannankottai villages in Tiruvallur district to store and supply water to Chennai. A major chunk of the necessary land has been acquired. With nearly 750 acres of patta …
Large dams run 96 percent over budget on average, according to a University of Oxford study based on projects in 65 countries including Brazil and China. The study, to be published today in the journal Energy Policy, showed that large dams also took about 2.3 years longer to complete than …
Standing Committee on Water Resources (2013-2014) present the Twenty First Report on 'Review of Ganga Flood Control Commission'. The Committee (2008-2009) was the first to take up the subject 'Ganga Flood Control Commission' for detailed examination and report. The succeeding Standing Committees on Water Resources for the years 2009-2010 and …
Residents of 18 villages located within the limits of the Darawat Dam project are resisting relocation without settlement of their claims, pressing the Water and Power Development Authority to ask the Sindh government to pay Rs200 million compensation to the affectees. According to official sources and documents reviewed by Dawn …
The disastrous Seti flash flood that claimed 72 lives and left dozens homeless less than two years ago was the result of a rockslide in the Seti-River gorge which created an artificial reservoir, according to the latest field research by the US-based National Aeronautical System Administration (NASA). The deadly event …
California Governor Jerry Brown is expected to declare a drought emergency for the parched state on Friday, allowing him to seek federal help as the state faces its third dry winter in a row, according to a Democratic political source and local media. California has just completed what may turn …
