Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Gaurav Jain Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 27/02/2024. The matter related to non-forest activities and non-compliances of environment clearance and forest clearance conditions by Larsen & Toubro Limited along with Narmada Valley Development …
The Chhattisgarh Government will identify more potentially rich areas for installation of renewable energy projects and carry out advance planning for evacuation and transmission of power in an effective and coordinated manner. The commitment was made by the State to the Union Ministry of Power as per a document presented …
An attempt has been made to study the impact of urban wastewater irrigation on summer paddy productivity, varietal response and soil properties. Paddy and soil samples were collected from selected peri-urban villages of Bhubaneswar, India, from fields receiving contrast irrigation sources (urban wastewater and river water) under similar agro-climatic and …
A survey of 76 public smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province was jointly conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), South Africa, and the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD), as part of the ‘Revitalization of Smallholder Irrigation in …
The Central Water Commission is regularly documenting water resources and related data in its publications entitled "Water and Related Statistics". The present handbook namely, "Hand Book on Water & Related Information" gives details primarily on the progress of major and medium projects.
The NGT bench, headed by Justice Nambiar was dealing with a petition by one B. Harshvardhan Reddy. Hyderabad: The National Green Tribunal at Chennai has constituted an independent commission to ascertain whether the ongoing Ranga Reddy-Palamuru lift irrigation scheme works the first phase of which passes through Amrabad- Srisailam- Nagarjunasagar …
The State of Environment Report of Tamil Nadu provides the general profile of the State’s biophysical and socio-economic conditions. It is well known that unsustainable living styles have contributed to environmental degradation. Many of the environmental problems such as shortage of fresh and potable water, degradation of land, and biodiversity …
Conservationists have raised concerns over the proposed construction of dams on Mara River and its tributaries. East African Wild Life Society said it received an alert from Serengeti Watch, one of their conservation partners in Tanzania, that authorities in Kenya have proposed the building of dams. EAWLS executive director Julius …
Stock farmers and irrigation farmers are among the hardest hit by the drought. The Provincial disaster declaration will be used as a further motivation to request drought relief funding from the National Government. In March, the Western Cape Department of Agriculture estimated that R96 million was needed to support farmers …
Indiscriminate Withdrawal Of Groundwater Means India May Run Out Of Its Supply Of Usable Water In A Few Years Right on the edge of the Ganga basin that spans 11 Indian states lies Naujhil block, a few kilometres west of Yamuna in UP's Mathura district. You would think this is …
Kenya will fork out up to Sh50 billion to make the one million-acre Galana-Kulalu food security project feasible, the Jubilee government has said. Deputy President William Ruto said water from neighbouring rivers is inadequate and can only irrigate up to 200,000 acres. The Jubilee administration has, therefore, decided build a …
The Telangana government on Wednesday night notified The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Telangana Amendment) Act. The Act had received the President's assent last week and was notified by the Union home ministry on Wednesday. Taking cue from the Centre, the state government …
The total Jalyukta Shivar works completed are 3,35,725 and of the 25,000 drought-hit villages, 11,494 have become drought-free. The state has 40,913 villages Jalyukta Shivar has helped check depletion of underground water tables apart from enhancing crop production and making 11,494 villages drought-free by April 2017, a report compiled by …
Hundreds of irrigation farmers using water from Musawa dam in Katsina State are counting their losses following sudden drying up of the dam. Newsmen report that crops at various stages of maturity have wilted, forcing some of the farmers to commence early harvest to salvage what they could of the …
DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian authorities on Monday warned what they described as wealthy and politically well-connected individuals against diverting water from the Great Ruaha River, the lifeline of more than six million people. January Makamba, the east African nation’s minister of state in the Vice-President’s Office responsible …
The Centre has planned an extensive water conservation programme for drought prone areas of Bundelkhand (Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh), Marathwada (Maharashtra) and Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput (KBK) region of Odisha. The programme will formally be launched by the Union water resources minister Uma Bharti at Bandri, Sagar in Madhya …
In a significant development which will pave the way for final forest clearance to the Centre's ambitious Ken-Betwa river-linking project, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) - an apex body of the environment ministry which takes a call on diversion of forests for any major development project - on Tuesday agreed …
Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa speaking during the signing and launch of the Kenyan Chapter of Billion Dollar Business Alliance(BDBA) at World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi on Tuesday April 11,2017.The alliance consists of Government,private organisations and development partners aim to bring resources together to harvest rain water which …
‘Crop yield will increase under the micro-irrigation model and with help of water management techniques’ Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in the second episode of ‘Mi Mukhyamantri Boltoy’ (I am Chief Minister speaking) disclosed the proposal of a five-river revival project to ensure perennial flow of water in the Konkan region. …
What should set the alarm bells ringing for the state government is the increasing presence of uranium in the sub-soil water used for drinking and irrigation. The average value of uranium in sub-soil water is 115 parts per billion (ppb) in the state. This means that the cancer risk of …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Water Management Index, 06/04/2017. NITI Aayog has developed a Composite Water Management Index as a useful tool to assess and further improve the performance in efficient management of water resources. The index would provide useful information for the States and also for the concerned …
