- MCD panel against massive hike in water tariff
While the Delhi Chief Minister, Mr Sahib Singh, declared that the water tariff was to undergo a hike, an expert sub-committee report of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, formed to look into the various aspects of water distribution in the Capital, suggests otherwise.
- CPM lambasts govt over Maheshwar project
The Communist party of India (Marxist) has severely criticised the State government for suppressing the voice of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists who are protesting the construction of Maheshwar project. In a press release the CPI(M) alleged that the State government was adopting suppressive measures to still the voice of …
Britain agrees to give Rs 50 crore aid
The British High Commissioner in India, Sir David Gore Booth today, signed a grant of British aid of Rs 50 crore for a watershed development programme to be taken up in the three districts of Bellary, Bijapur and Chitradurga. The aid is being channelled through the British Department for International …
Medha Patkar alleges repression
Ms Medha Patkar, convenor of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, who is now in the Capital to organise a public hearing of workers and labourers, has alleged "brutal oppression of thousands of protestors at Mandaleshwar, the Maheswar dam site in Madhya Pradesh, where the first privatised hydel-power project is coming up …
All-party meet declares support to Narmada project
Even as the former Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr. Shankarsinh Waghela, took out a "Narmada Rath Yatra" from the remote Kutch district, an all party meeting organised by the State Government decalred its resolve to complete the Narmada dam project now being held up under a Supreme Court stay order.
An answer to Delhi's water crisis
"Rain-water harvesting is the only permanent answer to the chronic problem of paucity of water in the Capital," the Delhi Chief Minister, Mr. Sahib Singh Verma, stated here today. Inaugurating a seminar on "Challenges for Sustainable Management of Water Resources" organised by the Delhi Jal Board at Vigyan Bhavan this …
NHPC signs MoU with Govt
The completion and commissioning of the 60-mw Rangit project, 10.5 per cent increase in generation, 12.7 per cent increase in gross margin and 8.9 per cent increase in net profit as percentage of the capital employed of the National Hydro-electric Power Corporation(NHPC) are some of the major highlights of the …
Reliance lowest bidder for Goa water project
Reliance Industries Ltd is poised to get the contract for the Goa water supply project, having emerged as the lowest bidder. If successful, this will mark RIL's foray into water supply projects. The contract involves supply of water to the Panjim at an estimated cost of Rs 400 crore.
1100 villagers held for protesting hydel project
Within last two days about 1100 villagers have been arrested near Mandleshwar, Khargone district, for protesting against the construction work of Maheshwer Hydel Project, official sources said on Thursday.
- Maheshwar hydel project
Police use force on demonstrators : The Rs 1500-crore Maheshwar hydel project of S Kumars has run into deep trouble. The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) is locked in a pitched battle with the local police which is trying to clear the dam site of demonstrators.
Yellow river runs dry,lakes shrink
China's yellow river has run dry every year for more than a decade, failing to reach the sea for 226 days in 1997. The Huai, a river flowing through some of China's most densely populated regions, did not make it to the sea for 90 days. Satellite photos show hundreds …
- Bharalu river to be cleaned
The State Government has sanctioned Rs 29 lakh for cleaning of the Bharalu river which passes through the city, and the cleansing-up operation of the tributary of the Brahmaputra, which is today the principal outlet for the city's sewerage, will start on May 7.
Water shortages loom for China
China faces a growing shortage of water which will hit farmers, affect living standards and force a steep rise in grain imports in the medium term, according to Lester Brown, the US economist who created a stir three years ago with a stark warning about the ability of the world's …
Rs 500 m British aid for watershed development
The British High Commissioner, Sir David Gore-Booth KCMG, KCVO will sign a grant for British aid worth Rs 500 million to the Karnataka Watershed Development (KAWAD) Society in Bangalore, on April 23.
Government hikes compensation for Bagalkot farmers
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister M C Nanaiah today said the government had decided to enhance the compensation from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.14 lakh (as recommended by the Price Fixation Advisory Committee) for every acre of sugarcane land, payable to farmers in Bagalkot and surrounding areas, which will …
- Water project gets clearance
The Rs 46.40 crore Gujarat-Netherlands drinking water project designed to provide water to 79 villages in Talaja and Ghogha talukas of Bhavnagar district has been cleared.
- 100 dams to be built in Bhanvad taluka
The state government has given sanction to construct 1000 check dams in Bhanvad taluka of the district. This was stated by Minister of State for Revenue Mulubhai Bera. The minister said that check dams will cover 7,346 hectares of land at Barda hills at an estimated cost of Rs two …
- Pollution threatens Kalpasar plans
The state government remains undecided on whether to undertake the ambitious Rs 35,000-crore Kalpasar project, despite the pressing need for it felt by the strong Saurashtra lobby in the Keshubhai Patel ministry. An internal note circulated during a ministerial meeting a couple of days ago has raised a number of …
- Timing of water board's formation may hit summer preparations
With summer fast intensifying and a number of areas already facing a water crisis, it is bow being questioned wheather the formation of the Delhi Jal Board has come at an inopportune time. For, a number of mandatory measures to tackle the summer--like strengthening the network of emergency control rooms …
National water policy no solution to disputes
Mr. Durai Murugan, Minister for PWD, today criticised the AIADMK leadership for having settled for the BJP's national water policy which he said could never bring a solution to the Cauvery waters dispute. Instead of urging the Centre to notify the draft scheme prepared at the instance of the Supreme …
