Dam panel
Irate CM calls meet: Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel has convened a meeting of all-party leaders of the Assembly here on Friday to protest against the four-day visit of the World Commission of dams (WCD) to India beginning Seotember 19.
Decline in groundwater levels deplored
Faulty pattern of cash crop with rapid industrialisation have caused a considerable decline in the groundwater levels in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh posing a serious threat of desertification . According to the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), nearly 85 per cent of irrigation in the area depended on …
Rs 10 cr for water harvesting
The Andhra Pradesh stage government has proposed to sanction Rs 10 crore to promote water harvesting techniques this monsoon and had directed all the heads of educational institution, engineers and officials of all departments to participate in a seminar on the subject to be organised on August 10.
Take part in Delhi talks, Karunanidhi urged
The all-party meeting convened by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minsiter, Mr. M. Karunanidhi, today favoured his participation in the talks of Cauvery convened by the Prime Minister on August 6 in Delhi. The decision was endorsed by a resolution on the ground that the Delhi meeting was in pursuance of …
MC to give report on chlorination
Civil judge R.S. Sachdeva while declining the request of the Public Interest Litigation Forum to constitute a committee of five lawyers, including representatives pf the plaintiff, has, however, directed the muncipal corporation of Patiala to furnish a report on the working of tubewells and the state of chlorination by August …
National Drinking water Mission a non-starter
In order to improve the quality of life of rural people and drinking water supplied to rural people the Central Government launched the National Drinking water Mission in 1986. It was renamed Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water MIssion in 1991. The mission has its own monitoring cell in respect of …
CDA expedites work on Khanpur Dam project
Capital Development Authority in Pakistan has geared up its work on accomplishing Khanpur dam project in time and to ensure smooth supply of water to the residents of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. CDA sources said over 60 per cent work on the dam had already been completed …
HCL software supplier for water project
HCL infosystems will provide software tools for the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, which is being implemented by the rural areas and employment ministry. AN HCL statement yesterday said it has been commissioned to design, develop and implement software tools for planning and monitoring of rural water supply schemes, …
Gujarat Govt, parties oppose World Bank dam panel visit
Gujarat Government and political parties in the State have united to lodge a strong protest against the World Bank sponsored World Commission on Dams (WDC), which is set to visit Delhi and Bhopal in the third week of September. WDC will assess and hold public gearing on the viability of …
WASA's efforts to keep water supply in tact
Dhaka WASA is making its all-out efforts to keep the water supply and sewerage systems on track amid the worsening flood situation. WASA was able to check a disaster at Pagla Sewerage Treatment plant in cooperation with the local people.
Tap water safe for some, but testing continues
More than 400,000 Sydney residents received the all-clear yesterday to drink tap water but the NSW Government has admitted it may never know what caused the city's contaminated water crisis. Autopsies on two dead foxes from the upper canal had not shown levels of either giardia or cryptosporidium, a spokesman …
Three Gorges project plans share listing
The China Three Gorges project Corporation, the company managing the construction of the world's largest hydro-electirc power plant, is drawing up plans for a share listing on the Hong Kong and New York stock exchange. the proposal comes as the state developers of the dam, which will span the Yangtze …
CEA gives approval for Malana project
The Rajasthan Spinning and Weaving Mills Ltd. the flagship company of Rs 1,370 crores LNJ Bhilwara Group, has obtained the Central Electricity Authority's approval for its 86 MW Malana hydro electric project in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.
Aqueduct planned over Yamuna canal
In a permanent solution to the western Yamuna canal problem, the Delhi government is planning to construct an aqueduct over the canal since the Haryana government has failed to complete the project seven years after its initiation. Delhi government officials said talks between the Delhi and Haryana governments are on …
City tap water unsafe, says pollution board
Adding to the woes of thirsty Delhiites, already reeling under acute water shortage, it cannot be said with conviction that safe drinking water flows from their taps, according to a Central Pollution Control Board report submitted before the Delhi high court. "Samples of raw and treated water, collected in April …
State rejects Karnataka proposal on Krishna waters
Major irrigation minister Tummala Nageswara Rao on Wednesday rejected the proposal made by his Karnataka counterpart Nage Gowda that an authority be constituted for Krishan waters, on the lines of the one for Cauvery waters, which could help resolve the dispute between the two states over the raising of the …
Moving people for China's largest power station
Over 45,000 people who had to make way tor China's largest hydroelectric power station this century have been relocated this month. Located on the Yalong River in southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Ertan Hydro-Electric Power Station will have six generating units each with a capacity of 550,000kw. The first generating …
Experts introduce plan to end Yellow River Water shortages
Chinese hydropower experts contend that power generated in southern China can help to alleviate seasonal water shortages along the Yellow River in the northern part of the country. Water shortages have for many years interrupted the flow of water in many sections of the Yellow River during the dry season …
Govt will install 250 extra tubewells to meet water shortage
The Delhi government, to bridge the water shortage in the Capital, has decided to install 250 extra tubewells and 268 deep bore handpumps in different areas. In addition, 550 extra water tankers have been procured, raising the number to 1,000.
Ban on new canals not acceptable to Karnataka
The high-level meeting convened by the Chief Minister, Mr. J.H. Patel to discuss the stand to be taken by Karnataka on the revised scheme relating to the implementation of the interim award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal decided to adhere and reiterated the State's earlier stand.
