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 Kerala government is yet to take satisfactory action on almost all of the 12 recommendations made by the Estimates Committee of the Assembly in 1993 on Parambikulam Aliyar river water agreement.
Cong leader: Leader of the Congress in the Legislative Council of Karnataka, H.K Patil has questioned the wisdom of forming a seprate corporation for Krishna river basin projects when the state government could more easily acheive its target by utilising existing provisions for setting up a Development Authority for the …
National navies and other maritime forces should be given the power to act against non-military threats to the security of the oceans, particularly environmental dangers, according to an internatonal report published today.The Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO), set up by the United Nations to study ways of protecting …
The groundwater levels had gone "beyond traceable" in as many as 615 villages in Hyderabad according to a survey conducted by the groundwater department. This was particularly found in drought-affected districts.
India will be one of the 48 countries where one in three persons will face shortage of water by the year 2025, according to a study.Chronic shortage and pollution of water will be a major problem in India in the near future, warns the study by the Johns Hopkins Univeristy …
The central ground water authority of the ministry of water resources launched a mass awareness campaign on protection and conservation of ground water resources from Palam in Najafgarh area on Monday.The objective of the campaign is to identify the problem-areas where groundwater resources are fast depleting or polluted.
The Himachal Pradesh Government would withdraw cases against the Ranjit Sagar dam oustees framed during the Congress(I) regime when they had agitated for compensation, the Industries Minister, Mr Kishori Lal, said.
The Jammu and Kashmir government is to begin construction of the state's largest hydro power project in October. Straddling the river Chenab,the 900 MW Baghliar project, estimated to cost $530 million, would be the first massive project that the Jammu and Kashmir govenrment is taking up on its own.
The long-awaited National Power Policy announced by the Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Nadir Pervaiz on Friday lays main emphasis on the exploitation of hydel and other indigenous resources for development of future power projects. The new policy speaks of close association of the provinces with the identification …
The New South Wales Government has taken control of Sydney's water crisis after Sydney Water admitted it had hesitated before issuing health warnings. A panel of microbiology experts has been appointed to determine when the water supply is safe, while a separate inquiry will establish who, if anyone, is responsible. …
Karnataka is keen on resolving the contentious Cauvery waters dispute on the basis of 'pragmatism' trhough a negotiated settlement and its avowed stance is opposed to Tamil Nadu, which is "trying to settle it by politicising it", according to Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Mr. M.C. Nanaiah.
The government will announce a new hydro power policy next month to rectify the growing imbalances in the thermal-hydel power mix by adding about 10,000 MW in the current Plan (1997-2002) . The addition will help bridge the widening gap in the demand and supply of power in the country.
An embarrassing water contamination crisis engulfed all of Sudney on Thursday, forcing three million residents to boil their drinking water until parasites are flushed out of the Olympic city's supplies.
Just put these simple facts together and you will see what a deadly cocktail we are heading towards. Population is growing. Even more so, urban population is growing which consumes several times more water than the rural population. At the same time, industry is growing which also needs water. Add …
> Floods and cyclones play havoc with irrigation processes in the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh. On the other hand, the Rayal-seema and Telengana regions with semiarid to arid climatic conditions are frequently affected by droughts. The worst affected are the rural people who are not adequately warned about the …
the pre-eminent position attained by groundwater in the field of irrigation in India must be duly recognised. It accounts for well above 50 per cent of the total irrigated area. Water management policies should aim at bolstering and upgrading the Central Groundwater Board and its research programmes. The state groundwater …
meaningful understanding of water resources development ( wrd ) has to begin with the analysis of the economic growth processes which affect it adversely. The growth model which we are pursuing is that of the North and the modernisation process associated with it. Any serious discussion on the sustainable use …
AN ALLOCRION of Rs 48.7Q crore has been made by the government of Haryana to execute flood contrAschemes in various parts of the state. Minister of state for irrigation, Attar Singh Saini, recently told mediapersons that these schemes would pay special attention to water logging and erosion caused by flood …
HOLLYWOOD and its stars, Silicon Valley and its software giants, miles of sunny beaches and their sunbathers - these are the images California normally evokes in people. But the state means much more than that. For the cognoscenti, it means water and its viable use; it means the Hollywood hit …
Water is California's lifeblood. Owens Valley in eastern California was once a prosperous farming community that thrived next to a river flowing in Central Valley. When state and federal agencies bought the water rights in the Valley during the Great Depression, the water was diverted to Los Angeles (LA). Without …
