Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
Land losers suspect govt is suppressing information Fifty two-year-old Lalsab Walikar from Mevundi is anxious ever since he got a notice from the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) to acquire his 24 acres. Elusive benefit: Farmer Lalsab Walikar of Mevundi village (second from right) and his neighbours stand at …
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal sought personal intervention of his Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda to immediately issue instructions to the authorities concerned to stop the alleged protection works on outer slope of left bank of Hansi branch of the Butana Branch Multipurpose Link Channel (MPLC). Badal in a …
This paper provides an overview of the author's 20 year experience in the successful implementation in development, adaptation and application of automation technology to existing open channel irrigation system in Australia and a few other countries.
Amid reports of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal objecting to Haryana about a concrete wall being built by it along the Hansi-Butana canal, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said all such conjecture was “baseless”, and he had not received any such letter. Later in a statement issued …
Inhabitants of the several villages, located near the Hansi-Butana canal on the Punjab-Haryana border, will file a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the construction of the Hansi-Butana canal and the 3.75-km concrete wall being built by Haryana along its embankments. Baltej Singh, sarpanch, …
Sekhon says 20,700 acres of farmland will be submerged in Punjab; Chatha calls it a poll gimmick Dharmheri (Patiala), June 29 Punjab Irrigation Minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon has said that in case of torrential rain, a threat of flood in Patiala district looms large. After visiting the site at the …
A major work has been taken up in the state in view of utility and importance of canals in the process to extend irrigation potential. The project envisaged in this connection will make available irrigation facility in a better way to five lakh 64 thousand 923 hectare area. Sanction has …
For drought hit Jharkhand, there seems to be some respite in sight. While the state is likely to get good rainfall this year, over half a dozen water reservoir projects too are set to become functional in the coming weeks. To begin with, the much-awaited Ajay barrage will be inaugurated …
Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGS), around 1.25 crore mandays employment has been created for over 52 lakh beneficiaries in 54 thousand villages in all districts of Madhya Pradesh. Not only were the jobs provided to the maximum beneficiaries but many important infrastructural development works have also …
Agriculture currently produces only 30% of total income in the Telangana region, but it remains the basis for survival of nearly 78% of the population. During the 53-year period, 1956-2009, Telangana lost 2.92 lakh hectares of tank irrigation. Meanwhile, despite the high cost of irrigation – both in capital and …
Chandigarh The irrigation department in Punjab has announced the rotational programme for irrigation for the current khriff season through canal water from June 23-30. The channels of Sirhind Canal System would run on the priority basis from Abohar Branch, Patiala feeder, Sidhwan Branch, Bathinda Branch and Bist Doab Canal respectively. …
Close co-operation and technical assistance of Japan International Co-operation Agency (Jica) will help improve and strengthen the irrigation system in Punjab which is the backbone of the country because of its importance in providing canal water for crops. This was stated by General Manager, Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (Pida) …
Hussainiwala : Hundreds of cusecs of water are being pushed to Pakistan from this barrage, located at a few yards from the Radcliffe Line demarcating the Indo-Pak border, by the state Irrigation and Drainage Department authorities to maintain the level of the Hussainiwala pond. Official sources said that about 1,800 …
Ahead of monsoon, the construction of a 4-km concrete wall along the Hansi-Butana canal by Haryana has left the villagers residing along the Punjab-Haryana border worried. Inhabitants of the villages, situated near the Punjab-Haryana border, fear flash floods in case of heavy rainfall. Residents of Dharmheri village on Golu Cheeka …
Potential of Alappuzha to be fully exploited, says Tourism Minister ALAPPUZHA: The work under the Alappuzha Tourism Master Plan will be expedited by including the project under the United Democratic Front (UDF) government's 100-day programme, Tourism Minister A.P. Anil Kumar has said. Addressing a meeting convened here to review plans …
The Bist Doab canal, which has the capacity of irrigating over 4.50 lakh acres of agricultural land of Doaba region, is being under-utilised by nearly one-sixth of its capacity forcing the farmers to increasingly depend on underground water. The canal and its distributaries have got choked due to poor maintenance …
While only 72,000 acres is being irrigated in Doaba region but the department has been charging water user charges for 4.5 lakhs acres from the shareholders. The charges to irrigate one acre with canal water are just Rs 75 for one crop but here farmers, who are using canal water, …
Nearly 100 reverse osmosis plants in three dists non-functional Geetanjali Gayatri Kaithal: Three years after they were given the go-ahead by the Haryana Government, most of the state
AHMEDABAD: Amdavadis would finally get their usual two hours of drinking water supply from Wednesday onwards. The irrigation department reported on Sunday that repair work in the Meshwo branch of the Narmada main canal was over. The masonry work would take at least two days to stabilize before they allow …
