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 …
Expansion of irrigation facilities in the six districts of Bundelkhand region is in full swing in Madhya Pradesh. For the purpose, the State Government has framed a special action plan worth `1,118 crore. Under the plan, various projects have been initiated in the region. The works will be completed in …
Gurgaon: The bird reserve in Sultanpur National Park near Gurgaon played host to more than 40,000 migratory birds this year. According to officials, the rise in the bird population was a marked improvement from last year
IN A strongly-worded recommendation, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has asked the environment ministry to take action on the alleged violation of the Forest Rights Act in the Polavaram project area. Diversion of 3,731 hectares of forest land has been approved by the statutory committee and cleared by the environment …
After missing several deadlines, long pending concretisation of Munak canal is finally completed. Completion of this canal will now ensure uninterrupted additional 80 mgd water supply to the Capital. The canal is being connected to Haiderpur Water Treatment Plant Phase-I & II. The Rs 315-crore project between Munak on Haryana …
The environmental clearance for the 12 million tonne greenfield steel plant project of South Korean major Posco is all set to fuel a bitter war over water. The Mahanadi Banchao Andolan, which is spearheading the movement against diversion of water from the Mahanadi river to industries, today reacted strongly to …
The Punjab Government has announced that work on the cleaning of river waters in the state will be completed by November 30. At a review meeting held here today, the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, DS Guru, sought an assurance from various departments to make the Sutlej and the …
JAIPUR: The Union Government has sanctioned a scheme worth Rs.538 crore for reforms in agricultural fields situated in the Gang Canal Project region in northern Rajasthan. The five-year scheme is likely to cover an area measuring 1.83 lakh hectares by 2014-15. Benefit: According to an official release here on Wednesday, …
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to ensure that 35per cent of the state's agricultural land was irrigated in the next five years, the Odisha government on Friday decided to implement mega lift irrigation projects. This was decided at a high level meeting presided over by chief minister Naveen Patnaik at the …
An administrative sanction was accorded for the construction of Urmil Danyi canal and the re-construction of Ranganwa high level canal project under Bundelkhand package at Naugaon in Chhatarpur district. An amount of Rs 40 crore 74 lakh was sanctioned for Urmil Danyi and Ranganwa canal project is allotted Rs 34 …
The high court of Madhya Pradesh has permitted to fill water upto 310meter in the Aparbeda irrigation project dam in tribal dominated area in west Madhya Pradesh region. The decision of the court paved the way for irrigation project of Aparbeda that will irrigate 24 thousand 500 acre agriculture lands …
A total of 9,012 acres of farm land to be irrigated for 120 days District Collector V. Arun Roy (right) opening the sluice gates of the left and right main canals of the KRP dam on Monday. KRISHNAGIRI: Water from the Krishnagiri Reservoir Project (KRP) Dam was released for the …
Dec. 8: The state government is taking up delta modernisation works in Krishna district at a cost of Rs 2,180 crore. The works will be completed in a phased manner by next summer. As part of the modernisation works, Krishna eastern canal will be started very soon. The District Irrigation …
Madhya Pradesh will get 18.25 Million Acre Feet (MAF) water from Narmada River, which is lifeline of Madhya Pradesh. An important programme of construction of 29 big, 135 medium and 3 thousand small dams is being implemented to utilize the water for irrigation purposes. So far, 19 medium and one …
BHUBANESWAR: THE State Government will start lift canal system as part of the Upper Indravati Irrigation Project beginning next year. The work which will commence by second half of 2011 is expected to end by 2013. At least 26,248 hectare land in Koksara block can be irrigated by the system. …
The SSP on the Narmada River, arguably the lifeline of the State of Gujarat, has always been in the limelight for one reason or another. Now, the project has got drawn into a new controversy. Farmers in the SSP command area have stolidly resisted the idea of giving up any …
An instance of how official negligence deprived tribal farmers of irrigation facilities for nine years in Sundargarh district has come to light. Even though the State Government claimed that the irrigation project in question has been completed and ready for providing irrigation from 2009-10 kharif, the CAG in its latest …
Creation of apex water institutions and irrigation department reforms, capacity building and business process re-engineering under the UPWSR Project has already been discussed.
The AIBP was conceived in the year 1996 by the Government of India in order to provide financial assistance to States to complete various ongoing projects in the country so that envisaged irrigation potential of the project could be created and thereby extend irrigation to more areas. Government of India …
PEOPLE displaced by the Pong dam are still waiting to be rehabilitated, forty years after the dam was built. They were promised canal-irrigated land in Ganganagar district, but the Rajasthan government is now offering them semiarid land in Bikaner. The dam in Himachal Pradesh supplies water to Punjab, Haryana and …
TIRUCHI: The Tiruchi District Cauvery Delta Farmers Welfare Association has urged the government to take steps to clear of silt and widen all the 17 irrigation canals in the Tiruchi region so as to ensure that water for irrigation reached the tail-end areas. The association also urged the government to …
