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 …
Farmers blame district authorities for inaction Foul odour:The dumping of solid waste, including huge amount of plastic waste in water carrying channels remains unchecked in many parts of Erode.
Families that lost 60 per cent or more land to canal construction for the Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar dam projects in Khandwa and Khargone districts of Madhya Pradesh should be given cultivable land as compensation, the Supreme Court has ordered. In doing so, the court acknowledged the rights of families …
M.S. Gill Both sides will have to rise above politics and focus on the water crisis, which requires difficult and bitter solutions. As the long hot summer sizzles, one's thoughts in Lahore and Amritsar turn to water. It is scarce on both sides of the border. When the British finally …
Power connection to be sanctioned on priority basis ARAVAKURICHI: Farmers in Karur district have urged the district administration to clear the irrigation and drainage channels of all wild growth and natural obstacles to ensure free flow of water. Reacting to their demands during the farmers' grievances day meeting held here, …
The Assam Power Projects Development Company Pvt Ltd (APPDCL), a joint venture company on Tuesday signed two small hydro power implementation agreements with two companies. The projects are to be implemented under the public private partnership (PPP) mode and commissioned by April 2012. Pahumara small hydro power project of 2 …
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL) is all set to kick-start Rs 7,500 crore worth of remaining canal networking works in Kutch, north Gujarat, Saurashtra and central Gujarat, already delayed by several years. In order to ensure that most of the work is over in …
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government on Thursday took the policy decision to provide jantri-based market value to farmers while acquiring land to construct sub-minor canals for developing 18.45 lakh hectares Narmada command area. Taken at a high-level meeting by chief minister Narendra Modi with the participation of senior ministers and bureaucrats, …
BHAWANIPATNA: A 15-metre-long breach in the left main canal of Indravati project on April 28 damaged standing paddy crops in about 100 acres of land at Kasibahal village. Besides, crops were damaged due to sand cast in some places and in the down stream of the canal, irrigation was affected. …
Puts official machinery on flood protection duty Mohali Deputy Commissioner Prabhjot Singh Mand on Tuesday issued directions to free all canals and seasonal rivulets passing through this district from encroachments and other obstructions, if any, in the flow of water on their beds. Chairing a joint meeting of the district …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government will build two more check dams on the lower catchments of Indravati river to tackle drinking water scarcity in Nabarangpur district. This was decided at a high level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Besides, a 42-km long canal up to Majhiguda will be …
ERODE: Communist Party of India State Secretary D. Pandian has urged the State Government to put an end to the discharge of effluents into the Kalingarayan canal. Water source Talking to mediapersons after inaugurating the party's fund-raising campaign in Erode on Sunday, he said that the channel, a major water …
There were 346 large dams in 1950: There are over 5000 now, over 95% of them are irrigation projects. 66-80% of water sector budget goes for big projects
New Delhi: Delhi may finally get its rightful share from Munak canal, but only for the Commonwealth Games. After intervention from the Centre, Haryana has agreed to give Delhi 20 million gallons per day (MGD) water from whatever it will save due to Munak canal project. The state, however, continues …
An irrigation round in the last week of March could have saved the wheat crop from wilting. But around mid-March, when day and night time temperatures spiked, the state had no power to irrigate the fields and there was no water in canals either. As a result, experts do not …
KENDRAPARA: Canals, the lifeline of Kendrapara denizens, are now in a moribund state. Kendrapara, Pattamundei, Marshaghai and Jamboo canals which have been catering to the drinking water and farming needs of people of that area for over 100 years wear an unhygienic look. The slums that have sprouted along the …
The SC Wednesday turned down Haryana's plea for drawing water through the controversial Hansi-Butana canal for drinking and irrigation. A bench led by CJI K G Balakrishnan declined to grant relief to Haryana and posted the matter for July 16. "Once you are allowed to draw water, it will be …
Chandigarh: Haryana is parched. Water supply from the Bhakra dam is down to nearly half of what was available last year, the rotational supply is being released every 32 days against 16 days, seven of the 21 districts are grappling with water woes. As if that
