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 …
Lucknow: The ambitious Saryu Canal Project (SCP) launched in 1977-78 has been able to meet barely 18 per cent of its targeted irrigation potential while there has been a 743 per cent increase in the cost of the project. This is the finding of the latest report of the Comptroller …
Punjab and the Centre appear to be headed for a fresh confrontation over the issue of inter-state water sharing. Nearly 62 years after the Independence, Punjab has decided to take the Centre head on and demand a royalty on water to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore for the water …
New Delhi: Janata Party president Subramaniam Swamy told the Supreme Court on Friday that experts had warned against going ahead with the Rs 2,400 crore Sethusamudram project in a development that could land the government in an embarassing position. The Manmohan Singh government had earlier boxed itself into a corner …
Lucknow: A choked Ghiyasuddin Haider (GH) Canal overflowed following heavy rains that lashed the state capital on Thursday, leaving many areas inundated even as municipal officials were left redfaced. Significantly, it were some of the areas in and around Mall Avenue, where the GH Expressway is nearing its completion, which …
The Haryana government has proposed a project to provide irrigation facilities in Ambala district and the adjoining areas. The proposal has been sent to the Central Water Commission for approval. This was disclosed today by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda while addressing a public meeting after inaugurating Rajiv Gandhi Government …
K. Lakshmi Involving various government departments Awaiting intervention: The Virugambakkam Canal is in need of immediate attention to avoid flooding of nearby areas during the monsoon. CHENNAI: Residents of Virugambakkam and Saligramam want a multi-pronged but coordinated approach involving various government departments to stop pollution and encroachment of the Virugambakkam …
Water is one of the most valuable resources. The agriculture sector is the largest consumer of water resources in the developing countries. Assured supply of water is necessary for sustainable agriculture.
Ahmedabad: With over 74 per cent of the canal networking yet to be completed, 27 towns and 3,962 villages still without water, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Siddharth Patel said that Chief Minister Narendra Modi has failed to give required attention to the Sardar Sarovar Narmada project. Patel alleged …
Mumbai: At a time when the city is facing a scarcity of water, more than 400 wells with potable drinking water have been found to be filled with debris in the Andheri area alone. The K-West ward office of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has a record of at least …
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday hit out at political parties which had been making the Dadupur-Nalvi canal project their poll plank and even included it in their election manifestos but on coming to power forgot all about it. This was the reason why the project was …
Farmers from Tarikere taluk have raised objection against the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report of Bhadra Upper canal project. A meeting was held on Wednesday at Ambedkar Bhavan to collect opinion of people on the Impact Assessment report and addressing the gathering, retired chief engineer Arekal Chandrashekar said that the …
Himanshu Kaushik, TNN 20 July 2009, 03:35am IST GANDHINAGAR: The wait for Narmada water has got longer for thousands of villages in Gujarat with the construction of branch, sub-branch and distribution canals further being delayed. Replying to a question asked by Manavadar MLA Jawahar Chavda and Porbandar MLA Arjun Modhvadia …
Himanshu Kaushik & Kevin Antao AHMEDABAD: Thol lake bird sanctuary on the city outskirts has gone dry. All thanks to lining work being done on an irrigation canal. Forest department officials said the irrigation department wanted to repair a canal and decided to empty the lake which is home to …
A decision support system for canal water releases (CWREDSS) was developed to provide demand-based optimal canal water releases for reducing the gap between canal supplies and demands for increasing the water-use efficiency in canal command areas. The developed decision support system (DSS) was evaluated under different situations of the command …
Patiala: The Bhakra Mail Line is falling apart. Deprived of repairs since 1992, its banks have begun eroding and in some stretches, have been washed away. A breach is imminent if embankments are not mended urgently. A major disaster was averted early this May in Bheora village of Ropar district, …
