Canal Irrigation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by a tyre pyrolysis plant, village Sakauti, Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, 28/05/2025

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 …

Qaim for maintenance of irrigation network

The Irrigation network of Sindh is very important and it is the utmost need of hour to properly maintain all structures, canals, distributaries and channel paths. This was stated by Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah while presiding over a meeting regarding revamping/rehabilitation of Irrigation & Drainage system in …

Pakistan may face exceptional climate change

A UK-based climate change expert has said that there will be an exceptional change in the temperatures in Pakistan as a whole in the coming years, but that the province of Sindh will be less affected as compared to the other parts of the country. Speaking to senior officials and …

A lake without a single drop of water

R. Arivanantham Proposal to revive Jambukottapatti Lake in cold storage Great loss: Paddy damaged because of lack of proper irrigation, near Pochampalli.

Canal water not reaching tail-end villages

Jammu: The multi-crore desilting project undertaken by the state Irrigation Department to clean the Ranbir Canal, which is considered as the lifeline of the Jammu region, has turned out to be a mere eyewash as the project has miserably failed to serve the purpose. On a question by BJP MLA …

Dry spell spoils summer paddy

- Massanjore reservoir dries up, management indifferent GAUTAM SARKAR Dumka, May 3: Bishnu Gorai, a farmer at Bilkandi hamlet under Raneshwar block in Dumka district, is not sure whether he can marry off his elder daughter this year. The dry spell has poured cold water on this father

Probe ordered into canal collapse

Express Sewage line leak in front of the Secretariat is causing inconvenience to the public and merchants. The authorities have not initiated any st THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Water Resources Minister N K Premachandran has ordered an inquiry into the collapse of Edathukara canal of Muvattupuzha irrigation project. Project II Chief Engineer R …

Supreme Court clears Narmada waters for Kutch

11-Km Canal Will Be Built To Carry Waters Through Wild Ass Sanctuary. Gandhinagar: Kutch will finally get Narmada waters with the Supreme Court clearing the construction of the 11-km-long Kutch Branch Canal (KBC). However, the wild asses, known to be shy and gentle animals used to the huge flat expanse …

Thal Canal closure criticised

The Thal Canal has been closed for the last five months and its approved water share of 9,000 cusecs reduced to 7,000 cusecs, Asghar Ali Gujjar told a press conference here on Sunday. He said if water was not released into the Thal Canal, he would launch a protest drive …

Ganga canal to remain open

Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun April 20, 2009, 0:06 IST The Ganga canal, which provides drinking and irrigation water to vast areas of western Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, would not be closed during summer. The decision came following a series of high-level meetings between the top officials of …

Filthy canal water damages crops: Farmers

Farmers in various areas of the Jammu region have expressed concern over the failure of the Irrigation Department to get the Ranbir Canal properly cleaned and desilted. They alleged that filthy water from the canal was damaging their standing vegetable crops and the quality of soil. The Irrigation Department had …

WB helps to irrigate Mannar

The irrigation re-awakening project with the World Bank assistance of Rs.385 million has taken initiatives to rehabilitate Giants Tank, one of the major irrigation tanks in the Mannar district, Project Director P.H. Sugathadasa said at a progress review meeting at the site last week. He said this tank has a …

PAP board to hold meet on April 7

PALAKKAD: The meeting of the Joint Water Regulation Board (JWRB) of the inter-State Parambikulam-Aliyar Project (PAP) will be held at Thiruvananthapuram on April 7. The meet will settle the water account of this water year, ending June, and will discuss water-sharing for next water year. The four-member board consists of …

Rolling back the tsunami

When the tsunami struck the coast of Tamil Nadu four years ago, the village of Poompuhar in Sirkali taluk of Nagapattinam district as one of the worst affected. When the waves withdrew, more than death stalked the coastline. With livelihoods and homes gone, Nagapattinam was a land of the living …

Clean canal order

Orissa High Court Cuttack, March 22: When Supreme Court lawyer and environment activist M.C. Mehta raised the pollution issue in context of the Taladanda canal in April 1992, Orissa High Court had reprimanded authorities, stating a possibility of an

Fresh water flow in Pakistani rivers reduced: ADB report

Asia development Banks (ADB) Country Environment Analysis disclosed that freshwater flows in Pakistan rivers have been substantially reduced by water diversion for agricultural irrigation in recent decades. Canal irrigation, due to low levels of efficiency has resulted in salinisation, thus adversely affecting crop yields. According to report, an excessive and …

Contractors lift garbage from Ranbir Canal

Tightening its noose around contractors, who have been dumping silt and garbage on the bed of the Ranbir Canal,the state Irrigation Department has asked them to remove all silt and garbage from the canal before water is released into it in the next few weeks. Every year, before releasing water …

Desilting of Ranbir Canal mere eyewash

Once known as the lifeline of Jammu for its pure water, the Ranbir Canal, which caters to irrigation needs of the large number of farmers in the Jammu region, now stands testimony to the official apathy and rampant pollution. Every year before releasing the water in the canal, which is …

Probe into canal encroachment

KOLKATA, March 10: Responding to a complaint lodged by an NGO, the sub-divisional officer of Diamond Harbour has asked the assistant engineer of the irrigation and waterways to initiate an inquiry into the alleged attempts of a person to encroach on a portion of an irrigation canal joining Mograhat and …

Politics over paani? 9,700 cusecs Narmada water released into canal

Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: In a decision with far-reaching political implications, the Gujarat government has suddenly doubled the release of water from the Narmada dam into the 458-kilometres-long main canal, starting at Kevadia Colony and ending at Rajasthan. Sachivalaya sources said if till now the canal was receiving a …

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