Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The Haryana State Flood Control Board on Wednesday approved 66 schemes to be implemented by the Irrigation Department and 20 schemes by the Public Health Engineering Department. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda directed that the schemes be implemented district-wise. He also emphasised the need for focusing on construction of water …
This new water policy for Rajasthan presents the framework for sustainable development and management of water resources in the state. It focuses towards community-level empowerment and responsibility for water management. The objectives of the state water policy are: to adopt a integrated and multi sectoral approach to the water resources …
Although flash floods are by their nature difficult to predict and control, it is possible to reduce the risk to lives and property through different measures. This information sheets summarises the major causes of flash floods in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region, and the different approaches that can be used to …
The Centre has promised Rs 5,032 crore to repair Aila-damaged embankments and Rs 530 crore for flood control in East and West Midnapore, a team of Bengal MLAs said after meetings here today. The delegation, which met Union water resources minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, had …
The Kosi flood disaster of 2008 in Bihar and also in Nepal highlights two key issues relating to flood control. The first is the failure of the structural approach to flood control on the Kosi and the second is institutional dysfunction with respect to trans-boundary flood management. This article discusses …
This article examines the movement against the construction of the Hirakud dam in Orissa. It is evident that the domestic resistance to the project was variously compromised by nationalist rhetoric, imperatives of state development and absence of transnational support. The Hirakud dam project has failed on all of its objectives
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Government of Finland signed an agreement on 15th December on a collaborative project to establish a regional flood information system in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region.Finland is providing a maximum of 2 million Euros over three years (2009-2012) for the project …
As far as water goes, climate change changes everything. Past experience of rainfall, snowfall, runoff and streamflow is no longer a reliable guide for the future. We'll all be affected, but especially small farmers and the poor and marginalized, who have the least ability to protect themselves against the depredations …
This study reviews the current status of medium to larger scale artificial water storage development with a focus on Africa. It assesses best practices in water storage development and management infrastructure for building sustainable livelihoods and mitigate climate change. It also analyses the linkages between water, energy and food security, …
This article draws on research the author carried out in Ghana and Burkina Faso to explore the impact of a transboundary water governance project on poor people
KARUR: Harness the excess water running down the Cauvery during times of flooding at the Panjapatti lake in Karur district so that hundreds of wells in the Krishnarayapuram taluk and surrounding areas could recharge easily, District Congress Committee has opined. Reiterating a long pending demand of the people of the …
Sikkim Flood Control and Irrigation Minister Dawcho Lepcha has called for the inclusion of the State as a permanent member of the Brahmaputra Board, a statutory body under the Union Ministry of Water Resources. Sikkim should be considered for permanent membership along with other Northeastern States in the Brahmaputra Board, …
Oct. 22: The United States government would assist Andhra Pradesh in flood prevention. This was revealed by the US ambassador, Mr Timothy J. Roemer, on Thursday. The top US diplomat to India called on the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, at the Secretariat to discuss various bilateral issues and investment …
Having placed a request with the Prime Minister and Home Minister for a grant of Rs 10,000 crore under the National Calamity Contingency Fund (NCCF) for mitigating the flood damage across 15 districts of north Karnataka, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday announced plans for a padyatra across Bangalore …
Probe may put Buta Singh in a fix on august 1, when the Bagmati river breached its sand embankment in Sitamarhi district, Bihar, it brought unforeseen trouble for the state
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday called for formulation of long-term flood prevention and irrigation schemes along the 550-km Indo-Nepal border in the State, emphasising that quick exchange of information about rainfall in the catchment areas of rivers originating in Nepal was imperative. At a meeting with Nepalese …
