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 …
KOLKATA, 20 JUNE: Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) will set up dams in Belpahari and Panchet for controlling floods in those areas. Mr Rabindranath Sen, chairman of DVC, today met chief minister Mamata Banerjee and senior officials of the irrigation department to discuss flood controlling measures. Mr Sen said they discussed …
Though Punjab has witnessed numerous floods in the past few years, the state government has failed to release 20 percent of the required amount for the drainage department so that it can carry out ‘flood protection’ and ‘cleanliness of the drains’ work before monsoon season. Sources in the drainage department …
SHILLONG: Realising the importance of water for both human and animal life, the proposed draft document of the State Water Policy has laid emphasis on the need to regulate exploitation of ground water resources. “There should be a periodical reassessment of the ground water potential on a scientific basis taking …
Delhi Government bans cutting of all roads from June 30 The Delhi Government has issued a flood control order, operationalised a central flood control room and banned cutting of all roads from June 30 as part of its initiatives and preparations for the monsoon this year. Chairing a meeting of …
The Federation of Cuddalore District Farmers' Associations has appealed to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to put in place permanent flood control measures in Cuddalore district. In a representation, Federation secretary Karmangudi S. Venkatesan said Cuddalore district, by virtue of its geographical location, was acting as a drainage point for rainwater run-off …
The acute spatial and temporal variations in precipitation patterns have greatly influenced water resources planning, management, and development in India. Specifically, these patterns have led to the development of several water transfer projects in the country. The Inter-Linking of Rivers (ILR) project is a grand example of such a water …
Strengthening the resilience of flood-prone areas against flooding is an important part of the climate change strategy of the Government of India. The National Water Mission of the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) has identified a need to develop flood management strategies for the country and for these …
GUWAHATI, May 22 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today laid stress on solving the problems of flood and erosion. Once these problems are solved, the health of the State’s economy will undergo a fundamental change, he said while inaugurating a seminar on low cost technology for mitigation of flood and …
Imphal, May 17: Three departments of the Manipur government — public health engineering (PHE), irrigation and flood control and forest — are about to join forces under one policy, set to be initiated by the PHE to conserve the state’s water resources. “A joint meeting of the three departments will …
The proposal for addressing the twin problems of floods and water scarcity by interlinking rivers is based on an outdated and dangerous idea of surplus river basins from which water can be drawn at will. Global experience shows how damaging such plans of large-scale water transfer are to the environment, …
We, the signatories to this statement, wish to record our utmost concern at the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s judgment of 27 February 2012 on the River Interlinking Project (rip),
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today laid the foundation stone of the Assam Integrated Flood and River Erosion Risk Management Project at Jahirpur village in Gumi. The Rs 172.35 crore project at Gumi is funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). After laying the foundation stone for the project, Gogoi …
Dhaka is one of the largest megacities in the world and its population is growing rapidly. Due to its location on a deltaic plain, the city is extremely prone to detrimental flooding, and risks associated with this are expected to increase further in the coming years due to global climate …
GUWAHATI: Continuing its support for rural infrastructure development in Assam, NABARD has sanctioned two projects to the Assam Government under RIDF-XVII for a total sum of Rs 138.34 crores. Under the two projects, a total of Rs 16.73 crore have been sanctioned for 5 rural road projects in Golaghat district …
JAMMU: The State Executive Committee headed by Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal today cleared ` 14 crore out of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for clearing the liabilities on account of relief and restoration of public utilities in various districts of Jammu division, damaged due to flash floods last year. …
Collector visits the completed revetment wall and ramp at Punavasal village Flood prevention works taken up along the Kollidam river in Thanjavur district by the Public Works Department (PWD) are nearing completion. The works were started in October 2010. Out of the total works taken up at a cost of …
The World Bank will provide a financial assistance of Rs 1,250 crore for minor irrigation schemes in West Bengal to help the state raise farm sector output, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here today. He also noted that not much work was done in West Bengal for undertaking minor irrigation …
India, Nepal to discuss setting up of Development Authority In a major step forward to break the deadlock over construction of the multipurpose 6000-MW Pancheshwar dam on the Sarada river (Mahakali in Nepal) on the border, New Delhi and Kathmandu will discuss the logistics of setting up a Pancheshwar Development …
GUWAHATI: The All Assam Water Resource Contractors’ Association (AAWRCA) has expressed concern over the fact that although the monsoon season was only a couple of months away, the State Government had not taken any steps to control flood and erosion this year. At a press conference in Guwahati today, AAWRCA …
The Union government has released a sum of Rs 868 crore to take up minor irrigation projects in the drought-affected taluks of the State. The State government had submitted a proposal to take up about 493 different minor irrigation projects in 81 drought-affected taluks at a cost of Rs 685 …
