NPC chairman urges expanded protection of water resources
Li Peng, Chairman of the Standing Committee of Chinese National People's Congress, called for expanded publicity of the Water Law to ensure an effective nationwide use of water resources. Li marked the World Water Day by stressing the significance of introducing an extensive campaign to publicize China's Water Law.
ADB technical assistance to Nepal
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a technical assitance grant of US Dollar 800,000 to assist the government to undertake reforms in the urban water supply sector to ensure sustainability of existing and future water supplies in Kathmandu valley.
- IBRD aid to renovate irrigation canals
The World Bank had granted Rs. 1,140 crores for the renovation of irrigation canals and rivers in the State, including in the Cauvery delta area, the Minister for Public Works, Mr. Durai Murugan, has said.
- Cauvery
PM asked to call CMs' meeting: Major irrigation Minister K N Nage Gowda today said that the State government had asked Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to convene a meeting of the chief ministers of the states concerned to discuss the Cauvery water issue before the Centre asked the Supreme …
Perak offers untreated water to Klang Valley
Perak is prepared to supply 100 million litres of untreated water to the Klang Valley. Mentri Besar Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib said yesterday the water could be channelled through a special tunnel linking the Perak River to a river flowing across the Klang Valley. "The water diverted to the …
Villagers accused of filing false claims
Deputy Science Minister Pornthep Techapaibul has so far failed to come up with evidence to back his accusation that some villagers have filed false claims for compensation for lost farmland because of a dam construction project in Si Sa Ket. Since his assuming the office four months ago, Mr Pornthep …
- Stress on small hydro power clusters in North-East
The Government has decided to encourage development of clusters of small hydro power projects in the north-eastern States to make the area a net exporter of power to other parts of the country. The Power Minister, Mr. P.R. Kumaramangalam, has asked the State-owned North Eastern Electric Power Corporation to prepare …
- ANP declares war on Sharif over building Kalabagh dam
The Awami National Party, which recently broke off its alliance with the ruling party of Minister Nawaz Shariff, on Saturday declared open war on the Prime Minister over the controversial Kalabagh dam issue, accusing him of trying to impose the rule of Punjabis on the country.Protesting what it called Mr …
- Narmada activists intensify stir
The Narmada Bachao Andolan has intensified its ongoing agitation against the construction of the Rs 1500-crore Maheshwar hydel project in western Madhya Pardesh. An NBA spokesman, Mr Alok Agarwal told The Statesman that the Maheshwar project authorities have restarted construction at the dam site despite the assurance given by the …
World Bank backs dam project in Laos
The World Bank spoke openly for the first time about its strong commitment to the Nam Theun 2 hydro-electric dam in Laoa and vowed it would not drop the project because of pressure from the public outside the country.
- 30 p.c. of Plan outlay allotted for irrigation
Siddaramaiah: The Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Siddaramiah, today announced in the Legislative Council that a committee had been formed to study the issue of charging tariff on water supplied from irrigation projects, crop pattern to be adopted and returns that the Government was likely to get from its investment in …
-Gujarat hopes to settle Narmada issue soon
Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel hopes that with the BJP capturing New Delhi his Government can settle the contentious Sardar Sarovar dam issue in its own way. BJP president and Union Home Minister L K Advani had during his poll campaign said the Narmada project would be given national status …
- States submit rehab plan on Narmada dam
The four state governments which stand to benefit from the Narmada dam project have been presenting their rehabilitation schemes to the Supreme Court for the past two days, in hope of getting work on the dam restarted. Work has stalled at 81.5 m due to a public interest petition filed …
Water issue brings tears in Assembly
Breaking down on the floor of the Delhi Assembly, a ruling party MLA threatned to fast unto death, while another BJP MLA said he will cut off the hands of any official who tried to stop him from laying illegal waterlines and yet another colleague of their's warned of a …
- 3-pronged strategy to boost irrigation
The Andhra Pradesh state government has adopted a three-pronged strategy in irrigation sector aimed at increasing the irrigation potential, removing the regional imbalances and handing over management of irrigation projects to farmers. This will ensure optimum utilisation of available water resources in the state, said Reymond Peter, additional secretary, irrigation.
- Panel to study drinking water problems
The Kerala State Government has decided to appoint a high-level committee to study and make recommendations for solving the drinking water scarcity faced by the State. This was announced by the Chief MInister, Mr. E.K. Nayanar, after a meeting of the State Cabinet here.The Cabinet also decided to assign one …
- Small-scale water distribution systems made cleaner
A company on Merseyside in north-west England has developed a water disinfectant system using chlorine dioxide that is effective against amoeba and legionalla and applicable in small scale water distribution systems. Activ-Ox, developed by Feedwater, releases high levels of chlorine dioxide by adding a weakly acidic liquid, allowing oxygen rather …
-No Manjira water for all
HMWSSB: Officials of the Hyderabad metropolitan water supply and sewerage board (HMWSSB) have expressed their inability to supply the much-sought-after Manjira water to the bulk of the consumers in the twin cities.The board is not in a position to meet even valid demands of the people on the outskirts of …
State may again shelve narmada pipeline plan
In a major policy statement in the Gujarat assembly during the debate on the Governor's address, Narmada and major irrigation projects minister Jainarayan Vyas declared on Gandhinagar Tuesday that the controversial Narmada pipelines project, costing anywhere between Rs 1,000 crore to 1,200 crore, might be dropped for the second time …
Water budget criticised
Criticising the water budget of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for the year 1998-99, the leader of the Opposition, Dr. Narendra Nath, said no plan had been evolved by the MCD to stop wasteage of potable water in the capital.
