AMC needs funds for river project
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation plans to approach the Housing and Urban Development Corporation and the World Bank for financial assistance to execute the Sabarmati River Front Development Project involving the development of recreation and commercial centres along the river, AMC steering committee chairman Surendra Patel said on Wednesday.
- Narmada main canal to be ready be end-'99
The work on the prestigious Sardar Sarovan Dam project's main canal and the Saurashtra branch canal will be completed by the end of next year thus facilitating the Narmada waters to reach the north Gujarat and the Saurashtra region.
Rs.30 million for water and power schemes in Matara, Sri Lanka
In order to give priority for water and electricity schemes in the Matara district Rs. 30 million has been provided for on my recommendation. Some of the schemes under this program have already been initiated, said the Deputy Minister of Vocational Training and Rural Industries Chandrasiri Gajadheera.
Bangalore's water shortage will be over by 2011-board chief
Though Bangalore city seems to be heading for a very dry summer this year, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board says it has projects, which if completed on time, will be a long term solution to all the problems being faced by the city. But for this Bangaloreans will …
- BJP agenda rejected
Kerala Chief Minister E K Nayanar told the State Assembly on Monday that any river water sharing formula made by the BJP in its national agenda that did not take into consideration the views of Kerala would not be acceptable to the State. The Cauvery river water sharing had to …
- Privatisation of water supply in the offing
Privatisation of water supply in the Capital is on the cards with some of the water treatment plants along with other projects of the Delhi Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Undertaking of the Muncipal Corporation of Delhi likely to have private participation soon. It is learnt that a proposal to …
- Cauvery monitoring authority opposed
The new coalition Government to be formed at the Centre headed by Mr. Vajpayee, would not be able to include the implementation of the interim award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal to ensure the release of 205 tmc ft of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu on an annual basis …
State reviews stand on Narmada oustees
Taking an urgent view of the rehabilitation and resettlement problem of the Narmada oustees, the Gujarat government has decided that it would forcefully go ahead and allow 7,903 project affected families of Madhya Pradesh to make a choice of the state in which they would like to settle down once …
Earthquake sounds warning bell for Narmada valley
Inspite of the whole Narmda Valley being declared earthquake prone by the Geologists, the MP Government's apathy and neglect of this region is not understandable at all. The earthquakes in the last 10 years have falsified the myths of this region being free from earthquakes.
- The shrinking wetlands of Punjab
What was once presented as an exquisite floral souvenir to Queen Victorial during her Calcutta visit,is now spreading as an exotic weed in the various wetlands in Punjab. "Water Hyacinth" now threatens to congest the only Internationally recognised bird sanctuary in Punjba, housed in the Harike wetland. The sanctuary, for …
- Scrap Indo-Bangla water treaty
BJP : With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) inching closer to forming a government in Delhi, the party's West Bengal unit is preparing to demand the scrapping of the December 1996 India-Bangladesh accord on sharing of Ganga water from the Farakka barrage. Although Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee had not …
- Fall in ground water level likely in Calcutta
Sharp fall in the ground water level might lead to subsidence in some parts of the city in future, according to a survey conducted by German engineers here. The German firm, AWE Engineers was engaged by the CMC to conduct a sample survey of the undergound pipeline in north Calcutta.
- 700 more watershed schemes soon
Minister for Panchayat raj and rural development Kodela Sivaprasada rao on Friday said that the state government, with a view to increasing the water table in the drought-prone areas of the state, would take up 700 watershed schemes in addition to the existing 2,029 such schemes under various programmes.
- For huge China dam, a people problem
The relocation of at least 1.2 million people to make way for the Three Gorges Dam in Central China is off to a poor start, calling into question the official timetable for filling the dam's reservoir five years from now, a Chinese social scientist Zhu Rongji who toured five of …
- Cauvery water for more parts of Bangalore
The Minister of State for Bangalore Development, Mr. Anant Nag, told the Legislative Council today that Cauvery water would be supplied to areas on Chord Road, in Basaveswaranagar, Rajajinagar and Nandini Layout and other localities in the western and northern parts of Bangalore, which were being provided water from the …
- A new project to tap hydel power
To meet the increasing demands of power in the country and tap the estimated 10,000 MW of untapped hydel power, the Union Ministry for Power has chalked out a new hydel power project to be executed in the States of Sikkim, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.
Drop in Air Itam Dam water level
The water at the Air Itam Dam can last for 85 days if the prolonged dry spell continues, the Penang Water Authority (PWA) said yesterday. However, Penangites could count on water from Sungai Muda in Kedah which supplies 80% of the state's daily demand. A PWA senior official said the …
- Kalpasar only after Narmada
CM : Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel declared in Gandhinagar on Wednesday that the Rs 35,000-crore Kalpasar project would start only after the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Project is completed, thus setting at rest all controversy regarding the two mega projects eating into each other's finances.
