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 …
Tirupur: Farmers dependent on the Amaravathy river irrigation systems have appealed to the State government seeking enhancement of irrigation infrastructure for augmenting agriculture production in Tirupur, Coimbatore and Karur districts. Lingam Chinnasamy, general secretary of Amaravathy Nathineer Pasanai Pathukkappu Iyyakkam, pointed out that desilting had not been carried out in …
A committee of growers and officials of irrigation and revenue departments will be constituted to look into water shortage at the tail-end of Veeho wah, Pandhro wah, Ali Nawaz wah and Faiz Ganj wah. The formation of the committee was decided by the DCO Khairpur in a meeting held with …
AHMEDABAD: Amdavadis should use water judiciously in the days ahead. With the ongoing repair works in Kadana dam, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) would get almost 150 million litres less for the next 15 days from May 25. Residents in the new west zone-Jodhpurgam, Vejalpur, Satellite, Thaltej, Bodakdev will not …
The significance of water policy and the action plan formulated for its implementation in Rajasthan were highlighted at a meeting organised at Sinchai Bhavan here on Wednesday with a call to the water resources officers to make all efforts for achieving the targets. Principal Water Resources Secretary Ram Lubhaya, presiding …
Demand to ensure minimum flow in the Yamuna to help its revival Recent protests by religious and social groups against the unabated pollution in the Yamuna may well have given an impetus to the long-standing need for harvesting monsoon flows through dams and barrages. One of the major demands of …
LUCKNOW: Adequate availability of water has come to haunt the third water works (TWW) project of the UP Jal Nigam. The project was scheduled to start on May 13 when BSP completed its four years of rule. But it cannot because of the shortage of water. This project was aimed …
JAIPUR: Despite an order from the Central Empowered Committee earlier in the year banning all construction work at the Ranthambore tiger reserve, a huge canal is being dug threatening to affect its ecological balance. As environmentalists raised questions over the construction, the state government sprang into action on Saturday. The …
Jalandhar: There is good news for farmers of Punjab and also adjoining states. The level of water in the Gobind Sagar reservoir at the Bhakra Dam and the Pong Dam is much higher this year compared to the corresponding period last year. This will not only ensure uninterrupted supply of …
GANDHINAGAR: In a major SOP to Gujarat farmers, the state government on Wednesday announced that it will give a much higher compensation to 86,000 cultivators whose land is being acquired for Narmada canal network. This is based on the new jantri rate plus 30 per cent solatium. Talking to media …
The Jalandhar Potato Growers Association announced its support to the people of the villages located on both sides of Kala Sanghia drain who have pledged to block the drain under the leadership of environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal on May 18. After the failure of the official machinery, a large …
Every time the three irrigation canals of Prakasam Barrage, which pass through the city, are closed for the summer, the endangered species of Pig-nosed Turtles become easy prey. Though they are well-camouflaged in the slush and mud of the canal bed, poachers know where to look for them. Armed with …
The State Cabinet which met here today under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan took number of important decisions pertaining to renovation, strengthening and expansion of canals of Tawa project. The Cabinet also decided to increase the existing irrigation potential of the Tawa project up to …
The Supreme Court has taken strong exception to the inordinate delay by the ministry of environment and forests in taking a decision on the command area plans (CAD) of the Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar Canal projects. The court has sought a categorical explanation as to why the ministry has not …
The State Cabinet took several important decisions pertaining to renovation, strengthening and expansion of canals of Tawa project. It was decided to increase the existing irrigation potential of the Tawa project up to three lakh hectare. Besides, it also decided to exchange the farmers
Modern irrigation is one of the success stories of the 20th century. As the world’s population doubled, irrigated farming expanded from 40 million ha to almost 300 million ha today – a seven-fold increase. This revolution in water technology increased food production through improved crop yields and enabled farmers to …
Every time the three irrigation canals of Prakasam Barrage, which pass through the city, are closed for the summer, the endangered species of Pig-nosed Turtles become easy prey. Though they are well-camouflaged in the slush and mud of the canal bed, poachers know where to look for them. Armed with …
AS VILLAGE pramukh Madhuben Shiayal finished addressing the meeting, a dozen koli men and a handful of women who had taken off time from weeding the bajri fields got up to go. The hot April sun blazed over Khared, a village in Mahuva taluka in Bhavnagar district of southern Gujarat. …
Captain Ajay Singh Yadav, Finance, Irrigation, Forest & Environment Minister of Haryana today urged the Union Minister of Water Resources to take up the matter with the Supreme Court of India for getting the Presidential Reference regarding SYL decided soon so that construction of SYL canal could be completed at …
The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will lay foundation stone for Khargone lift irrigation project to the tune of Rs 550 crore under Indira Sagar Irrigation Project on April 17, 2011, Sunday at a grand function being held in Khargone. Narmada Valley Development Authority Chairman K.L. Agrawal will preside over …
