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 …
To refurbish old tail-end sluices and construct new ones Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday unveiled a Rs 1,560-crore project to refurbish old tail-end sluices and construct new ones in the Cauvery delta districts to conserve rainwater during the monsoon and take measures to prevent incursion of sea water into agriculture …
When completed, it will be India’s largest lift-irrigation project, boasting of the longest gravity canals, aqua-ducts and tunnel systems, spanning some 1,055 km. More than that, the Rs 40,000 crore Pranahita-Chevella project is being touted as the solution to all the problems of perennially parched Telangana: It is expected to …
Gandhinagar: Amid loud talk about spread of canal irrigation, especially Narmada-based, leading to asharp fall in the amount of electricity going into the farm sector, a recent Planning Commission document has revealed just the opposite. Titled “Annual Report 2011-12 on Working of State Power Utilities and Electricity Departments”, the document, …
Rs 540-cr project to irrigate 1.05 lakh acres; likely to turn Jammu into foodgrain surplus region Jammu: The ambitious Ravi Canal project, which will draw 1,150 cusecs of water from the Ravi river in Kathua district and irrigate 1.05 lakh acres of agricultural land in the state, is finally cruising …
A multi-benefit pilot project generating one-MW electricity from solar panels atop the Narmada branch canal was dedicated to the nation by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. Besides producing “clean energy” without causing any pollution, the solar panels would spare an enormous amount of land otherwise required if the …
In a bid to check the theft of canal water, the Punjab Cabinet today approved amendments to Section 70 of the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873, to make it far more stringent and punitive. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Council of …
The 20-day closure of the Sirhind canal has endangered power generation at Guru Hargobind Thermal Power Plant, Lehra Mohabbat. Sending an SOS to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), the thermal plant authorities have said that they were not informed about the closure by the Irrigation Department.“ After the flow …
Uttar Pradesh PWD and Irrigation minister Shivpal Yadav has issued directives to clear the Yamuna floodplain land in Gautam Budh Nagar. The vast tract of land is owned by the state’s Irrigation department and has allegedly been gobbled up by land sharks. Several farm houses have come up in the …
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today asked the Irrigation Department to moot a proposal for amending the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act to check the growing malpractice of water theft in the state. In a meeting held to review the functioning of the department this morning, Badal asked the …
Jammu, March 30: While the budget from MGNREGA scheme witnesses a threefold increase in the next financial year, the Committee on Estimates, comprising members of both Assembly and Council, has observed that there is a lack of coordination between the irrigation and rural development departments in the utilisation of funds …
Budget allocations made for major sectors of development during the last eight years in Madhya Pradesh have risen by several hundred per cent. Unprecedented increase has also been witnessed in the Budget size also during the period. Most of the population of Madhya Pradesh lives in villages. A budgetary provision …
Kuttanad Package to be taken up in three phases The State government would soon launch various projects as part of the first phase of the Kuttanad Package prepared by M.S. Swaminathan Commission, said Sam Eapen, Upper Kuttanad Nelkarshaka Samiti (UKNS) president, here on Sunday. Talking to The Hindu , Mr. …
BHUBANESWAR: Land, which the State Government wanted to acquire for a sub-minor canal project on the outskirts of the Capital, was sold out in no time and mutation carried out in a day. Startling, but it has come to the notice of Revenue and Disaster Management Department which has asked …
Self-help solves irrigation problem - A Sivasagar village takes up tools to resist erosion, Baksa & Nalbari get aid for farming. Mushalpur/Nalbari, March 4: Once known as hotbeds of insurgency, Baksa and Nalbari districts in lower Assam are currently witnessing a revolution that has perhaps never been seen in the …
Actual irrigation has been done in 87,000 hectare area from Narmada Valley projects till December 2011 during the current fiscal. During the period, 601.59 crore units of power have also been generated by Narmada Valley hydel power plants. This information was given at a meeting of departmental advisory committee chaired …
This article looks into the instances of growing waterlogging, which is a negative externality of the developmental process (canal irrigation) that has affected the marginalised sections to a greater extent, who mostly depend on land for livelihood and self-sustenance. Land-use pattern has undergone a tremendous transformation due to irrigation development …
The Deduru Oya is the sixth largest river in Sri Lanka which is about 142 km in length and has a water resource area of about 2,420 km. The objective of the project was to prevent about 1,000 billion sq. metres of water flowing out to the sea and to …
Odisha may be at the receiving end if the ambitious river interlinking project is implemented in letter and spirit. It may spell disaster for the already stressed Mahanadi and consequentially for the State of Odisha if it is linked to other rivers like Godavari down south and its water is …
In the remote Kailashnagar village (Jalore district), on the border of Rajasthan and Gujarat, lives Parbhu Ram, a farmer who has never been to either Punjab or Haryana. But Parbhu knows about the grievous damage to once-fertile soils of India’s grain bowl — all due to years of overuse of …
Vibha Sharma writes from Sanchor in Rajasthan a unique Water Sharing n The project is a unique example of farmers’ responsibility through ownership share in water n To create a sense of belonging, the concept of participatory irrigation management has been introduced through the water users’ association n Water is …
