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 …
Chandigarh: Expressing concern over the declining water table in the state, the Central Ground Water Board has recommended reducing area under paddy by more than 10 lakh hectares to achieve sustainable growth. In a detailed report submitted to the state government, the board has drawn a road map for the …
The Planning Commission on Thursday cleared the investment proposal for modernisation of Haryana’s irrigation network. The project, estimated to cost Rs 115.94 crore (2011 price level), will undertake rehabilitation, renovation and modernisation of critically damaged channels of the State’s irrigation network, a Plan panel release said. According to the project …
Gandhinagar: The Narmada canal’s movement towards Kutch has suddenly hit an environmental roadblock. Already under construction, the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), which is Narmada project’s implementing agency, has now found to its utter bewilderment that it had never taken a crucial forest conservation Act clearance from the Government …
JAIPUR: After finding presence of excessive fluoride, nitrate and salinity in drinking water to have caused health problems in Nagaur, the government has decided to use water from the Indira Gandhi canal for supply to the district with the help of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) funds. Union minister of …
Ranchi, Jan. 29: The water resources department has sanctioned Rs 40.20 crore for the repair of a main canal and a branch of the Kanchi weir, which had collapsed in 2007 leaving 40,000 acres in Naxalite hotbeds of the district without irrigation facilities. The department has proposed to begin repair …
Dharamsala: The simple technology developed by CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur, has found few takers among farmers of the state. A model for conserving rain water, developed by the Palampur agriculture university, can offer a solution to at least the drinking water problems of the district. University experts while …
The Rajasthan state government’s determination to construct a canal which will slice through the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) is going to take a heavy toll on the tiger population of this high-profile sanctuary. The canal will severe the crucial corridor that links RTR to the Sawai Mansingh Sanctuary. The problem …
Gajoldoba (Jalpaiguri), Jan. 8: Bickering gave way to bonhomie today when water was released for the first time from the Teesta Barrage to farmlands along the left bank. Irrigation minister Manas Bhunia was showered with praise by his cabinet colleague, Trinamul Congress’s Gautam Deb, and the CPM MP from Jalpaiguri, …
Between June 2000 and August 2003 Punjab, the most prosperous of Pakistan's four provinces, experienced an unusually intense struggle for proprietary rights between the tenant farmers and state institutions over land that the former had tilled for over nine decades.
Ranchi, Dec. 25: The wait for resumption of Khajuri medium irrigation project in water-starved Garhwa district may be soon over, as the state water resources department has revised its estimates and granted administrative sanction to the tune of Rs 9.83 crore. Progress on the project in Majhiaon block has been …
Closure of the Western Gandak Canal by the Bihar Government for structural repairs and maintenance work has given jitters to the Mayawati government in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. Apparently, poll-bound UP does not want to earn the wrath of farmers in its eastern districts - Gorakhpur, Deoria, Maharajganj and Kusinagar - …
KOLKATA, 22 DEC: The state government has taken up a Rs 51-crore project to clean Bagjola Canal, state irrigation minister Dr Manas Bhuniya said at Writers’ Buildings today, adding the Centre would share 35 per cent of the total project cost. He made the announcement following a meeting with education …
Realising that the closure of Gandak canal could jeopardise its election prospects in eastern Uttar Pradesh, the Mayawati government has lodged a protest with Bihar government saying farmers were being affected because of the closure of this all-important canal of the region. Chief Secretary Anup Kumar Mishra had held a …
AHMEDABAD: Parched throats in Rajasthan are crying hoarse over Gujarat allegedly stealing its share of the Mahi river waters by constructing the Sujalam Sufalam irrigation canal. The issue has the potential of starting a water war between the two neighbours after Ashk Ali Tak, a Congress MP from Rajasthan, raised …
Addressing the challenges of water management and governance in rural and urban areas, this new IDFC report deals with water politics, leakage of water in urban areas as well as the lack of water recycling mechanisms. Addressing the challenges of water management and governance, the India Infrastructure Report 2011 brings …
Sheila writes to Haryana to resume work on Munak Delhi has sent yet another reminder to Haryana asking it to complete work on the long-pending Munak Canal. A simmering issue between the two States, the canal has been delayed for a long time for various reasons, mostly to do with …
Realizing the pivotal role of irrigation in increasing agricultural production and productivity, Nepalese farmers have been traditionally investing in development and expansion of their irrigation systems. Since the beginning of planned development process in the country, His Majesty's Government has made investments and timely changes in policies, programs and project. …
GANDHINAGAR: Finally, there is some light at the end of the tunnel. Though most of the canal network for the Narmada project remains incomplete till today, Sachivalaya sources said things have been finally put on the fast track by allocating work orders worth Rs 4,332 crore and initiation of canal …
Through the newly established institutions in irrigation sector, Farmer Organizations (FOs) can play their role as major stakeholders in the operation and maintenance of the irrigation and drainage system. Thus the target of the Farmer Managed Irrigated Agriculture (FMIA) was the establishment of the institutions and provision of external support …
Let out by residents living along banks and even government agencies Buckingham Canal is the most polluted of the three major waterways in the city with nearly 60 per cent of the estimated 55 million litres of untreated sewage being let into it daily, including by Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply …
