Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bharatiya Kisan Union Purwa through its Secretary Vs Union of India Ministry of Jal Shakti & Others dated 07/03/2025. The grievance of the applicant is that railway bridge between Daraganj and Jhunsi is being constructed on the flood plains of …
The Andhra Pradesh government, refuting this allegation, said that undivided Andhra Pradesh consisted of all regions, including Telangana. Hyderabad: The Justice Brijesh Kumar Tribunal has decided to start hearing the arguments between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states over allotment of Krishna waters from the 1,004 tmc ft quota earmarked for …
Khattar under fire from all quarters | Congress stages walkout | Treasury Benches advocate GST A united Opposition today took on the government for keeping its members out of the loop despite a consensus on an all-party delegation meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the SYL issue. It sought …
Nadkarni likely to continue to appear for Goa PANJIM: Stating that a solution to the ongoing crisis surrounding the dissolution of Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal (MWDT) would be his top priority, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar assured that the ‘State interest would be protected’. Speaking to media persons after winning the …
The (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 14, 2017. The Bill seeks to amend the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956. Under the Act, when a complaint is received from a state government regarding a water dispute, the central government may ask the affected states to …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Inter-State River Water Sharing Disputes, 09/03/2017. On the complaint made by the State Governments, the Central Government has, so far, set up 08 tribunals to settle water disputes among the States under the Inter-State River Water Disputes (ISRWD) Act, 1956 which includes Ravi & …
Hyderabad: The Centre-appointed A.K. Bajaj Committee of irrigation and power experts that concluded its three-day visit to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday said it has no authority to allocate waters being diverted from Godavari to Krishna Basin by AP to TS. The panel said that it was the job …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan's interstate water dispute redressing cell chairman Rohitashv Sharma on Tuesday said a meeting would soon be organised with Madhya Pradesh's irrigation minister Narottam Mishra to resolve disputes related to sharing of Chambal water. Sharma, who assumed office last week, held a review meeting with the state government officials …
The Supreme Court asked Karnataka to continue releasing 2000 cusecs of Cauvery water to neighbouring State of Tamil Nadu while posting appeals filed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala against the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal's decision on water-sharing for day-to-day hearing. Stressing the urgency to resolve the prolonged water dispute …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Inter-State River Water Sharing Disputes, 17/11/2016. Central Government has so far set up eight tribunals to settle water disputes among the States under the inter-State River Water Dispute (ISRWD) Act, 1956. The details and the current status of each of the inter-State river water …
Experts call for appropriate pricing of water in cities to prevent wastage A resolution to the Cauvery water-sharing row between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu must involve a radical change to attitudes towards water conservation, including recycling and appropriate pricing of the natural resource, observed a discussion organised by the Bangalore …
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday announced its decision to intensify agitation over Mahanadi river water dispute with Chhattisgarh even as the State Government has already decided to approach the Supreme Court for a settlement of the issue. Announcing the decision at a media conference here, BJD spokespersons Prasanna …
Odisha Government will soon approach the Supreme Court and National Green Tribunal (NGT) against Chhattisgarh for projects undertaken by it on the upstream of Mahanadi river. BJD spokesperson Pratap Keshari Deb informed this while reacting to a statement from Water Resources Minister of Chhattisgarh Brij Mohan Agrawal that Odisha Government …
Tamil Nadu joined counterparts Karnataka and Kerala to oppose the Centre’s stand that the court was barred from entertaining the appeals as the tribunal’s award was final and binding on the three neighbouring States, as per the parliamentary law of the Inter-State Water Disputes Act, 1956. “No ordinary parliamentary law …
It will have adequate representation from all States but will not have a voting system: Jha The Water Resources Ministry has begun the process of setting up a Cauvery Water Management Board (CWMB), though it might take beyond four weeks to finalise the chairman and the various members of the …
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday apprised different political parties, social organisations and individuals about the outcome of talk on sharing of Mahanadi River water convened by Union Water Resource Minister Uma Bharti at New Delhi on September 17. Not convinced by the government’s narration, the Opposition Congress and BJP …
Asserting that there is a need to see river conflicts "differently", environmentalist Sunita Narain today said the solution to the Cauvery river water sharing issue requires the farmers to reduce use of water and the cities to become water efficient. The row over Cauvery has exacerbated in the last few …
MLC Ivan D’Souza said that the Central government should evolve a central water policy to guide the states on sharing of river water. Absence of such policy will only aggravate the inter-state water disputes in future, said D’Souza, who is also Chief Whip of the Government in the Legislative Council. …
Bengaluru erupts in violence over water-sharing plans with neighbouring state Tamil Nadu, as country-wide shortages reach crisis levels Scattered tyres, set alight, had already shut the road back into Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) when Javed Parvesh tried to return on Monday, after a morning at the Cauvery river with his son. …
Injustice cannot be tolerated anymore, says BJP leader Lok Sabha Member Shobha Karandlaje on Tuesday said the state government should not release Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu. She said all 28 MPs of the state and all the MLAs will support the government, provided the government takes a firm …
Protesters in the southern Indian city of Bangalore in Karnataka state have attacked shops and set fire to vehicles in a long-running dispute about water. They were angry at a Supreme Court ruling ordering Karnataka to share more water with neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Karnataka must release 12,000 cubic feet of …
