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 …
For the second consecutive day, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda raised the issue of water disputes with neighbouring Punjab and sought the intervention of the prime Minister. Speaking at the National Water Resources Council, in the National Capital, Hooda said the Council should deliberate on the modalities to resolve …
Expressing concern that the inter-state water disputes are not being resolved within the framework of law, the State Government has maintained that adequate regard is not being paid towards the riparian rights of the different stake holders. The State Government on Friday raised the controversial Polavaram dam project of Andhra …
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today asked the Centre not to notify the Cauvery Tribunal award without consulting all the river basin states. In his speech at the National Development Council meeting, Shettar noted that Karnataka and other states have challenged the final award in the Supreme Court and the …
Undeterred by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s refusal to meet him on two occasions in the recent past to discuss the controversial Cauvery water issue, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has sought appointment with him once again on the issue of the sharing of the river water with the neighbouring Tamil …
The Punjab and Haryana governments had failed to reach a consensus on sharing of water under the Kajauli water supply scheme, according to the minutes of the meeting that were submitted to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday. Punjab Chief Secretary Rakesh Singh, Haryana Chief Secretary P K …
The Supreme Court today made it clear that it will not interfere with the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s order directing Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with 12 TMCft of Cauvery water during December despite both warring states expressing dissatisfaction over the award. A Bench of Justices D K Jain and Madan …
Disregarding the directive of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC), Karnataka has stopped releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar told agitating Congress members at the Assembly today that the release of water to Tamil Nadu had been stopped since Sunday evening. The Supreme Court had on Wednesday …
The Supreme Court today made it clear that it will not interfere with the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s (CMC) order directing Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with 12 thousand million cubic feet (tmc) of Cauvery water during December despite both warring states expressing dissatisfaction over the award. A Bench of justices …
Karnataka on Tuesday raised before the Supreme Court the question of maintainability of Tamil Nadu's plea for release of minimum 30 tmc-ft of Cauvery river water to save its standing samba crop. Karnataka said TN's plea was not maintainable since the state has not challenged the decisions of Cauvery Monitoring …
The Supreme Court today advised Karnataka to gracefully share Cauvery water with the lower riparian state of Tamil Nadu. “We want more gracefulness from the Big Brother,” a Bench comprising Justices DK Jain and Madan Lokur told Karnataka’s senior counsel Fali Nariman. Citing apex court orders passed in 1991 and …
As anticipated, the Supreme Court directed Cauvery water sharing talks between Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa failed to yield any results as both the States stuck to the guns throwing the ball back to Supreme Court’s court which is hearing a case on …
The Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Jayalalithaa and Jagadish Shettar, will meet in Bangalore on Thursday to discuss sharing the available waters in the reservoirs across the Cauvery river in the backdrop of a suggestion by the Supreme Court. Sources close to Mr. Shettar told The Hindu that …
Talks between chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on Cauvery water sharing row, held at the suggestion of the Supreme Court, today failed to break the ice with both sides sticking to their known hard positions. After more than an hour-long meeting, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa said …
In a bid to find a permanent solution to the Cauvery water sharing dispute, the Supreme Court on Monday asked Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to work towards an amicable solution. Refusing to mediate in the vexed issue involving distress water sharing formula between the States, the Bench …
The Supreme Court on Monday requested the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to hold talks along with experts to find an amicable solution to the vexed dispute over sharing of Cauvery river water which lands up before the top court year after year. A bench of Justices D …
The Supreme Court on Monday urged the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to meet and have a “meaningful dialogue” in order to find an “amicable” solution to the Cauvery water dispute. “We cannot force any decision on them but it has to be taken in a congenial atmosphere. …
The Karnataka Government on Friday maintained that the ruling of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s (CMC) asking Karnataka to release 4.8 tmc of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu within 15 days was unscientific and would file a review petition before the SC on November 23. Karnataka Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai …
Emphasising the significance of inter-state water dispute tribunals in view of the emotions of people involved in such disputes, the Supreme Court on Monday said that the Centre must take “proactive role” in resolving such issues. “We cannot let these tribunals remain functional. In inter-state water disputes, emotions and tempers …
The report of the Committee constituted to study the activities that are required for optimal development of river basins and changes required in the existing River Board Act, 1956 for achievement of the same, by the Ministry of Water Resources. The report consists of the draft Act which is to …
A Bill further to amend the River Boards Act, 1956 to provide for the establishment of River Basin Authority for the regulation and development of Inter-State Rivers and River Basins.
