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 …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan will decide, by draw of lots at the end of this month, the agencies that will select the chairman, technical umpire and legal umpire for the Court of Arbitration that is to be set up to adjudicate the differences on the Kishanganga project …
Pak will achieve nothing with its anti-India campaign on water As was to be expected, the three-day Indo-Pak water talks in New Delhi last week failed to deliver any positive outcome. Pakistan had raised the pitch on the water issue in recent months, and it was not about to lower …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan have resolved their differences over three projects that were pending resolution for two years, but the 45 MW Nimoo Bazgo project in Leh remained unresolved with Pakistan hinting at
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan have resolved at the meeting of the Permanent Indus Water Commission here the issue of water flows in the Chenab river being affected during the initial filling of the Baglihar dam in 2008. Pakistan has decided not to raise the matter further. However, …
Anita Joshua ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has sent a note verbale to India on May 17 on the disputed Kishanganga project, clearly indicating its intention to set up a Court of Arbitration as provided in the dispute settlement mechanism under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). This was disclosed here on Thursday by …
Pakistan has served a legal notice to India concerning the long pending issue of construction of the Kishaganga dam over the river Indus. The Nation reported a private television channel, as saying that the notice has been sent by the Water and Power Ministry in consultation with the Indus Water …
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: India will not accept any plans by China to divert the Brahmaputra river waters, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here on Sunday even as he urged the Government of India to expedite hydel projects along the river in Arunachal Pradesh. China is …
After a gap of five years, India and Bangladesh on Thursday resumed discussions on the sharing of the Teesta river waters and issues relating to other rivers. The water resources secretaries of the two countries met here in the morning, followed by the ministeriallevel joint river commission meeting later in …
SHAFQAT ALI ISLAMABAD `India will have to stop stealing Pakistan's water as we will not hesitate to wage a war with New Delhi if it does not stop doing so' : There can be a Pakistan, India war on the issue of water, a close aide of the government said …
Several hundred activists joined by a British MP gathered on Monday at a border crossing between Bangladesh and India to protest against the planned building of a controversial dam by India. Some experts have warned that two rivers in Bangladesh's Sylhet region -- the Surma and Kushiara -- will dry …
NEW DELHI: Amid reports in a section of the media that China is building a dam across the Brahmaputra, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Wednesday said the issue was raised with Beijing several times, and each time it denied that it was engaged in any such activity.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said China had not constructed any dam on the Brahmaputra river that would have been a matter of concern for India, according to Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorje Khandu. Khandu, who led a delegation of state leaders to Singh, said the prime minister had also …
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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said Pakistan will soon raise the issue of a dam being constructed by India at the Chenab river, reports our Pakistan correspondent. "Soon an expert lawyer would be engaged to raise the matter at the international forum. We have already discussed the thing with …
Dhaka will take an initiative for holding a regional dialogue on water sharing of the trans-border rivers as the upper riparian India continues unilateral withdrawal of waters depriving Bangladesh of its due share.
International World Water Day is held annually on 22nd March as recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). It serves as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. Each year, World Water Day …
