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 …
More tanks should be built to save available water: Rajendra Singh Renowned water conservationist Rajendra Singh strongly felt that effective water management was the solution for water crisis. The Stockholm Water Prize and Magsaysay Award winner was addressing the gathering at a function organised by the Rotary Club of Coimbatore …
Moves Supreme Court against study Tamil Nadu has moved the Supreme Court seeking a restraining order against neighbouring Kerala and its officials from conducting any drilling operation, investigation or survey work or any other work in connection with a new dam on the Periyar river adjacent to the disputed Mullaperiyar …
The state government's efforts to stop the diversion of water by Maharashtra got a boost after the Maharashtra government on Wednesday gave an undertaking before the Mhadei water disputes tribunal that it will not commence any work on the gorge portion of the Virdi dam. During the hearing of the …
Coming down heavily on the Kerala government for taking up a feasibility study for the construction of a new dam at Mullaperiyar, the opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Monday urged the central government to immediately step in and halt the process as it violates a Supreme Court order. The …
A Bill to provide for the establishment of institutional mechanism for effective management, protection, conservation, development, equitable, distribution, regulation, conjunctive judicious and efficient use of the state water resources with the objective to ensure water, food and ecological security, thus ensuring sustainability of water resources keeping in view the intra …
The Mhadei water dispute tribunal on Wednesday passed an order allowing Goa to amend its statement of claims regarding sharing of water of River Mhadei, even as Karnataka raised objections. Advocate general Atmaram Nadkarni said, "We have made substantial amendments to the earlier claims. The length of the river Mhadei …
KERI: Hearing on the Mhadei water dispute will be held on Wednesday before the Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal in Delhi. The Goa government will present evidence of the resumption of work on the Kalsa project by Karnataka. The water resources department teams of Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka are already in …
The Centre will prepare a roadmap within 45 days to find a solution to the SYL canal and other inter-state issues between Haryana and Punjab. This was conveyed by Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at a meeting here today. The minister informed Khattar …
Saturday’s bandh in Tamil Nadu against the Karnataka Government’s move to construct a dam across the Cauvery river at Mekedatu is being seen as a wake up call for the Union Government to speed up the process of resolving the Cauvery Water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. “The DMK …
The Tamil Nadu Environment Protection Movement will support the bandh to be held on Saturday to protest against Karnataka's plan to construction dams across the Cauvery at Mekedaatu and Rasimanal. If built, the dams will affect five crore people of the State directly or indirectly, said Mugilan, co-ordinator of the …
Strengthening Transparency and Access to Information on Transboundary Rivers in South Asia is a major new report that examines the availability and accessibility of data and information related to three transboundary rivers in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. The study, which is a result of a 15-month assessment conducted with support …
Since its foundation stone laying ceremony conducted around 55 years back, the Gujarat Government has spent near Rs47,000 crore for Sardar Sarovar Dam being constructed on River Narmada, said Gujarat Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama in the House during ongoing Budget Session of the Gujarat Assembly. Chudasama also admitted that despite expenditure …
Natural resources such as land, timber, water as well as extractive resources have played an important role in igniting and prolonging conflict - particularly in fragile states where management and oversight of such resources is often weak. In parallel, there is a growing recognition of the role of mediation for …
With the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam touching the contentious 142 foot mark, the the Kerala Government today urged Tamil Nadu to “understand” its concerns over the dam’s stability, while indicating that it had no problems sharing water with its neighbour. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy reiterated his government’s stand …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Haryana government over the Munak canal water sharing dispute, saying it’s “tragic” that the issue has not been resolved yet while citizens are deprived of water. A Bench of Justice BD Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul issued notice to Haryana …
Uttar Pradesh has refused to give no objection certificate to some irrigation projects in Uttarakhand Despite the intervention of the supreme court, Uttar Pradesh has refused to settle its 14-year irrigation dispute with Uttarakhand. After the apex court order, the Union water resources ministry had asked the Uttar Pradesh government …
Prof. Pranab Kumar Ray (Director, Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Research, Kolkata) scrutinises the need for water sharing between India and China, dispels misconceptions and provides a framework for an Integrated Basin Water Management system. India and China can put to planning and management a vast amount of water between them. An …
The national committee on safety of dams (NCSD) has agreed to `restore' the ownership of the Mullaperiyar, Thunakadavu, Parambikkulam and Peruvaripallam dams to Kerala. According to Kerala water resources department (KWRD) officials, the NCSD gave this assurance during a committee meeting held in New Delhi in the last week of …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana State on a petition filed by Andhra Pradesh seeking directions to the Union government not to notify the award of the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal on distribution of Krishna river waters. A Supreme Court bench ordered issuance of notice …
Ravindranath Shanbhag, president of Human Rights Foundation, said on Monday that the State government had taken up the Yettinahole project, which aimed at providing water from the Nethravati to the parched districts of south Karnataka, without studying its environmental impact. He was delivering a lecture on ‘Yettinahole Project – its …
