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 …
Upping the ante against Karnataka for its refusal to release Cauvery waters, Tamil Nadu today decided to file a contempt petition in the Supreme Court besides seeking a direction for setting up two regulatory bodies to implement the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal's final award. Slamming Karnataka’s stand that the Supervisory …
In a setback to Tamil Nadu, the Cauvery Supervisory Committee on Wednesday turned down its demand for release of water from Karnataka as of now citing deficit in inflows and low storage levels in reservoirs in Karnataka. The secretary-level panel will, however, review the situation again in the first week …
The short-term kuruvai crop will be given a miss this year too with the supervisory panel set up to look into the implementation of final award of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal rejecting theTamil Nadu government's demand for water from Karnataka reservoirs. The meeting, convened by Union water resources secretary S …
The state government has made it clear that it is impossible to release 134 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu between June and September as stipulated in the Cauvery tribunal's award. On Thursday, the Congress government decided to request the Cauvery supervisory committee to review the earlier order and scale …
CM convenes floor leaders meet on Tuesday to discuss the issue. A meeting of floor leaders of all parties has been convened in Bangalore on Tuesday to discuss the State’s stand on the implementation of the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT), Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced on …
The Tamil Nadu government has filed a suit in the Supreme Court seeking around Rs. 2,500 crore in damages from Karnataka for loss of ‘samba’ and ‘kuruvai’ crops owing to the non-release of water as per the interim award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. Tamil Nadu has also sought …
The State has approached the Supreme Court once again on the Cauvery issue, this time seeking damages from Karnataka to the tune of about Rs. 2,480 crore for not following orders of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT). Besides, the State wanted the court to pass an order, directing Karnataka …
This Scheme may be called the Cauvery Water (Implementation of the Order of 2007) Scheme, 2013. It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. It is purely a temporary measure until a permanent Scheme namely the Cauvery Management Board as recommended by the …
The legal geopolitics of the Baglihar and Kishenganga hydroelectric power projects, whose legitimacy under the Indus Waters Treaty has been contested by Pakistan, demonstrates the political nature of technology and the governance of technology need not remain out-of-bounds for non-engineers. In attempting an understanding, this article seeks to step outside …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to take instructions as to when it proposed to constitute the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) so as to effectively implement the final order of the Cauvery Tribunal during the irrigation season commencing from June 1. …
How to handle thorny issues is the crux of talks The question how India and China can more effectively manage persisting thorny issues such as the border dispute and trans-boundary rivers is expected to emerge as the centre of talks as External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrives here on Thursday. …
This draft bill by the Ministry of Water Resources is to establish a framework with governing principles for protection, conservation and regulation of waters and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Now that the Attorney General has opined that Punjab cannot object to it, the Jammu and Kashmir government is planning to go ahead with the construction of the Ravi canal from Basantpur up to the inflow of the Ranjit Sagar Dam reservoir to lift water for irrigating 1.33 lakh acres …
This has reference to the excellent article entitled “Cauvery Dispute: A Lament and a Proposal” (EPW, 30 March 2013) by Ramaswamy R Iyer on the history, complex dynamics and current status of the Cauvery River dispute. I run a conservation foundation in Bangalore and, as much of our work is …
Asks for Singh's intervention to resolve disputes with neighbouring states. With summer fast approaching and with it possible water shortages, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought his intervention in solving Delhi's water disputes with neighbouring states. Sources in the government stated that the …
An inter-ministerial expert panel on the Brahmaputra has asked the government to intensify monitoring construction projects in the middle reaches of the river by China. It has also cautioned that China may replicate the same in the Great Bend area. The panel in its recent report to a committee of …
Amid fresh concerns in Bangladesh over the construction of two proposed dams in Meghalaya, State Power Minister Clement Marak said on Wednesday that construction of the hydropower projects would not have any impact in Bangladesh. Power-starved Meghalaya is proposing to construct two dams: One across the Umiew River known as …
According to the 1892 Madras-Mysore agreement, Karnataka cannot take up any work without Tamil Nadu's consent The Tamil Nadu government on Monday said it will move Supreme Court against neighbouring Karnataka over the river Pennaiyar dispute. PWD Minister K V Ramalingam told Tamil Nadu Assembly that Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa …
According to a study by researchers from the Stimson Centre, a US-based think tank, the Observer Research Foundation in India and Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Pakistan, ‘‘water shortages could hit the subcontinent in a few years because growing populations and increasing development are placing rising pressure on the Indus …
The Government today allayed apprehensions about the three dams being built by China on the Brahmaputra, saying the projects will not affect India as most of the water in the river comes from Arunachal Pradesh. “The issue has been taken up by India at the highest level. Our Prime Minister …
