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 Supreme Court on Thursday directed Karnataka to release 2.44 tmc of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, though the Jayalalithaa government had demanded 12 tmc water ostensibly to save its standing crop. A bench of Justices R M Lodha, J Chelameswar and Madan B Lokur based its order on the …
Lawyers’ statements come in handy for Opposition to corner the govt Launching an attack against the State government for “suddenly changing its stand” with regard to the notification of the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT), the Opposition parties have demanded that the government should submit a …
Upset at delay, judge says: “Don’t abdicate your responsibility. Sorry, this is not the way the government should function” The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to notify the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) dated February 5, 2007. It rapped the government for abdicating its …
The Centre on Monday came in the line of fire of the Supreme Court for failing to notify the 2007 Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT) award despite an assurance given to the court. Censuring the government for "flouting" the statute by failing to publish the award for more than five …
Maintaining that its move to build three more dams on Brahmaputra river in Tibet will not affect the flows to down stream areas, China today said it is in “communication and cooperation” with India over cross-border river issues. “China has always taken a responsible attitude towards cross-border river development. China …
A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Monday that China is maintaining "communication and cooperation" with India on the issue of a cross-border river and ensure that no negative impact is caused on the river's lower reaches. "China has always taken a responsible attitude towards cross-border river development. China and India are …
Supreme Court suggests Tamil Nadu take up the issue with Cauvery River Authority With Karnataka sticking to its stand that it cannot spare any quantum of water for Tamil Nadu to the detriment of its drinking water requirements, the Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested to Tamil Nadu that it take …
The Supreme Court on Monday, while hearing a plea from Tamil Nadu for water release by Karnataka from the Cauvery river to save its wilting paddy crop, said drinking water requirement must get priority over irrigation needs of a state. A bench of Justices R M Lodha and J Chelameswar …
The Supreme Court today directed Karnataka to furnish all the information on the quantum of Cauvery river water shared by it to Tamil Nadu since 1992 and said that out of box thinking is required on the part of States to sort out the dispute. A Bench consisting of justices …
Karnataka government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court for expediting the hearing and adjudication of the appeals filed by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala against the final decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal dated February 5, 2007 in the interest of the States concerned. The State in its application …
Thailand's second-largest building contractor, Ch Karnchang Pcl (CK), said construction work at the controversial $3.5 billion Xayaburi dam in Laos was pushing ahead and it was on schedule to be completed in 2020. Executive Vice-President Prasert Marittanaporn told reporters late on Tuesday that the hydropower dam on the Mekong River …
In a move that is likely to deepen the legal battle over the Cauvery dispute, the Tamil Nadu government will file an original suit claiming damages from Karnataka in view of the “intransigent attitude” of the government of the neighbouring State. Announcing this on Monday, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, in a …
Karnataka today urged the Centre not to notify the Cauvery River Water Disputes Tribunal final award till the Supreme Court disposes civil petitions challenging the order. The state Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, unanimously decided to urge the Centre not to notify the final order in the …
Vietnam urged Laos to halt construction of a $3.5 billion hydropower dam pending further study, environmental activists said on Friday after a meeting of the Mekong River Commission. The activists said Cambodia, also downriver from the Xayaburi dam, accused Laos during heated discussions on Wednesday and Thursday of failing to …
Chennai: Stepping up her attack on the UPA Government, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday announced a statewide protest by AIADMK in front of central government offices on January 24 over ‘denial’ of the state’s rights and other issues including diesel price and railway fare hikes. The AIADMK chief …
Vietnam urged Laos to halt construction of a $3.5 billion hydropower dam pending further study, environmental activists said on Friday after a meeting of the Mekong River Commission. The activists said Cambodia, also downriver from the Xayaburi dam, accused Laos during heated discussions on Wednesday and Thursday of failing to …
Tamil Nadu on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking a directive to Karnataka to release forthwith 12 tmcft of water so that it could save at least a portion of the standing crops in the Cauvery Delta and meet its drinking water requirements. At its 32nd meeting on January 10, …
The Cauvery Monitoring Committee at its meeting on Thursday said it would “not be appropriate” to decide that Karnataka should release more waters from its dams to Tamil Nadu, considering that the upper riparian State will have only 16 tmcft available in its reservoirs for drinking purposes till May 2013. …
Centre promised to notify CWDT decision by December-end The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Centre for dilly-dallying on notifying the final decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) dated February 5, 2007, even though it informed the court on December 5, 2012 that it would notify the …
Shettar’s letter to PM delayed process, Supreme Court told The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Centre’s plea seeking time till January 31 to notify the decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal passed in 2007. A bench of justices D K Jain and Madan B Lokur, however, pulled up …
