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 …
ANAND S.T. DASPATNA A senior BJP eader has been carrying out an untiring judicial and pub ic crusade for Bihar and Jharkhand's rights over its share of the Sone river's water, which gets illegally diverted by neighbouring Uttar Pradesh for an NTPC hermal power plant, endangering farmland irrigation in arge …
T. RamakrishnanCHENNAI: The Monitoring Committee of the Cauvery River Authority will meet in New Delhi on August 24 against the backdrop of rising deficit in receipt of Cauvery water for Tamil Nadu.The present storage position of reservoirs in the Cauvery basin is one of the items on the agenda of …
The Union Water Resources Minister, Mr P.K .Bansal, has been directed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to convene a meeting of irrigation ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra to resolve inter-State disputes with regard to Babli and 13 other river projects between the two States.This follows a meeting …
The Andhra Pradesh government today said it has rejected Maharashtra's plea for withdrawal of all the Supreme Court cases on Babhli and other irrigation projects being "illegally" constructed on river Godavari."At the meeting with prime minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi yesterday, Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan wanted us to …
MAHARASHTRA chief minister Ashok Chavan and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart K Rosaiah will meet in New Delhi on Monday to find a solution to the Babhli barrage controversy. The two Congress-ruled states have locked horns over this irrigation project across the Godavari that flows into Andhra from Maharashtra. At present, …
Water sharing disputes between states are growing, the latest in the news being the conflict between Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh over the Babhli barrage. It puts the spotlight on underlying issues like the lack of an efficient mediating mechanism for conflict resolution both within government and the civil society at …
India and Pakistan on Thursday agreed to have a minor international intervention regarding their dispute over the 330 MW Kishanganga hydro-electric project in Jammu and Kashmir. The choice of international intervention came through a draw of lots between the options provided in the Indus Water Treaty of 1960, as both …
Minister for Water Resources Basavaraj Bommai said it is impossible to release water to Tamil Nadu from reservoirs in the Cauvery river basin till all the reservoirs are filled. Addressing mediapersons in Bangalore on Thursday, the minister said the water level in Krishnaraja Sagar dam stood at 91.3 feet. The …
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resolve the Babli Project controversy within 15 days time or be ready to face a mass agitation led by the TDP. TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu, addressing the media after deliberating the issue in detail …
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr K.Rosaiah, said on Tuesday that the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will play crucial role in resolving inter-State water disputes, including the one regarding the dam height at Babli project with the Maharashtra Government.
July 27: Chances of a quick solution to the row over the controversial Babli project appear to be dim with the Maharashtra the Chief Minister, Mr Ashok Chavan, avoiding a meeting with the AP Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, to discuss and resolve the issue. The Centre has suggested that …
July 27: The Telugu Desam on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to resolve the Babli Project controversy within 15 days time or be ready to face a mass agitation led by the TD. The TD chief, Mr Chandrababu Naidu, said,
J Balaji NEW DELHI: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday warned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resolve the Babli row between Andhra Pradesh and Maharasthra by August 10 or face a major agitation by the TDP and its friendly parties. He blamed Dr. Singh of not …
Sinking their differences, the ruling Congress and Opposition TDP on Monday knocked on the doors of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking his intervention to force Maharashtra to stop construction of the Babhali project. Although the issue acquired fresh urgency in view of the Assembly bypolls in the Telangana region, parties …
Water Resources Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues on Monday informed the House that the Supreme Court has set a time of six weeks for the formation of the Water Dispute Tribunal to solve the water-diversion issue between Goa and Karnataka. Replying to a calling attention motion by Fatorda MLA Damu Naik …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to spell out whether there was any proposal to set up a tribunal to adjudicate the river water dispute between Goa and Karnataka on construction of a project across the Mandovi river. A Bench comprising Justices Mukundakam Sharma …
New Delhi, July 25: Ahead of the all-party delegation meeting with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on the Babli project, the TD president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, is meeting national leaders to take up cudgels against the Maharashtra government. Mr Naidu highlighted the treatment meted out to him by …
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 …
To seek support of MPs of other parties, including DMK GARNERING SUPPORT:TDP MP Y.S. Chowdary (centre), with AIADMK CHENNAI: The Telugu Desam Party on Thursday wanted the Centre to enact a legislation bringing all water resources in the country under its control, saying only such a move would solve inter-State …
