Water Disputes

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of a railway bridge on the flood plains of river Ganga, Uttar Pradesh, 07/03/2025

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 …

Babhli dam won't displace people

Jaideep Hardikar / DNA Mumbai: Notwithstanding the political storm brewing between Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh over the disputed Babhli barrage on the river Majra in Nanded, the Rs220 crore project is one of the 11 barrages the Maharashtra government

Low water level in Cauvery basin a concern

Low water levels in reservoirs of the Cauvery basin is threatening to trigger off another battle for waters of the River Cauvery between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu has shot off a letter to the State Government demanding release of 5 TMC ft of Cauvery water immediately for the …

TD stir against Babli act continues

July 22: Maintaining that every citizen in the country has the right to visit any place of his or her choice, the Telugu Desam (TD) senior leader, Ambica Krishna, found fault with the Maharashtra government for not allowing the TD leaders including opposition leader in state Assembly and party chief …

Sena tries to storm Salura

July 22: In a tit-for-tat response to the Telugu Desam stir on the Babli project, Shiv Sena activists along with pro-Babli agitators from Maharashtra tried to storm the Salura minor lift irrigation project at Salura village in the sugar-rich Bodhan mandal of Nizamabad district, on Thursday, threatening to demolish it. …

Babhli gone wrong, Chandrababu Naidu spits venom at Maharashtra

Hyderabad: Dejected TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu is raging against the Maharashtra government. After being forced out of Aurangabad and dumped in Hyderabad by state authorities, following his attempt to visit the controversial Babhli irrigation project, Naidu vowed to go to any extent to fight against Maharashtra

Naidu: Will continue stir

The Telugu Desam president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Wednesday said his party would continue to fight against the illegal Babhali structure till justice is done. Mr Naidu said,

Maha, AP wait for SC hearing

As the controversy relating to the Babhali dam flared up with the visit of TDP leader Chandra Babu Naidu with his party MLAs to Maharashtra in a bid to go to the site of the barrage, the disputing states are now looking for next hearing of the case in the …

Naidu emerges winner in Babli row

S. Nagesh Kumar Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu being welcomed at the Shamshabad International Airport in Hyderabad on Tuesday. In their attempt to protect their respective home turfs, the Congress governments in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra ended up handing over the political initiative in the Babli controversy to …

How to resolve the Babli conflict

Whenever we hear of new water conflicts between states we groan in trepidation. We feel that such rows will be shrill, emotional, long-winding and complicated

Naidu says no to bail, dam issue rocks Assembly

MUMBAI: The political crisis caused by the arrest of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu worsened on Monday. While Telugu Desam Party (TDP) activists observed a bandh in Andhra Pradesh to protest against the detention of their leader by the Maharashtra police, the state legislature was adjourned for the …

Chandrababu Naidu to launch national stir on Babhli project

Hyderabad: After kicking up a row by trying to visit the Babhli dam, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu is gearing up to kick off a national movement to highlight irregularities in projects by Maharashtra, causing damage to lower riparian states, ones that are at the lower end …

Kishanganga: Names of umpires rejected

With the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan failing to make any headway in talks, the two sides on Friday rejected the names suggested for three neutral umpires by either side to resolve the dispute between them over the 330 MW Kishanganga hydel project in Jammu and Kashmir. This paves …

Sonia asked to resolve Babli row

Basar (Adilabad), July 16: The Telugu Desam president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Friday asked the UPA chairperson, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, to convene a meeting of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra to resolve the Babli dispute. Mr Naidu, who was …

Wont allow anyone to take our share of water: R R Patil

Mumbai While the Maharashtra government attributed a political motive to Chandrababu Naidu

Uproar over opening of Jhelum link canal

The row over distribution of river water among provinces in Pakistan has erupted into a major crisis with the announcement by acting chairman of the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) for opening the Chashma-Jhelum link canal releasing 10,000 cusecs of water to Punjab. IRSA members representing three smaller provinces, Sindh, …

TD targets CM for Babli row

Hyderabad, July 7: The Opposition leader, Mr N Chandrababu Naidu, said the state government had handled the Babli row inefficiently, and the completion of the project on the Godavari river by Maharashtra confirmed this. Stating that the government was not taking

PM to discuss Punjab water row at meeting with Bansal today

Less than a week before the Supreme Court fixes a date for conducting regular hearing on the Presidential reference on the legality of the controversial Punjab Termination of Agreement Act, 2004, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to hold a crucial meeting with Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal …

A royal row over royalty

In Shiromani Akali Dal wants receiving states to pay royalty for water n Haryana retaliated by asking Punjab to pay royalty for water not supplied to it n In India there is no system of pricing river-water though n Two 'water experts' back the SAD demand Jangveer Singh Water has …

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