The Punjab Canal and Drainage Act, 2023
The Government of Punjab on December 27, 2023, notified the Punjab Canal and Drainage Act, 2023. The following has been stated: Section 2 talks about various definitions like “canal” “culturable command
Canal Irrigation
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Capt rejects water panel’s report
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt Amarinder Singh today rejected the preliminary report of the Central Water Commission (CWC) submitted to the Supreme Court. According to the report, the
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Centre proposes experts’ panel, Punjab rejects it
The Centre today suggested in the Supreme Court that the dispute over the strengthening of the Hansi-Butana canal should be referred to an expert committee comprising members from Punjab, Haryana and the
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Rs 115 cr sanctioned for irrigation infrastructure in TN
The Tamil Nadu Government has sanctioned over Rs 115 crore for two projects under the Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation and Water Bodies Restoration and Management programme to modernise irrigation infrastructure
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Haryana farmers reach out to Punjab brethren
Slam Punjab govt for playing politics on a ‘non-issue’ Kaithal: From an “inconsequential” toe-wall next to the Hansi-Butana canal, Punjab may now be up against a human wall of a “united Haryana” if the
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Endgame for bustards
Just mention the large brown-and-white bird and the residents of Mardi village in Solapur burst out in anger. The district in Maharashtra is one of the few refuges for the rare Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis
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Panel Pours Cold Water on Industrialisation Spr
<p> BHUBANESWAR: At a time when there is growing opposition to diversion of Mahanadi water for industrial use, the recommendations of the Expert Committee on Revenue Enhancing Measures have come as a
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Plug leakages of river waters
Rajasthan Minister of State for Agricultural Marketing Gurmeet Singh Kunnar has asked the water supply officials of the neighbouring State of Punjab to plug the leakages in Ravi-Beas waters supplied from Harike Barrage to northern parts of the State for irrigation. Mr.
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Water policy my top priority: Bansal
<p>New Delhi: Assuming charge as the water resources minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Wednesday that the finalization of the national water policy by March 2012 would be his first priority. “We are very keen to meet the March 2012 deadline. My predecessor Salman b h a idid a very good job. I hope to take it forward...
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How much water does Porvorim require today?
Demand for water in Porvorim is shooting with new constructions mushrooming all over.
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Farmers fume at secrecy surrounding acquisition
Land losers suspect govt is suppressing information Fifty two-year-old Lalsab Walikar from Mevundi is anxious ever since he got a notice from the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) to acquire his 24 acres. Elusive benefit: Farmer Lalsab Walikar of Mevundi village (second from right) and his neighbours stand at the edge of a trench dug in his field for the canal to supply wate