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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SC assigns time to MoEF for filing affidavit on IS, Omkareshwar
The Supreme Court while hearing the case of Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canals in the Narmada valley has granted more time to MoEF for filing affidavit, while mentioned that the stay on Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canal would continue.
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Production and decomposition of litter in plantation forests of Eucalyptus Camaldulensis along canal command area in Indian desert
<p>Litter production varied greatly with plantation age and stem density in E. camaldulensis being high in 12-year old plantation. Lowest litter production was in 4-year old plantation. Bimodal pattern of litter fall was observed in younger plantation where, two peaks of varied intensity were observed in summer and winter.</p>
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Farmers stage stir on R-Day
'The four MLAs of the district lack concern for farmers. They are all set to implement Bhadra Upper Canal Project with the greed for commission. Farmers who do not even have basic knowledge about the project are behaving rudely to the farmers,' said JD(S) State Vice-President H D Rajendra.
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SC declines to vacate HC stay on Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar canals
The Supreme Court has declined to vacate MP High Court
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MP asked to furnish details of dam-affected
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Madhya Pradesh government to file a list of persons facing displacement due to the multi-crore Indira Sagar and Onkareshwar canal projects, together with the rehabilitation package for them.
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Satellite images to help curb Narmada water theft
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: Gujarat government is learnt to have reached the drastic decision to use satellite imagery to identify agricultural farms which get water from the Narmada canal but do no pay for it.
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Farmers block canal to protest improper water distribution
Alleging improper distribution of canal water among the consumers, farmers from Gumjal in Abohar tehsil have created an artificial barrier at the tail-end of the Malukpura minor canal near the village. The farmers are sitting on dharna since January 1 and have declared that until the government gives them "proper" water supply, they would not lift the dharna.
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Secret of Gujarats agrarian miracle after 2000
Semi-arid Gujarat has clocked high and steady growth at 9.6% per year in agricultural state domestic product since 1999-2000. What has driven this growth?
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Water crisis looms in capital due to canal closure
New Delhi: Most parts of south, west and central Delhi will have to go without water on December 18 and 19 due to the closure of a canal that provides water to the Haiderpur and Nangloi water treatment plants (WTP). According to sources, the Delhi subbranch canal that supplies water to the WTPs has to be closed to carry out some construction work.
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Water governance in the Narmada basin
The paper reviews contentious issues related to water governance in the Narmada river basin like the riparian rights of States over apportionment of the use of the waters for large dam-centered canal irrigation and hydro-electric power development and the later disputes around the appropriateness of this model of development given the tremendous environmental and social costs associated with it.