On the water front
A one-week delay in the monsoon’s arrival has laid bare the precariousness of India’s water situation. The images of thousands of Chennai residents running after water tankers were telecast by BBC and
Central Water Commission (CWC)
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Rajasthan demands water from Tajewala headworks
Rajasthan has demanded that neighbouring Haryana release the Yamuna waters from Tajewala headworks in accordance with the provisions of the 1994 river water agreement among five States to facilitate supply
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Provide MoEF clearance letters on Pench project: Green panel
BHOPAL: The national green tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to produce letters related to the recommendations and alleged revocation of the environmental
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Watermarking data
In a bid to bring transparency in the water sector, the Centre has decided to put in the public domain all water data maintained by the Central Water Commission (CWC) and the Central Ground Water Board.
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Dam Frenzy Fails to Notice Environmental Concerns
Environment ministry does not evaluate cumulative environmental impact of multiple dams in a region. Funded by the project proponent, the EIA report of a project too downplays the environmental costs, reports M Rajshekhar Housed in the ministry of environment and forests is a quasi-independent body whose job is to scrutinise every hydel-power project for environmental damage. In its six years, the hydel environmental assessment committee (EAC) has evaluated 262 hydropower plants and irrigation projects, according to a February 2013 study by the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People, a Delhi-based antidam organisation; it hasn’t rejected a single one.
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Hydro-meteorological data dissemination policy (2013)
<p>According to this policy released by the government, all water data maintained by the Central Water Commission and the Central Ground Water Board will be made available in the public domain.</p>
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Tamil Nadu faces 11% water deficit, stares at acute crisis: Study
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu is facing a water deficit of 11%, says a report. This is bad news, coming as it does at the beginning of a torrid summer. While the current total water demand in the state, for domestic,
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Financial aspects of flood control, anti-sea erosion and drainage projects
A flood may cause innumerable problems such as loss of agricultural produce, water logging, erosion of land, health hazards and loss of human lives. Heavy rain causes flood. Inadequate rain causes drought.
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‘Quantify Godavari water utilised by Maharashtra’
Telugu Desam leader Kadiam Srihari has asked the State government to take immediate steps through the Central Water Commission (CWC) to quantify the Godavari water being utilised by Maharashtra above Sriramsagar. Speaking at an all-party meet on the Babli project on Thursday, Mr. Srihari said any finding that the utilisation by Maharashtra is in excess of its 60 tmc ft allocation will form a clear basis for AP filing a review petition against the recent Supreme Court ruling in the Babli case.
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Law Ministry’s opinion sought on implementation of the award
With the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) taking effect on the date of its publication in the gazette (February 19), the Union Ministry of Water Resources has sought the Law Ministry’s opinion on how to implement it till the formation of the Cauvery Management Board (CMB). Though setting up the Board is mandatory, it will take a long time as the process has to start from scratch and needs the approval of the Union Cabinet. So, the Ministry has sought the legal opinion on the mechanism to be adopted to implement the final award till the formation of the Board, sources in the Ministry told Deccan Herald.
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Now Tamil Nadu to seek Cauvery Management Board
For effective implementation of final award Having passed through the stage of notification of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal’s final award, the State government is going to seek immediate establishment of the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) for effective implementation of the award. The CMB will form part of a scheme that has to be framed by the Union government. The Tribunal, in the final award given in February 2007, suggested the creation of the CMB and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee.