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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Central Water panel planning to review national policy
The Central Water Commission (CWC) has said that a mechanism has been evolved to expand and restructure it to adopt river basins as fundamental blocks for integrated planning, development and management
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Water Commission to evaluate Mewat canal project
The Haryana Government has forwarded a Rs 666.6 crore Mewat canal project to the Central Water Commission for appraisal to supply water for irrigation and drinking purposes in Mewat. An official spokesman
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TN seeks 52.8 tmcft of water from Karnataka till February
Moves fresh petition in Supreme Court for direction to neighbouring State Tamil Nadu on Thursday filed a fresh petition in the Supreme Court for a direction to Karnataka to release 52.8 tmcft of water till February 2013 to save crops raised on 15 lakh acres. The State also wanted the court to properly define the ‘season’ to ensure that adequate water was released to protect the interests of farmers.
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It took 37 yrs for Bawanthadi project to get completed
Project-affected villagers pitch for technical and financial audit It took 37 years to complete the Rajiv Sagar project on the tributary of the Wainganga river in the Godawari basin. The project, a joint venture between the Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh governments, was started in 1975, with an approved cost of Rs 23 crore. However, this rose to a whopping Rs 1,407 crore. While Maharashtra contributed Rs 749 crore, Rs 658 crore came from Madhya Pradesh.
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Power project eyes 2016 deadline - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam to benefit from Neepco’s biggest venture
Kimi (Arunachal Pradesh), Oct. 15: There will soon be light at the end of the tunnel, literally. Engineers of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) Limited are just 3km away from breaking out
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Gadkari sought central funds
BJP president Nitin Gadkari wrote to Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Bansal in July this year to push for the release of central funds for contractors of an irrigation project declared as seriously
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Posting of consultant in Mullaperiyar dam panel irks Kerala
Kerala will convey its displeasure over the appointment of consultant to the monitoring committee for maintenance and repair at Mullaperiyar dam. The Irrigation department has already conveyed the displeasure to the State Water Resources Department to be taken up with the Central Water Commission. As per the Supreme Court direction, the monitoring committee for maintenance will consist of three members, one each from Kerala and Tamil Nadu and one independent member from the Centre.
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Union Water Secretary to meet Tamil Nadu, Karnataka officials
Even as the State received the lowest quantum of Cauvery flows during the southwest monsoon (June-September) in the last two decades, Union Water Resources Secretary Dhruv Vijai Singh is to visit Chennai and Bangalore on Thursday (October 4) to meet officials of the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments for discussions on the Cauvery issue. His discussions in Chennai and Bangalore would form part of his preparations for the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC)’s meeting in New Delhi on October 8 to review the position.
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Flood scene worsens in State, 18 dead
GUWAHATI, Sept 25 – Over 17.60 lakh people in 2,055 villages under 69 revenue circles of 16 districts of the State are hit by the current wave of floods. In all, 18 persons have been reported dead and
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Heavy rain claims 18 lives in U.P.
Parts of North India received heavy rain which claimed 18 lives in Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours even as a cloudburst washed away many shops and vehicles in Himachal Pradesh. Ten persons died in Gorakhpur followed by three each in Lakhimpur and Amethi and two in Basti in mishaps like wall collapse. Rain and thundershowers are likely at a few places in the next 24 hours, said the weatherman.