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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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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Heavy rains likely today, toll reaches 40
KOLKATA, 19 AUG: Four more persons died today in West Midnapore and Malda taking flood-related death toll to 40 even as the meteorological department predicted heavy rainfall in the state over the next
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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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Rain claims 4 lives in U.P., alert in Uttarakhand
<p> Rain claimed four lives in Uttar Pradesh and forced officials to issue an alert in Uttarakhand as the monsoon remained fairly active in North India on Wednesday.</p>
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Over 10 houses submerge in flood waters of Ghaghra
BAHRAICH: Much chaos was witnessed in dozens of villages of the district after Spur no. 7 constructed to protect the coastal dam of Adampur-Rewali submerged 25 meters deep into the flood waters of the
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Maha-Guj river link project underway
<p> Nagpur: The detailed project report (DPR) of the Damanganga-Pinjal link, a project to share water of two river basins across Maharashtra and Gujarat is likely to be ready by the end of this year.
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City gets water share after truce with Haryana
The water-sharing dispute between Delhi and Haryana was resolved on Tuesday with Haryana agreeing to release an additional 610 cusecs of Yamuna water in Munak canal to cater to the needs of the capital. While Haryana will give Delhi 610 cusecs water (610 cubic feet per second) or 17,273 litres per second at Munak canal, the city will provide Haryana Rs 50 crore as
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Haryana to complete Munak Canal; Delhi to pay more
The canal is expected to mitigate Capital's water problems After years of dithering and disagreeing, Haryana has agreed to complete the long-pending work on the Munak Canal.
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Despite all clearances, Govt fails to start work on Baglihar Stage-II
JAMMU: Though the State Government has flagged tapping of available hydro-electric potential in time bound manner as priority sector yet it failed to get the work on Stage-II of the Baglihar Hydroelectric Project on river Chenab started during the past over six months despite the fact that the project has received all sorts of clearances from different quarters. Authoritative sources told EXCELSI
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Ganga rising, Sharda flowing above danger mark in U.P.
The temperature rose on Sunday after rains eluded most places in the northern region including the National Capital, while heavy downpour in Uttar Pradesh led to river Sharda crossing the danger mark. In Uttar Pradesh, Birdghat (Gorakhpur) received 102 mm of rain and Siddhartha Nagar had 96.6 mm during the past 24 hours. According to Central Water Commission report, river Ganga is rising in