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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Rs 344 cr Rohmaria protection scheme under study
Work to protect the Rohmaria area in Dibrugarh district from Brahmaputra erosion is on since January 4 last. The administrative approval for the scheme has been accorded for Rs 52.36 crore against the originally proposed Rs 59.9129 crore.
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Concern over Karnataka move to draw Cauvery water
The Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department is concerned at the reported arrangements being made by the Karnataka government to draw the Cauvery water for a drinking water project at a point 30 km downstream the Hogenakkal falls but within Karnataka limits. The drawal point is 25 km upstream the Stanley reservoir in Mettur. So far, Karnataka officials have not formally conveyed their plan to t
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Hydel projects to thwart Chinese designs
The Union Ministry of Power (MoP) has argued that the timely grant of environment and forest clearances for the proposed hydel projects in Arunachal Pradesh is crucial to ensure India
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Athirappilly: Medha challenges water commission's assessment
Environmentalist Medha Patkar has expressed doubts about the accuracy of the Central Water Commission's reported assessment of water availability for the proposed Athirappilly hydel project. She told reporters here on Sunday that the CWC had always taken sides with pro-dam lobbies.
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Kishenganga hearing: India gets relief for now
In a temporary relief to New Delhi, the ongoing construction activities at the 330 MW Kishenganga hydel project in Jammu and Kashmir will continue as Pakistan did not press for a stay on the activities during the first hearing of the international court of arbitration in Hague on Friday. The move came as a surprise to India given that Pakistan had initially petitioned for a stay order as an int
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Fresh Central move on Polavaram irks Odisha
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday took strong exception to the reported approval of the proposal of the Andhra Pradesh government by the Centre to increase the outlay of the controversial Polavaram irrigation project. Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) under the National Water Commission would clear the proposal when the issue is sub-judice in the Supreme Court, chief minister Nave
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Rohmoria anti-erosion project finally launched
DIBRUGARH, Jan 4: Water Resources Minister Prithibi Majhi today formally launched the Rs 60 crore Emergent Measure for Rohmoria Protection project in Dibruagarh. The anti-erosion measure at Rohmoria has been a long standing demand of the people here. A function was organized on the bank of the Brahmaputra at Rohmoria on the occasion. It was chaired by ADC MN Doley.
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CWC to map study area - Delhi addresses dam impact fears
Guwahati, Dec.
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Lift canal system for Kalahandi
BHUBANESWAR: THE State Government will start lift canal system as part of the Upper Indravati Irrigation Project beginning next year. The work which will commence by second half of 2011 is expected to end by 2013.
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Govt approves project to irrigate drought-prone areas
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday approved a proposal for irrigating about 26,248 hectare under drought-prone Koksara block in Kalahandi district by drawing water through pumps from the Indravati reservoir. Under the project, a pump house would be set up near the Hati barrage of Indravati river from where water would be drawn by pipes and released in a canal and then to agricultura