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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Visitors asked to save water
LUCKNOW: The Upper Ganga Basin Organisation, Central Water Commission, under its Information Education Communication Scheme organised an exhibition with the motto `Save Water' at Lucknow Mahotsav on Tuesday. The exhibition showcased various sources of water, ways to conserve it and most importantly preventing the existing water from getting polluted.
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Central Water Committee clears irrigation project
Forest nod still awaited Nurpur: Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Minister Ravinder Ravi, while addressing a press conference here today, said the long-awaited proposed Finna Singh Irrigation Project had been cleared by the Central Water Commission (CWC) and now environment and forest clearance was being awaited. He said the proposed project, which had become an election gimmick during the p
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50 pc Subansiri project work completed: Centre
The hue and cry over mega dams in Arunachal Pradesh notwithstanding, the Centre has said 50 per cent of the works on the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project has been completed, while plans have been firmed up for implementation of Siang Upper (stage I) and Lower hydro projects. The confirmation in the Parliament came on a day, when the National Alliance for Peoples Movement (ALPM) stage
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Group favours ease in hydro data access
The ministry of water resources has been asked to review its guidelines regarding release of
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State firm on safety issues
The State Government is in no way going to surrender the issue of safety of the State and its people as far as the mega hydel power projects are concerned. The Power Department has asked the NHPC Ltd to engage even the foreign firms of international repute to study the location and impacts, etc, of the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP).
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AP to chart out master plan for optimum use of water
The Irrigation Minister said the State Government has taken up the issue of inter-State water disputes with the Maharashtra Government and also with the Central Water Commission The Andhra Pradesh Government has initiated a process to chart out a master plan that seeks to optimise use of water from overflowing reservoirs by creating new bunds and dams to bring more areas under cultivation. T
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Centre approves hike in revised cost of Sardar Sarovar Project
Gargi Parsai The Centre has allowed a revision in the project cost of the Sardar Sarovar Project (Narmada dam) to Rs.39,240.45 crore from Rs.6,406 crore (1986-87 prices) despite non-compliance by the Gujarat government in several aspects of the dam project, which has been in the making for several years. This information was unearthed by the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SAN
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HC takes up PIL seeking protection of the Majuli island
The largest inhabited river island in the world, the Majuli island, located in the Brahmaputra River of the Jorhat district in eastern Assam has been under a serious threat due to river erosion since the past few decades defying all the protective measures taken by the government agencies concerned to safeguard the landmass of the island. Due to its unique socio-cultural and natural environment
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Cell to study impact of climate change
Hyderabad, Sept. 27: Climate change is said to be the reason behind the sudden surge in the rainfall and flooding.
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Yamuna rises to 32-yr high, city homes deluged
New Delhi: The city witnessed its worst flood since 1978 as the Yamuna touched 207.11 metres late Wednesday night and remained at that level for eight hours.