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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CWC staff slam Mihir Shah panel report on water reforms
The CWC has sent a strong note to Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati, complaining against the committee’s recommendations. The employees of the Central Water Commission (CWC) have slammed the Mihir
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Death toll mounts to 28 as flood fury remains unabated
Patna: With five more deaths reported from Samastipur district on Wednesday, the toll in the Ganga floods in 12 affected districts has mounted to 28. The state Disaster Management Department (DMD) said
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Flood situation grim in UP, 3,000 moved to camps
Varanasi: The rising Ganga and Varuna have inundated almost all localities along the rivers. On Saturday, about 3,000 people were taken away from the flood affected areas to relief camps running at 11
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Supreme Court for Telangana, AP officials on Babli panel
It said the chairman of the Central Water Commission will continue to chair the reconstituted supervisory committee. The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Centre to have representatives from Telangana
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A 21st century institutional architecture for India’s water reforms: restructuring the CWC and CGWB
The Central Water Commission will formally protest against a proposal to subsume it into a new organisation. The proposal that resulted from a report — A 21st Century Institutional Architecture for India’s
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Centre sets up panel on water sharing row
Hyderabad: The Union water resources ministry on Thursday announced a committee comprising engineers from the Central Water Commission (CWC) to study the contentious issue of water sharing between Telangana
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Renuka Dam: NGT team for time-bound rehabilitation
An eight-member team of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), headed by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests SP Vasudeva, today took stock of the rehabilitation plan and environmental mitigation measures
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Delhi govt to restore 90 wells to tap rainwater from Palla-Wazirabad floodplain
The scheme, called ‘Preserve and Use’, will restore 90 wells around the floodplain to extract the water. Once the project is completed, the government claimed it would be the first-of-its-kind in the world.
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding CRZ clearance for construction of retaining wall, service road along with the banks of the river Mithi, Mumbai, 31/05/2016
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jalbiradari & Others Vs Ministry of Environment & Forests & Others dated 31/05/2016 regarding grant of CRZ Clearance for construction
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Water level in reservoirs across country nosedives
The Water Resources Ministry is on tenterhooks on account of its Central Water Commission’s fresh study pointing to a continuous decline in the water level in country’s 91 major reservoirs. Though several