Acute water shortage in Digri and Jhuddo talukas may not allow growers to sow wheat crop, said Jhuddo Taluka Nazim Jhuddo Haji Mohammad Hassan Leghari.

He said that even drinking water was not being provided in distributaries and minor canals of two talukas.

After firming up the Pancheshwar dam project during his visit to Uttarakhand today, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal

Dehradun: : Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dhal, better known as Prachanda, visited the Tehri Dam on Friday in the wake of a fresh move to develop the long pending 6,000 mw Pancheshwar Dam that is to be built jointly by India and Nepal.

CEC sends notice to Karnataka A SUPREME Court-appointed committee has asked the Karnataka government to clarify whether the Kalsa-Bhandura irrigation project was violating forest and wildlife laws. The Central Empowered Commit tee, appointed to monitor forest related cases, recently issued a notice to the Karnataka government, following a petition filed by a Belgaum-based ngo.

NEW DELH: India and Nepal on Thursday agreed to give a major thrust to partnership and cooperation in the power sector by taking up execution of major hydro power projects, transmission lines and export of power to Nepal to tide over shortage.

Aid for four medium, mega hydel projects will boost power generation plans

Making a major breakthrough in the power sector, the Prem Kumar Dhumal Government today entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to avail $ 800 million (approximately Rs 3,800 crore) funding for hydel power generation.

A dispute over distribution of irrigation water took lives of two people in the Balkehl village of Badbher here on Monday.

A police official said two groups led by Israr Ali and Munsif Khan had developed differences over ownership of a water channel in the locality and despite repeated efforts local elders could not resolve the issue.

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