Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
This article is a systematic documentation and analysis of events that motivated development of irrigation in Madras Presidency in general and Krishna district in particular. In Krishna district, when the anicut was built in 1855, the phase-wise excavation of canals determined the phases of development of irrigation (1855-1900; 1900-1965 and …
MUMBAI: The Anti-Corruption Bureau has sought the state government's okay to launch an "open inquiry" against irrigation minister Sunil Tatkare over allegations of land grab and disproportionate assets. A "discreet inquiry" against the senior NCP leader, sources said, is already complete. The ACB now wants authorization for the second stage …
MUMBAI: A non-existing company owned by BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Sancheti bagged irrigation projects worth Rs 1,350 crore in Maharashtra in 2007-08. The firm, Shakti Kumar M Sancheti Ltd, was renamed SMS Infrastructure in November 2005. Yet, Sancheti was awarded contracts by the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) under …
BHUBANESWAR: Utkal Bharat Party president Kharabela Swain on Saturday urged the State Government to take the people likely to be affected by the Lower Suktel irrigation project into confidence before going for its construction. “The Lower Suktel project is a victim of nasty politics and the BJD Government has no …
This study provided socio-economic scenarios for key indicators at the national and state level in India. The study: developed scenarios of economic growth and other key social indicators using national-level data sets; explored the interactions between agriculture, energy, water and climate change via a case study of a canal system …
Maharashtra Governor K Sankarnarayanan today accepted the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who quit following reports about his alleged involvement in a Rs20,000 crore irrigation scam. Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan met the governor this morning and handed over Pawar's resignation. "The governor has accepted Ajit Pawar's resignation …
The state government has assured the World Bank that Uttar Pradesh will stick to the time-table proposed by the funding agency for modernisation of Lower Ganga Canal Irrigation System Project. This assurance was given by Agriculture Production Commissioner Alok Ranjan during a meeting with World Bank team here on Thursday. …
19 More Ministers Offer To Resign, Sharad Says No Mumbai: Maharashtra deputy chief minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar resigned from the Democratic Front government on Tuesday evening, in a dramatic development which brought to the fore his party’s simmering tension with the Congress but which should not lead to …
The massive cost escalation of irrigations dotted across Konkan, Vidarbha, Marathwada, North Maharashtra and western Maharashtra, which works up to Rs26,000 crore, have proved to be a nightmare for Ajit Pawar, who quit as the deputy chief minister on Tuesday. The NCP leader held the portfolio of water resources minister …
SSNNL-Sponsored Survey Flies In The Face Of State Govt’s Claims Of Drought Gandhinagar: A just-published study, sponsored by Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), suggests that even the existing incomplete canal network should have considerably eased the current scarcity conditions, claimed to be prevailing in large parts of Gujarat. The …
The State government will install solar panels along the irrigation canals to generate power for lifting water. The project will be implemented in Yadgir, Raichur and Bijapur districts in the first phase. Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai said here on Wednesday that it had been planned to install 10,000 solar …
The National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) will help the Rajasthan Government revamp the half-century-old Chambal canal system which caters to the irrigation needs of the Hadauti districts of Kota, Bundi and Baran. The Hadauti region is known for its grain and cereal production including export quality Bundi …
Weeks after hiking the annual plan outlay for Samajwadi Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh by over 20 per cent, the UPA government on Friday opened its coffers once again pledging Rs 2,915 crore to fund an ongoing irrigation project in the state. The ‘Sarayu Nahar Pariyojana’ — which began three-and-a-half decades ago …
The Canolly canal and the Kallayi river will be de-silted soon with assistance from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), District Collector K.V. Mohan Kumar said here on Tuesday. Approval of the Shipping and Navigation Department had been obtained for deepening the Canolly canal at a cost …
JAMMU, July 26: Terming effective Panchayats as essential component for rural emancipation, Minister for Medical Education, R.S.Chib, today emphasized the need for stronger coordination between the people, the government and the Panchayat representatives for all round growth and development. Chairing a high level meeting held here to review the status …
This article looks into the instances of growing waterlogging, which is a negative externality of the developmental process (canal irrigation) that has affected the marginalised sections to a greater extent, who mostly depend on land for livelihood and self-sustenance. Land-use pattern has undergone a tremendous transformation due to irrigation development …
The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday moved the Supreme Court for a direction to the Centre to convene a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority immediately to perform its statutory obligations and approve the distress sharing formula evolved by the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) for sharing of flows of the …
Kalasa-Banduri nala project envisages diversion of water from canal to Malaprabha The Kalasa-Banduri Horata Samiti, which is fighting for implementation of the Kalasa-Banduri nala project that envisages diversion of water from the Kalasa and Banduri Nala to Malaprabha river, has decided to meet Goa chief minister Manohar Parikkar and appeal …
Owing to abysmally low level of water in the Bhakra and Pong dams, the water supply to partner states, including Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, was cut by 10 per cent this morning. The reduction in water supply is set to hit transplantation of paddy and watering of other crops in …
Chandigarh/Shimla: The one-day northern zone chief ministers' conference will be held here tomorrow amidst tight security. The Chief Ministers of six northern states and the UT Administrator will participate in the conference that will begin with Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's address at 10 am. The conference will aim at …
