Affidavit by Pune Municipal Corporation in OA No.32/2024 (WZ) (Anuj Abhay Deshpande V/s Pune Municipal Corporation & Ors.) dated 16/02/2024. The matter related to construction of new water reservoirs by Pune Municipal Corporation at Fergusson College Hill. Three new water tanks have been proposed at Bhamburda (Shivajinagar) Gut No 262 …
Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of India once again reiterated that diversion of forest land in Mizoram for the construction of Tipaimukh Multipurpose Dam should not be sanctioned. The committee said this in a meeting with Ministry of Environment and Forest on August 13 and 14, over diversion of 1551.60 hectares …
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa stands firm on her opinion on Karnataka hydel projects on the Cauvery. Miss Jayalalithaa has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advise Karnataka not to build any hydel power projects on the Cauvery. She also requested the Prime Minister to tell the ministry of …
A lawyer, Chaudhry Ahmad Masood Gujjar, has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court seeking directions for construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam to save billions of rupees. The petitioner has stated that the federal government had stopped the work on this important project. He said that the president of …
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday reiterated the demand that the Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh should not be declared a national project and its construction work should be stopped immediately until all the pending issues with Odisha are resolved. “Since the construction of the project has been challenged in …
The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) here on Monday approved and recommended Executive Committee on National Economic Council (ECNEC) 13 projects costing around Rs 103 billion including foreign aid of Rs 8.2 billion relating to the energy sector. The CDWP meeting was held under the chairmanship of Minister for Planning …
BHUBANESWAR: Families affected by Hirakud dam staged a demonstration outside the assembly here on Saturday, demanding 10 decimal of homestead land to each family. Ousted in 1955-56, the families also demanded immediate conversion of all the 34 un-surveyed villages, located on bank of the reservoir, to revenue villages. In their …
Expressing concern over the proliferation of hydrolectric projects and their impact on the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers, the SC has directed the environment ministry to not grant any environmental clearances to the hydro-electric projects in Uttarakhand. Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Alaknanda Hydro Power …
Locals Say Water Drawn At Jangpura Parking Site Wasted New Delhi: Jangpura’s three-storeyed parking lot, which has already been delayed by three years, is in the centre of a controversy again. The residents have alleged that when the contractor had excavated the place initially, groundwater sprang up and flooded the …
Many villages in Shahapur and Shorapurtaluks face flood threat as Krishna river is in spate following heavy outflow from Narayanpur reservoir. In all, 2.60 lakhcusecs of water is being released from the reservoir as the inflow into the reservoir is also 2.60 lakhcusecs. Shahapur-Devadurga connecting bridge near Kollur village is …
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday commissioned another Mahaweli Zone project to provide water for drinking and agriculture to the people in the Eastern Province. The President released the first flow of water and opened the Rambaken Oya Reservoir which was constructed at a cost of Rs. 3.97 billion to …
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday assured that most people in the State will get water supply 24x7 with the completion of Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) project by 2014. Parrikar was speaking after laying the foundation stone for the construction of the overhead reservoir at Mangor, Vasco, under Salaulim …
The mushrooming growth of private tourist resorts in the water belt areas of Karapuzha Reservoir in Kerala is posing a serious threat to the existence of the multipurpose reservoir. Close to 45 multi-storeyed resorts are being built in the catchment area of the reservoir. Nearly 10 have started functioning. Most …
Dams are being built in different sizes depending on the requirements and the height permissible at the particular site. The higher a dam, the larger the concerns for undesirable impacts that have to be mitigated and the assurance that has to be given to everyone that the dam is not …
Processed sewage from K&C; valley plant to be used for the purpose Though the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has commissioned its last and final drawal of 500 million litres of water (mld) from the Cauvery basin, through Cauvery IV stage II phase project, the Board is still …
The 2012 drought in Maharashtra's Marathwada region was mainly the result of lack of good water governance and poor operation of watershed development and irrigation projects. A policy that restrains sugar cane cultivation and modernises all types of water resource development works will go a long way in ensuring that …
The phase I of the Godavari drinking water supply project has received the forest clearance, which will pave the way for its implementation by next year. The project seeks to augment water to the metropolitan city of Hyderabad and its neighbouring areas. The long-awaited clearance will enable the Government to …
The onset of monsoon has not helped in filling up Krishnaraj Sagar (KRS) reservoir, where the water level has dipped to lowest in the last 10 years. The inflow has not increased due to scanty rainfall in the catchment areas, especially Waynad in Kerala and Kodagu in Karnataka. The water …
Land IS at a premium beyond the Assam plains in the Northeast where two-thirds of the area is made up of hills and mountains. With less than 3 percent cropland, Arunachal Pradesh is India’s most sparsely cultivated state. of the few patches of fertile alluvial fields, the most priceless are …
Shimla, May 31: There will be a complete ban on fishing in all general reservoirs of the state from June 1 to July 31 and the sale of fish will not be permitted. Director of Fisheries Gurcharan Singh said today that special staff had been deputed to keep a strict …
In a bid to bring transparency in the water sector, the Centre has decided to put in the public domain all water data maintained by the Central Water Commission (CWC) and the Central Ground Water Board. The data, including river water levels, river discharge, siltation, reservoir levels, ground water levels …
