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 …
Taking up a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Hanumangarh (Rajasthan)-based farmers, the National Green Tribunal has issued notices to the Centre and the Punjab Government for July 21. The PIL was filed by Hanumangarh Zila Parishad chairperson Shobha Singh Doodi and vice-chairperson Shabnam Godara seeking a check on supply …
Authorities concerned are yet to complete the Yamgha Amarai Irrigation Project though its construction was initiated 35 years ago. The project to four kilometre canal was started with financial aid from the World Bank to irrigate around 812 hectares of farmland belonging to 65 households at Yamgha VDC. Except for …
Chief minister Manohar Parrikar has said that the Mhadei tribunal has accepted the argument advanced by the state government through its counsel. He also said that Karnataka did not have any valid argument expect to say that the Goa government did not oppose the stand taken by their government. Parrikar …
BALASORE: A century-old canal between Odisha and West Bengal has become a major poll issue in Balasore parliamentary constituency. Leading political parties have promised to revive the 221-km long Coast Canal, which would provide a boost to irrigation, flood control and pisciculture in the district. "The canal is a national …
SULTANPURIA (Sirsa): Not a single vote was cast in two polling booths in Sultanpuria village as 1,900 voters boycotted elections over non-fulfillment of their long-pending demand. For the past 12 years, villagers have been demanding a water canal for irrigation purpose but no political leader has taken any initiative in …
Alleged illegalities done by the Karnataka government were pointed out by Goa's advocate general Atmaram Nadkarni before the Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal in New Delhi on Tuesday. Nadkarni, in his arguments, said, "Without obtaining mandatory clearances, either from the Ministry of Environment and Forests or from the Central Water Resource …
In violation of the norms, sewage is being discharged into the Hansi branch canal. As the canal is the primary source of irrigation for many villages, the water pollution can create serious health problems for residents, if the authorities fail to stop it immediately. The residents alleged that it was …
Spots like Swapna Nagiri, which is often used as a popular fair ground and a public event venue, can be seen with piles of decomposed garbage dredged out from the bottom of the canal A Rs. 2.41-crore Water Resources Department project to clean up the Canoly Canal is turning out …
Punjab, Rajasthan oppose state’s plea on using Hansi-Butana canal Citing Centre’s alert on possible drought in 2014 due to the El Nino effect, Haryana today pleaded in the Supreme Court for using the 109-km Hansi-Butana canal by pumping water from the Bakhra Mainline (BML). Since the SC had restrained Haryana …
Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Tuesday directed the state government to constitute a high-level committee under chief secretary to discuss and resolve issues pertaining to Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canal project in Narmada valley. A double bench of Chief Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice J K …
The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Tuesday, in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), directed the State Government to form a high- level committee to settle issues of Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar projects. Double bench of Chief Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice JK Maheshwari directed the …
Union oil minister M Veerappa Moily appears to have influenced the decisions of the Karnataka cabinet on Tuesday. With Lok Sabha polls fast approaching, the state cabinet approved revised estimates for the Ettinahole drinking water project at Rs 12,912 crore, and decided to give 283 acres to the Centre to …
State Irrigation Minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon today said as many as 112 more tubewells would be made operational for irrigation in the kandi areas of Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Ropar and Nawanshahar districts by April. He said 687 tubewells were already functioning to irrigate 87,500 acres of land benefiting 10,300 farmers of …
Residents of 18 villages located within the limits of the Darawat Dam project are resisting relocation without settlement of their claims, pressing the Water and Power Development Authority to ask the Sindh government to pay Rs200 million compensation to the affectees. According to official sources and documents reviewed by Dawn …
The Punjab government on Wednesday approved two development schemes with an estimated cost of Rs 1028.349 million. These schemes were approved in the 24th meeting of Provincial Development working Party of current fiscal year 2013-14 presided over by the Punjab Planning and Development Board Chairman, Muhammad Irfan Elahi, says P&D; …
Under a mega project to increase water supply for irrigation in Jhang branch canal, uplift work has been started at Gojra and Toba Tek Singh tehsils. Irrigation department’s project sub-engineer Noorul Huda told this correspondent on Monday banks of this 50-kilometre-long portion of the canal would be strengthened and further …
Funds allocated for Narayanpur left bank, Upper Tunga projects The Canal will help in irrigating an additional 1.5 lakh hectares in Yadgir, Gulbarga and Bijapur districts. The Centre has sanctioned Rs 5,500 crore to Karnataka for two major irrigation projects -remodeling of Narayanpur left bank canal and Upper Tunga project. …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has sanctioned Rs 175 crore to the Gujarat government for an irrigation project in Mehsana district in northern part of the state. The money has been sanctioned under the bank's Rural Infrastructure Development Fund-XIX for "construction of Narmada Main Canal-based Lift irrigation". …
Two years after the government requested Japan for their assistance to carry out a detailed design and rehabilitation of about three kilometres of the Taklai irrigation system in Sarpang, a grant agreement of Nu 630M was signed between the chief representative of JICA Bhutan office and Gross National Happiness Commission …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Pakistan Tuesday signed an agreement to invest US$ 73 million in rehabilitating Pakpattan Canal and Suleimanki Barrage in Pakistan's Punjab province. "The rehabilitation of Pakpattan and its linked cannels, and installation of new gates at Suleimanki barrage will reduce water losses …
