NewsRack: tushargupta101/Water/All_Channels/Rivers

Gogoi thanks PM for taking up dam issue with Chinese premier - Latest News

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Assam CM had voiced his serious concerns over water flows of trans-border rivers

HC issues notice to HP PCB on mining along Pabbar river - Zee News : Science and Technology

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Taking note of news reports regarding illegal mining along the banks of Pabbar river in Rohroo area of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh High Court issued notice to State Pollution Control Board.

Need to prevent erosion, enhance ground water - Financial Chronicle

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

In life and in death, rivers are an integral part of the human story. Mankind has thrived and civilizations have prospered around them for centuries on end. Be it the Nile or the Ganges, their holy water is said to have blessed many a soul. Besides us humans, there are many other inhabitants for whom the river is a source of shelter, food and conducive habitat. Like some egg-laying species such as fish, crocodiles, birds and amphibians. An egg being most vulnerable stage in their life cycle, these creatures prefer to lay them around or in the river. Many factors control the growth of these species, they may be natural which are uncontrollable and man-made which we can work on. One such man-made disturbance--- dams and reservoirs--- control the water regime of the river and in turn govern its ecology. In a developing nation with a mammoth population, our policymakers have designed a mega river-linking project to secure drinking and irrigation water for our needs. The National River Linking ...

Samiti demands stopping illegal sand mining at banks of Phalguni River - Mangalore - City - The Times of India

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Janaspandana Jagruthi Horata Samiti has urged Dakshina Kannada (DK) district administration to prevent illegal sand mining on the banks of Phalguni River in Muthuru village of Mangalore taluk here on Wednesday.

HEMAVATHI REACHES KRS - Star of Mysore

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

HEMAVATHI REACHES KRS

BU to tap Vrishabhavati to meet its water needs - Bangalore Mirror: City

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

With the Cauvery basin almost dry and Bangalore perhaps facing its worst ever water crisis...

Forest Department to plant one lakh saplings, says Rai - Hindu: Mangalore

Special Correspondent — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Stating that the Forest Department will be made “people and environment friendly”, Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology B. Ramanath Rai said here on Tuesday that he intends to plant one l...

Normal water supply from 22nd: BWSSB - newindianexpress.com

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Li's visit yields little on Brahmputra - Down to Earth

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

China goes ahead with dam construction, while both countries classify hydrological data in the name of national security China plans on constructing a 50 metre high dam, and tunnel water at this bend from an altitude of 3,000 metres to harness the energy as it falls 2,000 metres—at a rate of 15 metres per kilometre Homepage Teaser: China goes ahead with dam construction, while both countries classify hydrological data in the name of national security ...

Rai assures to increase green cover - Mangalore - City - The Times of India

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

B Ramanatha Rai, the newly inducted minister for forest, ecology and environment, on Tuesday vowed to increase the state's green cover.

India-China dialogue: NE chorus for int'l water panel - Guwahati - City - The Times of India

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Even as China has expressed its willingness to share hydrological information on the Brahmaputra with India, civil society groups in the northeast demanded that both Beijing and New Delhi should establish an independent international commission on water for better management of trans-boundary rivers and recognize the rights of indigenous people.

Nuke power and energy needs - newindianexpress.com

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Water level at Mettur hits 17-year low - newindianexpress.com

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

India-China Accords - Central Chronicle » Editorial

ccadmin786 — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The visit of new Chinese Primier Mr Li Kequiang as his first foreign tour is... more »

No change in stand on river diversion: Ramanath Rai - deccanherald.com

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

No change in stand on river diversion: Ramanath Rai

No change in stand on river diversion: Rai - deccanherald.com

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

No change in stand on river diversion: Rai

Govt sets time frame for implementation of Jermain dam project - Zee News : States

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Uttarakhand government on Tuesday set a time frame to launch construction of the long awaited Jamrani multipurpose dam project on Gola river in Nainital, awaiting implementation since 1975.

DR Congo waits on funding for Grand Inga - Guardian: Environment

John Vidal — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Complete set of Grand Inga dams on the Congo River would generate a massive 40,000MW of electricity The dream of harnessing the mighty Congo River with the world's largest set of dams has moved closer, with the World Bank and other financial institutions expected to offer finance and South Africa agreeing to buy half of the power generated. French, Belgian, Chinese, Brazilian and African engineers have, over 60 years, all hoped to dam the Congo. But decades of civil war, corruption, and the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) reputation as a failed state have limited the hydropower developments at Inga Falls to two relatively small dams, built in 1972 and 1982. These, dubbed Inga 1 and 2, have a theoretical capacity of 1,400MW but produce only about half that. A new $20bn development to generate a further 4,800MW was announced over the weekend in Paris with work planned to start in October 2015. According to the DRC government, working with European and other consultants, five further ...

Modi Misleading People on Kalpasar Project: Activists - Outlook Wires

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Activists here today alleged that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was misleading people on the Gulf of Khambhat Development Project (Kalpasar), touted to end water woes of the arid Saurashtra region.

Demolish illegal structures on Yamuna, Hindon flood plains, says green tribunal - Down to Earth

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Passes injunction to prevent illegal structures from being built along Yamuna flood plain in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered demolition of all illegal structures on riverbed and flood plains of Yamuna and Hindon in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.

The five-member bench, headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, observed that the authorities, including the Uttar Pradesh’s irrigation department claim to have issued notices to the persons who have raised unauthorised constructions on the flood plains of the Yamuna, but that these had no effect.

28 years of Earth’s surface changes on Google - Down to Earth

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Watch a city expand or a glacier shrink through a series of satellite images

It is now possible to track how the landscape across the world has changed in the recent past. Google has released a new environment monitoring platform, Google Earth Engine, which brings satellite images of the planet’s surface over the past 28 years on to viewers’ screens, giving people the opportunity to look at land surface changes at any place on the earth.

Modi misleading people regarding Kalpasar project: Activists - Zee News : States

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Activists here on Tuesday alleged that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was misleading people on the Gulf of Khambhat Development Project (Kalpasar), touted to end water woes of the arid Saurashtra region.

Activists lambast Modi for politicising water scarcity issue - Latest News

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Social activists in Gujarat on Tuesday lambasted Chief Minister Narendra Modi for taking political milage out of drought situation in Saurashtra region and making false claims on hydro projects like Narmada dam and the ambitious Kalpasar project ...

Modi misleading people regarding Kalpasar project: activists - Latest News

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Govt sets time frame for implementation of Jermain dam project - Latest News

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Uttarakhand government today set a time frame to launch construction of the long awaited Jamrani multipurpose dam project on Gola river in Nainital, awaiting implementation since 1975. Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar held a meeting with Central Water ...