Apr 20, 2013
NEW DELHI: Recognizing that the plethora of dams built and planned in the Ganga basin could almost empty the river of its waters in the winter season, an inter-ministerial group has recommended that the projects be re-engineered to maintain 30-50% of water flow in the...
Apr 20, 2013
A supreme court order in India asking the government to link more than 30 rivers and divert waters to parched areas has sparked concerns in neighbouring countries. Bangladesh says it would be hardest hit because it is a downstream country to two major rivers that flow...
Apr 20, 2013
The Minister of Environment & Forest Jayanti Natarajan wants a Commission to deal with pollution of Ganga and other major rivers. She mooted the idea while replying to a debate in Rajya Sabha on March 11. “Just as we have a Commission to ensure there are no...
Apr 20, 2013
The Inter-Ministerial Group on Ganga river management was oriented more towards building dams and less towards saving the river, renowned water conservationist Rajendra Singh wrote in his dissent note on the IMG’s report. Read...
Mar 24, 2013
IMPHAL, March 16: The Committee on Natural Resources Protection in Manipur in a press statement has said that as part of the ongoing observation of the International Rivers Day Week March12-17, the Committee and the JAC for Protection of Hydrocarbons had a protest...
Dec 8, 2011
In 1986, V Balakrishna Eradi, then a sitting judge of the Supreme Court, was appointed chairperson of the Ravi-Beas River Waters Tribunal to look into the dispute regarding sharing of these waters between Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. In December last year, almost 25...
