Latest C. R. Paatil News & Updates

Surat, July 9 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Thursday reviewed the flood situation in Surat during a meeting at the Surat Municipal Corporation office as authorities continued relief and restoration work following days of intense monsoon rainfall that inundated large parts of the city.The review meeting was attended by Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi, State Finance Minister Kanu Desai, State Health Minister Praful Pansheriya and other…

Bhopal, July 8 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil for their intervention in the decades-old Narmada water dispute.Addressing the state Cabinet, CM Yadav said the long-pending dispute involving Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan witnessed a breakthrough following the Attorney General of India’s opinion in February 2026 regarding th…

Jaipur, June 30 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma received a grand welcome from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, public representatives and members of the public after returning to Jaipur following the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the Yamuna Water Project. Large crowds gathered along the route from Jaipur Airport to the Chief Minister’s residence to greet him.BJP workers, particularly those from the Shekhawati region, expressed gratitude for the project b…

New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Highlighting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mantra of mantra ‘Solution through Dialogue’, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday oversaw the signing of an agreement between Rajasthan and Haryana over the Yamuna Water Project.Home Minister Shah said that this agreement has resolved the nearly three-decade-old water-related problem faced by the people of Haryana and Rajasthan.He stated that this agreement is an excellent example of the mantra ‘Solution through Di…

Amaravati, June 25 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday called for interlinking Godavari and Cauvery rivers. He said the interlinking of the two rivers will benefit Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana.He added that the Centre should take up interlinking of Godavari and Cauvery rivers as a national project.Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu was addressing a public meeting following the inauguration of 33 new crest gates at the Tungabhadra dam at Hos…

Hyderabad, June 25 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday appealed to the Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil to find a permanent solution to the inter-state water sharing issue of Tungabhadra river expeditiously. Addressing a public meeting at Hosapete in Karnataka on the occasion of inauguration of newly-installed gates of Tungabhadra dam, the Chief Minister asserted that today is a ‘ Red Letter ‘ day as the Chief Ministers of three states attended a meeting chaired by …

New Delhi/Bengaluru, June 12 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Friday called on Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil at his residence in New Delhi and urged the Centre to expedite clearances for the Mekedatu project and several other pending water resources projects vital to the state’s irrigation and drinking water requirements. In his submission, Shivakumar, who assumed office as Chief Minister on June 3, said Karnataka remains committed to enhancing agricultural production, …

New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Paatil on Tuesday invited Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan to the International Water Week, scheduled to be held in September 2026, and apprised him of various river interlinking projects, an official said. During a meeting, Radhakrishnan was also briefed on various initiatives and projects being undertaken by the Ministry to strengthen water conservation and water resource management across the country, the official said in a statement.He was…

Surat, June 4 (IANS) Cleanliness drives have been intensified across Surat ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on Friday, with large-scale civic arrangements underway in line with preparations for his scheduled programmes in Gujarat and Daman. Taking to social media platform X, Union Jal Shakti Minister and Navsari MP C. R. Paatil said special cleanliness campaigns have been organised across the city as part of efforts to strengthen public awareness on sanitation and environmental re…

New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) In another major step to enhance safe drinking water supply across rural India, the Centre on Tuesday signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) under the Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 with four states, including Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, and Nagaland, and the Union Territory of Puducherry. The reform‑linked MoU mandates a gram panchayat‑led, service‑based and community‑centred model of rural water governance, aligned with the objectives of Jal Jeevan Miss…