New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil on Monday will lead discussions on water and flood management projects and ‘Catch The Rain Campaign’ at a meeting of top officials of Water Resources Departments of states and Union Territories, an official said on Sunday. Paatil will interact with officials at the All-India Conference of Senior Most Secretaries of Water Resources Departments of states and Union Territories at Chanakya Hall in Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, an official state…
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Bengaluru, July 10 (IANS) Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday criticised Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar for reportedly stating that Karnataka has given its consent to the proposed interlinking of the Krishna, Godavari and Cauvery rivers, questioning how the state could agree to such a project before its share of water had been determined. Addressing the media in Bengaluru, Kumaraswamy alleged that the Chief Minister was acting irresponsibly on a matter of vital importance to Karnataka’s ir…
Jaipur, June 29 (IANS) Rajasthan’s long-pending Yamuna Water Project has achieved a historic breakthrough as the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the Governments of Rajasthan and Haryana was signed in New Delhi on Monday, paving the way for implementation of a project that had remained pending for nearly 32 years. With an estimated investment of Rs 34,102 crore, the Yamuna Water Project is expected to become a landmark initiative in Rajasthan’s water management sector, ensuring long-term dr…
Hyderabad, June 24 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has urged the Centre to intervene to ensure the utilisation of the state’s rightful share of water from the Tungabhadra project and to facilitate coordination among the stakeholder states. Telangana is entitled to receive 15.9 TMC of water from the Tungabhadra Dam and river flow, but the Chief Minister expressed concern that the current inflow is not exceeding five to six TMC.Under the RDS (Rajoli Banda Diversion Scheme), water …
Jaipur, June 23 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma will participate in a high-level meeting in New Delhi on the Yamuna Water Project on Tuesday. The meeting will be attended by Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, and senior officials from the departments concerned.Discussions will focus on finalising the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the project and resolving key issues related to its implementation.The Yamuna Water Project is being p…
Chennai, June 19 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution strongly opposing Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu dam project across the Cauvery River and urged the Union Government not to grant any approval or clearance for the scheme. Moving the resolution in the House, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay said protecting Tamil Nadu’s water rights transcended political differences and called for a united stand to safeguard the state’s farmers’ and people’s …
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, …
Lucknow, June 7 (IANS) Flood preparedness, early warning systems and satellite-based surveillance were in spotlight as the Indian Army’s Central Command organised a National Civil-Military Symposium on Flood and Flood Related Disaster Management, an official said on Sunday. The symposium, organised at Surya Auditorium in Lucknow in coordination with Uttar Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), came ahead of Monsoon 2026 to reinforce whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach,…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (IANS) Heavy rainfall continues across Kerala as the monsoon intensifies, with the India Meteorological Department issuing the first red alert of the season for five northern districts.Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur, and Kasaragod have been placed under red alert on Saturday, while three districts are expected to remain under red alert on Sunday too.An orange alert has been issued in Idukki, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Palakkad and Pathanamthitta districts, …
Bengaluru, June 4 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday said that the state government will continue to pursue the Mekedatu project, asserting that it will carry out the work while respecting legal and constitutional processes.After chairing a high-level meeting with senior bureaucrats and officials from various departments at the Vidhana Soudha, Shivakumar briefed the media on the decisions taken.Responding to a question on Karnataka’s stand regarding the Mekedatu projec…