Hyderabad, July 13 (IANS) The Telangana government has prepared a three-phase contingency plan to effectively address the challenges posed by El Niño, Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said on Monday. He directed the authorities to be ready to implement the first phase of the three-phase pre-emptive action to prevent farmers from suffering due to El-Nino conditions. He said the government has taken a range of precautionary measures to effectively address any situation.The minister held…
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Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) Former West Bengal minister Manas Bhunia on Thursday appeared at Sabang police station in West Midnapore district after receiving a summons for questioning in connection with an alleged cash-for-job scam. According to the police, he was questioned for about three hours at the police station.Manas Bhunia, however, did not make any comments after leaving the police station. He has been accused of taking several lakh rupees on the pretext of procuring jobs in the Irrigation D…
Gandhinagar, July 7 (IANS) With forecasts indicating the possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall in parts of Gujarat over the coming days, the state government on Tuesday reviewed its monsoon preparedness at a high-level meeting of the Weather Watch Group, with officials assessing emergency response plans and inter-departmental coordination to minimise the impact of any weather-related incidents. The meeting was held at the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) in Gandhinagar under the cha…
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 …
Gandhinagar, June 22 (IANS) The Gujarat government has directed that when public grievances involve two or more departments, the principal department concerned will be held responsible for ensuring their resolution. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel pressed officials to reduce delays and improve accountability during the State SWAGAT public grievance redressal programme held on Monday.Reviewing grievances received under this month’s State SWAGAT programme, Patel instructed district administrations …
Chandigarh, May 23 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Saturday that the state government is committed to ensuring that adequate irrigation water reaches every farming field. For this purpose, the Irrigation Department should form farmer groups and construct community tanks for every 10 acres or more of agricultural land.”These tanks will be filled with canal water, and irrigation will be carried out through micro-irrigation systems. The Government will provide 85 per cent su…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 25 (IANS) The Kerala government has stepped up its response to the ongoing heatwave in the state. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan chaired a high-level review meeting on Saturday, outlining a multi-pronged strategy to protect public health and safety amid rising temperatures.The meeting, held online, reviewed the impact of the heat wave and directed authorities to ensure the availability of drinking water, ORS, and first-aid facilities for sunstroke at key public spaces …
Mumbai, April 18 (IANS) The Maharashtra government, which has launched an ambitious plan to make the state drought-free, will require Rs 2.56 lakh crore to complete 225 irrigation projects that are either pending from earlier or have been taken up since July 2022, when Eknath Shinde assumed office as Chief Minister.The data relating to the performance of the Irrigation Department since July 2022 was presented at the state Cabinet meeting held on April 7.As per the presentation made at the meetin…
Hyderabad, March 4 (IANS) Telangana’s Irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday directed officials to complete Singur Dam safety works on a war footing.Along with Health Minister Damodar Raja Narsimha and Mining and Employment Generation Minister Vivek Venkataswamy, he reviewed the safety of the Singur Dam, a drinking water lifeline for Hyderabad.Stating that the dam is very prestigious for the state, the ministers said that its safety is a top priority for the government.The ministers …
Bhuj, Feb 9 (IANS) The Kutch district administration has completed a comprehensive exercise to formally bring 910 lakes across 281 villages into official revenue records, enabling structured conservation, water harvesting, protection and beautification works in Gujarat’s largest and water-stressed district.The initiative, carried out under the guidance of Collector Anand Patel, was completed within a short span of three months and covered all 10 talukas of the district.Through scientific land …