$50 million available for innovative irrigation infrastructure in SA...
(Source: Australian Government) Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Barnaby Joyce Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Anne Ruston South AustralianMinister for Water and...
View ArticleWater crisis looms large in TS
Prevailing drought conditions and no inflows during this rainy season, the Lower Manair Dam (LMD) reservoir on the shores of Karimnagar, which is the only source of drinking water for Karimnagar,...
View ArticleCentre keen for river link project on mission mode
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The central government on Wednesday asked all stakeholders to take up the Ken-Betwa river link project on a 'mission mode'. Chairing the 7th meeting of special committee for...
View ArticleLCRA awards contract for new reservoir in Wharton County (LCRA - Lower...
(Source: LCRA - Lower Colorado River Authority) The Lower Colorado River Authority has awarded a $174 million contract to Phillips & Jordan Inc. to construct the Lane City Reservoir in Wharton...
View Article‘People will revolt if Pranahitha design is changed’
Congress leaders warned the TRS Government against severe public wrath if it resorted to changing of design of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Pranahitha-Chevella project. They also demanded immediate restoration of...
View ArticleDevelopment of Inland Shipping Port at Jalore, Rajasthan (Ministry of...
(Source: Ministry of Shipping of the Republic of India) Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Shipping 04-November-2015 12:47 IST Development of Inland Shipping Port at Jalore,...
View ArticleEntura appointed to design dam in Nepal (Engineers Australia)
(Source: Engineers Australia) Entura has been selected by the Department of Irrigation of the Government of Nepal and the Asian Development Bank to deliver consulting services for the investigation and...
View ArticleYakima Basin Integrated Plan Legislation Advances through U.S. Senate...
(Source: The Wilderness Society) Today federal legislation to protect and enhance the Yakima River basin's fisheries, ecosystem and water supply was passed by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources...
View ArticleKen-Betwa Link to be taken up on Mission Mode Says Prof. Sanwar Lal Jat...
(Source: Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of India) Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Water Resources 18-November-2015 17:14 IST Ken-Betwa Link to be taken up on...
View ArticleProbe ordered into contamination of river
The Home Department has ordered an investigation into the discharge of effluents into Korayar river, a tributary of the Bharathapuzha. This comes a week after The Hindu reported on chemical...
View ArticleA decade on, water act still lacks rules
AURANGABAD: The absence of proper rules under the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) Act has hampered the effective implementation of the law enacted for equitable water...
View ArticleNo SC relief to Maharashtra sugar factories and farmers in Jayakwadi dam...
MUMBAI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined any relief to farmers and sugar factories who wanted to challenge a Bombay high court order passed last week that permitted release of water only for...
View ArticleTo save water, an underground movement to bank El Niño's rainfall
Gary Serrato watched as a tractor worked its way across a field of dried-up weeds, slicing the sandy dirt into orderly furrows. The field was being readied not for a crop but for what he hopes will be...
View ArticleGodavari pipeline work picks up at Kowkur defence land
HYDERABAD: Works pertaining to the Godavari drinking water project phase-I on defence land (an abandoned CRPF firing range) at Kowkur, about 25 kms away from the city, are progressing at a brisk pace....
View Article‘Expansion of Kalwakurthy need of the hour’
The Telangana government has taken objection to Andhra Pradesh writing to the Krishna River Water Management Board against the former “unilaterally” doubling the capacity of Kalwakurthy lift irrigation...
View ArticleGovernment to conduct study on developing Jalore inland port
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said a pre-feasibility study will be conducted for developing an inland shipping port at Jalore, in Rajasthan. "The pre-feasibility report of the...
View ArticleMLAs oppose water to Ujani plan
PUNE: The possibility of water release from the Pune dams into Ujani increased of late, intensifying the opposition to the move. The Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) last week...
View ArticleCost-effective irrigation
t a time when the two Telugu States are vying with each other to take up new irrigation projects and to complete the pending ones, mostly without having assured water, a retired Engineer-in-Chief has...
View ArticleCM vows to develop Seema at ‘bullet speed’
hief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday, while addressing various issues pertaining to Rayalaseema asserted that he too was a native of the region and vowed to shed his blood to develop it....
View ArticleChemical contamination posing threat to Korayar
: In spite of assurances given by the State government to protect the Korayar river from pollution, chemical contamination caused by a number of factories, including steel rerolling mills and iron...
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