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Present status of interlinking of rivers project - Press Information Bureau release
Posted on 04 Mar, 2011 02:09 PMThe Government has said that the National Water Development Agency (NWDA) under the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has identified 30 inter-state River links (16 under Peninsular Component & 14 under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports (FRs). Out of these, FRs of 14 links under Peninsular Component and 2 links (Indian Portion) under Himalayan Component have been completed. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, present status of interlinking of rivers in the country, Shri Vincent H. Pala, Minister of State for Water Resources, said that the Five inter-state River links under Peninsular Component namely (i) Ken-Betwa, (ii) Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal, (iii) Damanganga-Pinjal, (iv) Par-Tapi-Narmada & (v) Godavari (Polavaram)-Krishna (Vijayawada) were identified as priority links for building consensus among the concerned states for taking up their Detailed Project Reports (DPRs).
River schools can make the future look bright - Parineeta Dandekar
Posted on 04 Mar, 2011 01:25 PMAbove - Children studying a map of the Chalakudy Basin. Photo - RRC.
Seeds of sustainability and sensitivity when sown at a young age, blossom into responsible individuals. And you need to be in touch with the land to sow those seeds. The Central and State Boards of Education in India have made Environmental Science a compulsory subject for schools and junior colleges (for all subjects). But Environmental Sciences is not to be studied in the classroom. In order to understand the erosion and deposition processes of a river, students need to visit a river bend in their city and in order to instil a lifelong aversion to plastic bags, a landfill and dumping grounds need to be seen.
Temple fish sanctuaries: Last bastions of native fish and pristine river stretches - A report
Posted on 01 Mar, 2011 12:56 PM
Temple Fish Sanctuaries: Last bastions of native fish and pristine river stretches
Ujaan: Festival for the Sunderbans, 10th to 12th March 2011, Frasergunj-Bakkhali, Sunderban district, West Bengal
Posted on 24 Feb, 2011 11:31 AMOrganizer: Ujaan
Venue: Frasergunj-Bakkhali, Sunderban district, West Bengal
"The continuing farce called conditional clearances" - Dams, Rivers and People
Posted on 24 Feb, 2011 10:55 AM
CIC orders CWC to disclose the Almatti backwater study under RTI in public interest - Press release by SANDRP
Posted on 17 Feb, 2011 11:46 AM
Review needed on Krishna Water Tribunal analysis on Alamatti Dam to save the farmers from dangerous consequences
Posted on 15 Feb, 2011 11:57 AMProf.T.Shivaji Rao, Director, Center for Environmental Studies, Gitam University and former member of the Environmental Appraisal Committee of Union Government in 1990 when the Alamatti project was placed before the committee for clearance.
Activists arrested while protesting against dams on the river Mandakini - Press release by the MATU Jan Sangathan
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 02:17 PM